Our grade: 4 checks
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Community rating
- 5 5
- 4 4
- 3 0
- 2 0
- 1 0
Trust in production
- Trust it - 89%
- With caveats - 11%
- Wouldn't - 0%
100% would recommend this server
How reviewers scored it
- Setup & docs 4.6
- Auth experience 4.4
- Reliability 4.6
- Maintainer responsiveness 4.3
Why it got an A
Grafana Labs' hosted MCP endpoint for Grafana Cloud (https://mcp.grafana.com/mcp), reached over HTTPS with an OAuth 2.1 browser sign-in; you pick Read, Query or Write access on the consent page and the connection never exceeds your own Grafana permissions. Graded from Grafana's public docs, not source: the hosted server's code is not public, and the linked repo (grafana/ai-marketplace) only holds the plugin wrapper, with a single human committer, which is the biggest deduction. Main caution: the Write tier lets it create and update dashboards, alert rules, incidents and annotations, and the Query tier can run raw SQL that may modify data; the docs do not say whether write calls ask first, so approve each call in your client and grant Read only unless you need more. The tool categories match the open-source server, but the docs do not say it is the same code. Self-hosting? See the open-source Grafana MCP Server (grafana-mcp), the alternative that runs on your own infrastructure with a service-account token.
How to connect
Add https://mcp.grafana.com/mcp as a Streamable HTTP server and sign in with OAuth, or install the grafana-cloud-mcp plugin from grafana/ai-marketplaceIs Grafana Cloud MCP Server safe?
Is Grafana Cloud MCP Server safe to use?
Grafana Cloud MCP Server grades A (strong public trust signals). Upkeep is hard to verify (closed source or a single maintainer), so pin the version you tested.
Does Grafana Cloud MCP Server have known vulnerabilities?
Not in our current data: it has no open CVEs or advisories. We re-check as new ones are published.
Does Grafana Cloud MCP Server support authentication?
Yes. It requires a login, so access can be tied to a person or a scoped key.
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Quietly reliable
Of the Grafana Cloud integrations I tried, this one is the most predictable. Filed an issue and got a reply within two days.
Used for Onboarding new devs with an agent that answers repo questions
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Exactly what I needed from Grafana Cloud
Installed it on a Friday, it was part of my workflow by Monday. Self-hosting it was straightforward and I like keeping the data on our side. It is in our production agent and I sleep fine.
Used for Letting a coding agent open and triage issues
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
No complaints after a month
Simple to set up in Cursor, simple to reason about. I like that access goes through a proper sign-in instead of a long-lived secret on disk. Easy recommendation.
Used for CI failure investigation
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 5/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Trustworthy enough for real work
Been running this for about a month now. Releases come often and the changelog is clear. Auth is handled properly, and revoking access later was one click. I would use it in prod, but only with a human approving writes.
Used for Code review summaries for pull requests
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 5/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
Clean integration, sensible permissions
Set this up for our team after comparing a few options. Sign-in flow was painless and I never had to paste a key into a config file. Good choice if you need Grafana Cloud in your agent.
Used for Looking up Grafana Cloud data without leaving the editor
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Good defaults, good docs
Tried it on a side project first, then rolled it out at work. I like that access goes through a proper sign-in instead of a long-lived secret on disk. Hosted endpoint means no local process to babysit. Happy to run it in production.
Used for Internal developer assistant
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 4/5
The Grafana Cloud integration I wanted
Hooked Grafana Cloud MCP Server into Claude Code and it worked on the first try. You can tell it is actively maintained, the rough edges keep getting fixed. Sign-in flow was painless and I never had to paste a key into a config file.
Used for Automating release notes
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 5/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 4/5
Saves me a context switch every hour
Started with it as an experiment, now it is a fixture. It drives a real browser, so I give it a separate profile with no saved logins. Scoped the token to just what the agent needs and it respected that. Would recommend without hesitation.
Used for Pairing with Claude Code on a monorepo
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 5/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Recommended it to two teams already
Our agents call this dozens of times a day. Auth is handled properly, and revoking access later was one click.
Used for Keeping project tickets in sync with code changes
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
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