Lets AI assistants discover metrics and query Prometheus in natural language without writing PromQL.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add prometheus-server-typescript --env PROMETHEUS_URL='<PROMETHEUS_URL>' -- npx prometheus-mcp-server~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.prometheus-server-typescript]
command = "npx"
args = ["prometheus-mcp-server"]
env = { PROMETHEUS_URL = "<PROMETHEUS_URL>" }
# codex mcp add prometheus-server-typescript --env PROMETHEUS_URL='<PROMETHEUS_URL>' -- npx prometheus-mcp-server~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"prometheus-server-typescript": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"prometheus-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"PROMETHEUS_URL": "<PROMETHEUS_URL>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"prometheus-server-typescript": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"prometheus-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"PROMETHEUS_URL": "<PROMETHEUS_URL>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"prometheus-server-typescript": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"prometheus-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"PROMETHEUS_URL": "<PROMETHEUS_URL>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"prometheus-server-typescript": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"prometheus-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"PROMETHEUS_URL": "<PROMETHEUS_URL>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"prometheus-server-typescript": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"prometheus-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"PROMETHEUS_URL": "<PROMETHEUS_URL>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
PROMETHEUS_URL
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.