What is MCP Server for Prometheus?
MCP Server for Prometheus is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables Large Language Models (LLMs) to retrieve and analyze metric data from Prometheus databases. It provides tool functions for fetching specific metrics, performing statistical analysis, searching metric usage, and executing PromQL queries, with predefined routes for controlled usage.
How to use MCP Server for Prometheus?
Install automatically via Smithery using npx -y @smithery/cli install @CaesarYangs/prometheus_mcp_server --client claude, or manually by creating a Python virtual environment, installing dependencies from requirements.txt, and running server.py with uv or Python. Configure the Prometheus host via the PROMETHEUS_HOST environment variable and integrate with MCP clients like Claude Desktop or Cursor by specifying the command and directory in the client's MCP settings.
Key features of MCP Server for Prometheus
- Retrieve comprehensive metric information (names, descriptions) from Prometheus.
- Fetch and analyze specific metric data by name.
- Analyze metric data within custom time ranges.
- Execute advanced PromQL queries for in‑depth data exploration.
- Search and explore metric usage patterns.
Use cases of MCP Server for Prometheus
- Let an LLM answer questions about available metrics and their descriptions.
- Analyze time‑series metric data over a custom time window.
- Run complex PromQL queries to investigate infrastructure or application performance.
- Quickly find metric usage patterns without manual PromQL writing.
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