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mcp-server-prometheus
by loglmhq
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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MonitoringDeveloper ToolsOps & Infra
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LanguageJavaScriptTypeScript
Last commit17 mo agothis month

mcp-server-prometheus · Summary

MCP server that bridges Claude with Prometheus metrics and data.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

mcp-server-prometheus · Use cases

  • Monitoring system performance by querying Prometheus metrics directly from Claude
  • Automating alert and report generation based on metric thresholds
  • Troubleshooting infrastructure issues through conversational metric analysis

filesystem · Use cases

  • Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
  • Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
  • Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

mcp-server-prometheus · Install

Installation

  1. Install dependencies:
npm install
  1. Build the server:
npm run build
  1. Configure for Claude Desktop:

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-prometheus": {
      "command": "/path/to/mcp-server-prometheus/build/index.js",
      "env": {
        "PROMETHEUS_URL": "http://your-prometheus-instance:9090"
      }
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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