Grafana Cloud MCP Server

Hosted MCP server providing 60+ Grafana Cloud tools via Streamable HTTP transport with OAuth 2.1 authorization.

Prerequisites

• Grafana Cloud account (self-hosted users should use the local OSS MCP server instead)
• Assistant Cloud MCP User role or grafana-assistant-app.cloud-mcp:access permission (Editor role or higher has this by default)
• An administrator must have accepted the Grafana Assistant terms and conditions

Configuration

The Cloud MCP server connects via https://mcp.grafana.com/mcp using Streamable HTTP transport. No local installation or environment variables are required.

Setup steps

1. The MCP server connects automatically when the plugin loads.
2. When prompted, enter your Grafana Cloud URL and authorize the connection in your browser.
3. Your OAuth token is valid for 1 hour and refreshes automatically for 30 days.