Schema | Grafana Context MCP

Grafana Context MCP

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`GRAFANA_URL`	Yes	The base URL of the Grafana instance, e.g. https://grafana.example.com
`GRAFANA_ORG_ID`	No	Optional Grafana organization ID
`GRAFANA_VERIFY_SSL`	No	Whether to verify TLS certificates for Grafana connections	true
`GRAFANA_TIMEOUT_SECONDS`	No	Timeout for Grafana API requests in seconds	30
`GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN`	Yes	Grafana service account token with read-only permissions

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

Capability	Details
`tools`	{ "listChanged": true }
`logging`	{}
`prompts`	{ "listChanged": false }
`resources`	{ "subscribe": false, "listChanged": false }

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
list_datasourcesA	List configured data sources without exposing stored credentials.
get_datasourceA	Get configuration metadata for one data source by UID.
check_datasource_healthA	Run the Grafana plugin health check for one data source.
search_dashboardsA	Search dashboards by title and optional tag.
get_dashboardA	Get the complete dashboard JSON and metadata.
analyze_dashboardA	Explain dashboard structure, queries, data sources, variables, semantics, and interpretation risks.
query_datasourceA	Run bounded, read-only native plugin queries through Grafana's data source query API.

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
`investigate_dashboard`	Guide a careful, evidence-based dashboard investigation.
`troubleshoot_datasource`	Guide data source connectivity and query troubleshooting.
`explain_panel`	Explain the meaning and limitations of one dashboard panel.

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
`datasource_guide`	Reference for Grafana data source types and safe communication patterns.
`dashboard_guide`	Reference for reading dashboards and interpreting what panels mean.
`querying_guide`	Guide to querying data sources through Grafana.
`instance_datasources`	Live data source inventory from the configured Grafana instance.

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