# Prometheus MCP
> Prometheus’ MCP server provides PromQL queries, metric and target inspection, documentation and runbook access, and Prometheus management tools against a configured backend.
Canonical: https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/prometheus-mcp
Last updated: 2026-10-28
## Catalog record

- Publisher: Prometheus project (official repository)
- Categories: search

## Website

https://prometheus.io/

## Repository

https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus-mcp

## Transports

stdio by default; Streamable HTTP when explicitly configured

## Authentication

No MCP login; target Prometheus authentication/TLS is configured through documented HTTP client configuration as needed.

## Tools

- **alertmanagers**: Get overview of Prometheus Alertmanager discovery
- **build_info**: Get Prometheus build information
- **config**: Get Prometheus configuration
- **docs_list**: List official Prometheus documentation files
- **docs_read**: Read a named official Prometheus documentation file
- **docs_search**: Search official Prometheus documentation
- **exemplar_query**: Query exemplars for a PromQL expression and time range
- **flags**: Get runtime flags
- **healthy**: Check Prometheus health
- **label_names**: List label names over a time range and matchers
- **label_values**: List values for a label over a time range and matchers
- **list_alerts**: List active alerts
- **list_rules**: List loaded alerting and recording rules
- **list_targets**: Get overview of Prometheus target discovery
- **metric_metadata**: Get metadata for scraped metrics
- **query**: Run an instant PromQL query
- **quit**: Trigger graceful Prometheus shutdown
- **range_query**: Run a PromQL query over a time range
- **ready**: Check whether Prometheus is ready to serve traffic
- **reload**: Reload Prometheus configuration and rule files
- **runbooks_list**: List embedded Prometheus runbooks
- **runbooks_read**: Read an embedded runbook by name
- **runtime_info**: Get Prometheus runtime information
- **series**: Find time series by label matchers
- **targets_metadata**: Get metadata for scraped targets
- **tsdb_stats**: Get TSDB usage and cardinality statistics
- **wal_replay_status**: Get current WAL replay status

## Sources

- [official_project_repository](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus-mcp)
- [official_product_logo](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/blob/main/documentation/images/prometheus-logo.svg)
- [official_tool_documentation](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus-mcp/blob/main/README.md)

## Setup

Use the interactive setup panel on [the detail page](https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/prometheus-mcp) to view instructions for each supported client.