prometheus-mcp-server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with Prometheus metrics and data.

This is a TypeScript-based MCP server that implements a Prometheus API interface. It provides a bridge between Claude and your Prometheus server through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Features

• Instant Queries: Execute PromQL queries at a specific time

• Range Queries: Execute PromQL queries over a time period

• Series Discovery: Find series by label matchers

• Label Exploration: Get label names and values

• Metadata Access: Get metadata for metrics

• Target Information: Get information about scrape targets

• Alerts & Rules: Get information about alerts and recording rules

• Status Information: Get Prometheus server status information

Related MCP server: prometheus-mcp

Installation

# Install globally
npm install -g prometheus-mcp-server

# Or install locally
npm install prometheus-mcp-server

# Or use npx to run without installation
npx prometheus-mcp-server

Usage with Claude

To use with Claude Desktop, add the server config:

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "prometheus-mcp-server": {
      "command": "/path/to/prometheus-mcp-server/build/index.js",
      "env": {
        "PROMETHEUS_BASE_URL": "http://your-prometheus-instance:9090"
      }
    }
  }
}

Using with npx

You can also use npx in your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "prometheus-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx prometheus-mcp-server",
      "env": {
        "PROMETHEUS_BASE_URL": "http://your-prometheus-instance:9090"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration

By default, the client connects to a Prometheus server running at http://localhost:9090. You can configure the Prometheus server URL by setting the PROMETHEUS_BASE_URL environment variable:

# Example: Connect to a different Prometheus server
PROMETHEUS_BASE_URL=http://my-prometheus-server:9090 prometheus-mcp-server

This allows you to point the client to any Prometheus instance without modifying the source code.

Available Functions

The server provides the following functions:

• mcp__instant_query: Execute an instant PromQL query

• mcp__range_query: Execute a range PromQL query over a time period

• mcp__get_series: Find series by label matchers

• mcp__get_label_values: Get values for a specific label

• mcp__get_metadata: Get metadata for metrics

• mcp__get_targets: Get information about scrape targets

• mcp__get_alerts: Get information about alerts

• mcp__get_rules: Get information about recording and alerting rules

• mcp__get_status: Get status information about the Prometheus server

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the project
npm run build

# Start the server
npm start

# Debug
npm run dev:debug

Debugging

Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. You can use the following npm scripts for debugging:

# Inspect mode
npm run inspect

# Inspect with breakpoints
npm run inspect-debug

License

ISC

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.