MCP Server for Perses

[!WARNING]
This MCP Server is currently in beta. Features and tools may change, and stability is not guaranteed. Feedback and contributions are most welcome!

Overview

The Perses MCP Server is a local Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server that enables the LLM hosts(Claude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor) to interact with the Perses Application in a standardized way.

Demo

Pre-requisites

• percli
• PERSES_TOKEN

Obtaining Your Perses Authentication Token

1. Login to your Perses server using the percli command line tool:

percli login <PERSES_SERVER_URL>

For example, percli login https://demo.perses.dev.

Or percli login http://localhost:8080 if you are running perses/perses locally from the source code or from the perses image.

1. After successful login, retrieve your token:

percli whoami --show-token

Copy the token to use in your MCP server configuration.

WARNING: Your login will automatically expire in 15 minutes. If you want to extend the token duration, you can change the access_token_ttl setting in the Perses app configuration, then restart the app (if running locally) or rebuild the Docker image.

Download the MCP Server Binary

Download from Releases

1. Go to the releases page
2. Download the appropriate binary for your operating system and architecture
3. Extract the binary to a location of your choice
4. Make the binary executable (on Unix-like systems):

   chmod +x /path/to/mcp-server

5. Copy the absolute path to the binary (e.g., /path/to/mcp-server) to use in your MCP server configuration

Transport Modes

The Perses MCP Server supports both the transport modes: STDIO mode and Streamable HTTP mode.

STDIO Mode

In this mode, the MCP server communicates with the LLM host via standard input and output (STDIO).

For more details, see the MCP Protocol Specification docs.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perses-mcp": {
      "command": "<ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_PERSES_MCP_BINARY>",
      "args": [
        "--perses-server-url",
        "<PERSES_SERVER_URL>"
        // Add "--read-only" here for read-only mode
      ],
      "env": {
        "PERSES_TOKEN": "<PERSES_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "perses-token",
      "description": "PERSES_TOKEN to connect with Perses Application",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "perses-mcp": {
      "command": "<ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_PERSES_MCP_BINARY>",
      "args": [
        "--perses-server-url",
        "http://localhost:8080"
        // Add "--read-only" here for read-only mode
      ],
      "env": {
        "PERSES_TOKEN": "${input:perses-token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Streamable HTTP Mode

The Streamable HTTP mode allows the MCP server to communicate with LLM hosts over HTTP, similar to a regular web API. This mode is particularly useful for:

• Remote hosting: Deploy the MCP server on a cloud instance or remote server
• Multiple clients: Allow multiple LLM hosts to connect to the same server instance

For more details, see the MCP Protocol Specification Docs.

Before starting the MCP server, set your Perses authentication token:

export PERSES_TOKEN=<YOUR_PERSES_TOKEN>

Run the following command to start the MCP server in Streamable HTTP mode:

/path/to/mcp-server --transport streamable-http --perses-server-url <PERSES_SERVER_URL> --port 8000

{
  "servers": {
    "perses-http": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "http://localhost:<port>/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Command-Line Flags

The Perses MCP Server supports several command-line flags to customize its behavior:

Local Development

Build from Source

If you want to build the MCP server from source code (for development or contribution purposes), run the following command from the source code root directory:

make build

This should create a bin directory which contains the binary named mcp-server. Copy the absolute path to the binary to use in your MCP server configuration.

Tools

[!NOTE]
When running in read-only mode (--read-only flag), only tools that retrieve information are available. Write operations like create_project, create_dashboard, create_global_datasource, update_global_datasource, and create_project_variable are disabled in read-only mode.

Projects

Dashboards

For dashboard configuration, see Perses Dashboards

Datasources

Roles

Plugins

Variables

License

The code is licensed under an Apache 2.0 license.