How to integrate Grafana MCP with Codex

Connect Codex to Grafana MCP. Summarize grafana alerts from production, list dashboards showing api latency, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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Grafana is an open and composable observability platform for metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and alerts. It helps teams monitor systems, troubleshoot incidents, and understand production health in one place.

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Introduction

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Grafana MCP integration, you can draft, triage, summarise emails, and much more, all without leaving the terminal or the app, whichever you prefer.

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Why use Composio?

Apart from a managed and hosted MCP server, you will get:

  • CodeAct: A dedicated workbench that allows GPT to write its code to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Large tool responses: Handle them to minimise context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1000+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so GPTs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

How to install Grafana MCP in Codex

Run the setup command

Run this command in your terminal to add the Composio MCP server to Codex.

Terminal

It will initiate the authentication in a browser window, authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

Composio authentication page

(Optional) Authenticate with OAuth

To authenticate manually, run the login command to open a browser window and authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

bash
codex mcp login composio

Verify the connection

Run codex mcp list to confirm Composio appears as a registered MCP server.

bash
codex mcp list

Codex App

Codex App follows the same approach as VS Code.

  1. Click ⚙️ on the bottom left → MCP Servers → + Add servers → Streamable HTTP:
  2. Fill the header and Key fields with { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }.
  3. The Key is the Composio API key, that you can find on dashboard.composio.dev
  4. Click on Authenticate and authorize Codex to your Composio account and you're all set.
Codex App MCP setup
  1. Restart and verify if it's there in .codex/config.toml
bash
[mcp_servers.composio]
url = "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
http_headers = { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }

What is the Grafana MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Grafana MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Grafana account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Grafana operations on your behalf.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Grafana with Codex using Composio's MCP server. Now you can interact with Grafana directly from your terminal, VS Code, or the Codex App using natural language commands.

Key benefits of this setup:

  • Seamless integration across CLI, VS Code, and standalone app
  • Natural language commands for Grafana operations
  • Managed authentication through Composio
  • Access to 20,000+ tools across 1000+ apps for cross-app workflows
  • CodeAct workbench for complex tool chaining

Next steps:

  • Try asking Codex to perform various Grafana operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits
  • Build automation scripts that leverage Codex's AI capabilities
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Grafana action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create OTLP v1 Logs

Tool to create OTLP v1 logs in Grafana Loki.

Get Distributor HA Tracker

Tool to retrieve distributor HA tracker status.

Get Grafana Health Status

Check Grafana server health and database connectivity.

Get Index Gateway Ring Status

Tool to retrieve the index gateway hash ring status from Grafana Loki.

Get overrides exporter ring

Tool to retrieve the overrides-exporter hash ring status as an HTML page.

Get Ruler Ring Status

Tool to retrieve the ruler ring status from Grafana Mimir.

Get License Status

Tool to check if a valid Grafana Enterprise license is available.

Get Store Gateway Tenants

Retrieves store gateway tenants.

Post ACS

Tool to perform SAML Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) operation.

Query Public Dashboard Panel

Query a panel on a public Grafana dashboard to retrieve time-series data and metrics.

Retrieve JWKS

Tool to retrieve JSON Web Key Set (JWKS) with all public keys for token verification.

FRAMEWORKS

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Grafana MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Grafana tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Grafana and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Codex fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Grafana tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Grafana scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Grafana data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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