prometheus-mcp
prometheus-mcp is an MCP server, listed under cloud & infrastructure. Its repository has 27 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-22.
prometheus-mcp implements the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to provide AI agents with programmatic access to Prometheus metrics through a unified interface.
Install
MCP servers are packaged differently from each other -- some run via npx, some as a Docker image, some as a plain script you clone and run. prometheus-mcp’s own README did not state one plainly enough for this page to quote it rather than guess, so it will not guess. The repository below states it.
What it reaches, and what it needs
Maintenance
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides AI agents with programmatic access to Prometheus metrics via a unified interface.
What prometheus-mcp can do
10 tools documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.
prometheus_list_metrics- List all available Prometheus metrics
prometheus_metric_metadata- Get metadata for a specific Prometheus metric
prometheus_list_labels- List all available Prometheus labels
prometheus_label_values- Get all values for a specific Prometheus label
prometheus_list_targets- List all Prometheus scrape targets
prometheus_scrape_pool_targets- Get targets for a specific scrape pool
prometheus_runtime_info- Get Prometheus runtime information
prometheus_build_info- Get Prometheus build information
prometheus_query- Execute an instant Prometheus query
prometheus_query_range- Execute a Prometheus range query
Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.
prometheus-mcp compared with similar servers
| Server | Reaches | Needs | Stars | Last update | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prometheus-mcp (this page) | — | None listed | 27 | 2026-02-09 | MIT |
| memora | cloudflare, memora, openai | CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN, MEMORA_EMBEDDING_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY | 744 | 2026-10-24 | MIT |
| mcp-for-argocd | argocd | ARGOCD_API_TOKEN, MCP_AUTH_TOKEN | 596 | 2026-10-16 | Apache-2.0 |
| prometheus-mcp-server | prometheus | PROMETHEUS_PASSWORD | 519 | 2026-10-19 | MIT |
| agenticmail | agenticmail, cloudflare, gmail, openai, relay | AGENTICMAIL_API_KEY, AGENTICMAIL_INBOUND_SECRET, AGENTICMAIL_MASTER_KEY, CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN, GMAIL_PASSWORD, GMAIL_RELAY_APP_PASSWORD, OPENAI_API_KEY, RELAY_PASSWORD | 239 | 2026-10-21 | MIT |
| opik-mcp | opik | OPIK_API_KEY | 225 | 2026-10-22 | Apache-2.0 |
Ranked by services in common with prometheus-mcp, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about prometheus-mcp
- What does prometheus-mcp do?
- prometheus-mcp implements the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to provide AI agents with programmatic access to Prometheus metrics through a unified interface.
- How do I install prometheus-mcp?
- Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/idanfishman/prometheus-mcp
- Is prometheus-mcp official and is it maintained?
- We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 27 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-02-09.
- What licence does prometheus-mcp use?
- The repository declares the MIT licence.
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