Set up Grafana MCP in Continue

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Locate the config file

Continue reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/.continue/config.yaml

Create this file if it does not already exist.

Add the configuration

Add the following to your Continue config file:

yaml

mcpServers:
  - name: grafana-mcp
    command: npx
    args:
      - -y
      - @leval/mcp-grafana
    env:
      GRAFANA_URL: YOUR_GRAFANA_URL
      GRAFANA_API_KEY: YOUR_GRAFANA_API_KEY

Set up environment variables

Grafana MCP requires the following environment variables:

GRAFANA_URLRequired

Grafana instance URL

GRAFANA_API_KEYRequired

Grafana API key or service account token

Verify it works

Restart Continue. Grafana MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 43 tools available.

This server adds approximately 22,145 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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