When to Use Grafana Assistant vs. MCP vs. GCX: Part 2
When should you reach for Grafana MCP? ✋
It’s one of the two “hands” in Grafana’s AI toolkit — and the easy one at that.
MCP lets you bring Grafana into the tools you already use, like ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor, without changing your workflow.
No terminal? MCP.
Want to stick with your favorite AI tool? MCP.
Want easy tool discovery out of the box? MCP.
Here’s where it fits, and when to use it — explained by Nicole van der Hoeven.
Links/resources:
Learn more about Grafana Assistant: https://grafana.com/products/cloud/ai-assistant/
See the Grafana Assistant documentation: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/platform/grafana-assistant/
Get started with the Grafana Cloud forever-free tier: https://grafana.com/g/cloud
Have a question? Ask Grot, your AI helper: https://grafana.com/grot/
Reach out in our community forums: https://gra.fan/communityyf
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