Prometheus MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Prometheus.

This provides access to your Prometheus metrics and queries through standardized MCP interfaces, allowing AI assistants to execute PromQL queries and analyze your metrics data.

Features

Execute PromQL queries against Prometheus
Discover and explore metrics
- List available metrics
- Get metadata for specific metrics
- View instant query results
- View range query results with different step intervals
Authentication support
- Basic auth from environment variables
- Bearer token auth from environment variables
Docker containerization support
Provide interactive tools for AI assistants

The list of tools is configurable, so you can choose which tools you want to make available to the MCP client. This is useful if you don't use certain functionality or if you don't want to take up too much of the context window.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Prometheus server accessible from your environment
Docker Desktop (recommended) or Docker CLI
MCP-compatible client (Claude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.)

Installation Methods

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "prometheus": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "PROMETHEUS_URL",
        "ghcr.io/pab1it0/prometheus-mcp-server:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PROMETHEUS_URL": "<your-prometheus-url>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Install via the Claude Code CLI:

claude mcp add prometheus --env PROMETHEUS_URL=http://your-prometheus:9090 -- docker run -i --rm -e PROMETHEUS_URL ghcr.io/pab1it0/prometheus-mcp-server:latest

VS Code / Cursor / Windsurf

Add to your MCP settings in the respective IDE:

{
  "prometheus": {
    "command": "docker",
    "args": [
      "run",
      "-i",
      "--rm",
      "-e",
      "PROMETHEUS_URL",
      "ghcr.io/pab1it0/prometheus-mcp-server:latest"
    ],
    "env": {
      "PROMETHEUS_URL": "<your-prometheus-url>"
    }
  }
}

Docker Desktop

The easiest way to run the Prometheus MCP server is through Docker Desktop:

Via MCP Catalog: Visit the Prometheus MCP Server on Docker Hub and click the button above
Via MCP Toolkit: Use Docker Desktop's MCP Toolkit extension to discover and install the server
Configure your connection using environment variables (see Configuration Options below)

Manual Docker Setup

Run directly with Docker:

# With environment variables
docker run -i --rm \
  -e PROMETHEUS_URL="http://your-prometheus:9090" \
  ghcr.io/pab1it0/prometheus-mcp-server:latest

# With authentication
docker run -i --rm \
  -e PROMETHEUS_URL="http://your-prometheus:9090" \
  -e PROMETHEUS_USERNAME="admin" \
  -e PROMETHEUS_PASSWORD="password" \
  ghcr.io/pab1it0/prometheus-mcp-server:latest

Configuration Options

Variable	Description	Required
`PROMETHEUS_URL`	URL of your Prometheus server	Yes
`PROMETHEUS_USERNAME`	Username for basic authentication	No
`PROMETHEUS_PASSWORD`	Password for basic authentication	No
`PROMETHEUS_TOKEN`	Bearer token for authentication	No
`ORG_ID`	Organization ID for multi-tenant setups	No
`PROMETHEUS_MCP_SERVER_TRANSPORT`	Transport mode (stdio, http, sse)	No (default: stdio)
`PROMETHEUS_MCP_BIND_HOST`	Host for HTTP transport	No (default: 127.0.0.1)
`PROMETHEUS_MCP_BIND_PORT`	Port for HTTP transport	No (default: 8080)

Development

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request if you have any suggestions or improvements.

This project uses uv to manage dependencies. Install uv following the instructions for your platform:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

You can then create a virtual environment and install the dependencies with:

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Unix/macOS
.venv\Scripts\activate     # On Windows
uv pip install -e .

Testing

The project includes a comprehensive test suite that ensures functionality and helps prevent regressions.

Run the tests with pytest:

# Install development dependencies
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run the tests
pytest

# Run with coverage report
pytest --cov=src --cov-report=term-missing

When adding new features, please also add corresponding tests.

Tools

Tool	Category	Description
`execute_query`	Query	Execute a PromQL instant query against Prometheus
`execute_range_query`	Query	Execute a PromQL range query with start time, end time, and step interval
`list_metrics`	Discovery	List all available metrics in Prometheus
`get_metric_metadata`	Discovery	Get metadata for a specific metric
`get_targets`	Discovery	Get information about all scrape targets

License

MIT

Prometheus