Grafana Cloud MCP connector
Connect Grafana Cloud to Elaichi and Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or the Elaichi Agent can search your dashboards, query Prometheus metrics and Loki logs, and update dashboards as you, with every call recorded.
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How it connects. Connects over OAuth. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.
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One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.
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Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.
62 tools
How to connect
How to connect Grafana Cloud to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
Two steps, about a minute.
In Elaichi
Connect Grafana Cloud once
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Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Grafana Cloud.
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Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.
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Approve it in Grafana Cloud. Grafana Cloud's own window opens. Whoever approves it decides what this connection can reach.
The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.
Add connection
Choose a connector.
In your AI client
Point it at one endpoint
Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.
Grafana Cloud MCP connector for Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
Grafana Cloud MCP connector for ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
Grafana Cloud MCP connector for Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
mcpServers.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.
Connect Grafana Cloud to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.
Use cases
What teams do with Grafana Cloud through Elaichi
Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.
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SRE
Check a service's error rate during an incident
Ask for the Prometheus error rate of a service over the last hour and get the numbers back without opening a query editor. Follow up with a histogram for latency while the call is still going.
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Support
Pull the logs behind a customer complaint
Give the service name and the time window from the ticket and get the matching Loki logs, grouped by pattern, so the reply to the customer is based on what actually happened.
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Platform
Find the dashboard nobody can locate
Search dashboards and folders by name or keyword, get a summary of what each one shows, and send a deep link to the person who asked.
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Engineering
Catch a dashboard up after a deploy
Read the queries behind each panel, then update the dashboard when a metric name or label changed in the release, instead of editing panels one at a time.
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Product
Get a weekly usage number in plain words
Ask for the metric behind sign-ups or orders over the past seven days and get a figure from Prometheus, without learning a query language first.
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Operations
Organize dashboards and confirm datasources
Create a folder for a new team, list which datasources are wired up in Grafana Cloud, and check what each one points at before onboarding starts.
Try asking
- “Show the Prometheus error rate for checkout over the last hour”
- “Find dashboards in the Payments folder that mention latency”
- “Pull Loki logs for the api service with status 500 today”
Compare
Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Grafana Cloud
All three can connect Grafana Cloud to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.
| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the AI connects |
One address for the whole organization.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
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A server per member, created at sign-in. | An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK. |
| Control over Grafana Cloud tools | Allow or restrict single Grafana Cloud tools, per role or user. | App and action restrictions on the account. | Role permissions, down to the action. |
| Record of calls | One audit entry per Grafana Cloud call. | A History tab of tool calls. | A log of every tool call. |
| Single sign-on | SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. | SAML on Enterprise. | SAML and OIDC on Enterprise. |
| Price | $15 per user per month. | 2 tasks per successful call. | Billed per tool call. |
Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.
Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.
AI tools
Grafana Cloud tools for your AI agents
62 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Grafana Cloud, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi. Grafana Cloud builds and runs these tools.
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What connecting Grafana Cloud gets you
6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Grafana Cloud account.
The agent
Ask what the dashboards show, in plain words.
Question Prometheus metrics and Loki logs in Grafana Cloud and get answers from live queries.
- dashboards
- folders
- datasources
- metrics
Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.
Show the Prometheus error rate for checkout over the last hour
Find dashboards in the Payments folder that mention latency
Pull Loki logs for the api service with status 500 today
Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
MCP clients
One endpoint reaches Grafana Cloud from every client.
Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor connect over OAuth, with no SDK and no shared API key.
ElaichiMCP clientsClaude
ChatGPT
Cursor
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Tool catalog
62 Grafana Cloud tools, no code to write.
Dashboards, folders, datasources, Prometheus, Loki and Pyroscope, covered the day you connect.
- Search dashboards
- Search folders
- Generate deeplink
- Get dashboard by uid
ElaichiToolsToolboxes
Each team gets its own Grafana Cloud toolbox.
Scope dashboards and queries to SRE, support or platform teams without sharing one account.
- SRE
- Platform
- Support
- Engineering
ElaichiToolboxesShared connections
Teammates query Grafana Cloud without seeing a credential.
One person connects the account, shares it, and each member still signs in as themselves.
- SRE
- Platform
- Support
- Production
ElaichiConnectionsAudit log
Every Grafana Cloud call lands in the log.
See who ran which query, on which dashboard, and when it happened.
- When
- Who
- What happened
- Type
ElaichiAudit logLaunching soon
From answering questions to doing the work
A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.
Automations
A schedule starts the work, a person approves.
Fetch Loki logs, group them, draft a digest, approve it, post to Grafana Cloud.
Grafana Cloud digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter
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Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
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Fetch dashboards
Grafana Cloud
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Group by owner
Transform
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Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
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Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Michael Brennan
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Post the digest
Grafana Cloud
Queued
Collections and dashboards
Grafana Cloud health numbers, computed without a model.
Dashboards created over 14 days, broken down by team, refreshed on a schedule.
Grafana Cloud health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the dashboards collection
Dashboards
1,284 ↓ 12%
Folders
96 ↓ 8%
Needs attention
3 ↑ 2
Updated this week
412 ↑ 9%
Dashboards created
Last 14 days
By team
Share of activity
SRE 34%
Platform 27%
Support 21%
Production 18%
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How do I connect Grafana Cloud to Claude?
Connect Grafana Cloud in Elaichi first. It signs in over OAuth, so you approve the connection on the Grafana Cloud screen and come straight back, with no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Claude can now search your Grafana Cloud dashboards and run queries as you.
Does Grafana Cloud work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?
Yes. Once Grafana Cloud is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Grafana Cloud once and every client you use picks it up.
What can an AI agent actually do with my Grafana Cloud data?
An agent connected to Grafana Cloud through Elaichi can search dashboards and folders, summarize what a dashboard shows, read the queries behind its panels, and send a link to it. It can query Prometheus metrics and Loki logs for a service and a time window, list which datasources exist, create folders, and update a dashboard. Short, concrete asks such as a service name and a time range work better than long sentences.
Does connecting Grafana Cloud give the AI access to every dashboard and datasource?
No. Every call to Grafana Cloud runs as the person who signed in, so the agent sees only the dashboards, folders and datasources that person's Grafana Cloud permissions already allow. Elaichi can narrow that further for a team or a role, but it can never widen what Grafana Cloud itself permits.
Can I stop an agent from changing dashboards in Grafana Cloud?
Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow searching and querying Grafana Cloud while blocking dashboard updates and folder creation. A restricted action is never advertised to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor at all, so no prompt, however it is worded, can reach it.
What happens to a Grafana Cloud connection when someone leaves?
Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Grafana Cloud through every client at once. A Grafana Cloud connection that was shared with a team keeps working for everyone else. If you want it gone entirely, disconnecting Grafana Cloud once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and every other client together.
Does the Grafana Cloud MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?
Yes. Grafana Cloud is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.
Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Grafana Cloud?
Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Grafana Cloud. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Grafana Cloud call.
How is Elaichi different from Composio for Grafana Cloud?
Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Grafana Cloud: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.
Put Grafana Cloud in front of your team
14 days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.
- Works with
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and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
- When the trial ends
- Nothing is deleted. Connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are, so subscribing picks up exactly where you left off.