docs_read
Read the named markdown file containing official Prometheus documentation from the prometheus/docs repo
How to use it
docs_read is exposed by the Prometheus MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the docs_read tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Prometheus MCP
docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/tjhop/prometheus-mcp-server:latest --prometheus.url "https://$yourPrometheus:9090"Other tools in Prometheus MCP (29)
Get overview of Prometheus Alertmanager discovery
Get Prometheus build information
Removes the deleted data from disk and cleans up the existing tombstones
deletes data for a selection of series in a time range
List of Official Prometheus Documentation Files
Search the markdown files containing official Prometheus documentation from the prometheus/docs repo
Performs a query for exemplars by the given query and time range
Get runtime flags
Management API endpoint that can be used to check Prometheus health
Returns the unique label names present in the block in sorted order by given time range and matchers
Performs a query for the values of the given label, time range and matchers
List all active alerts
List all alerting and recording rules that are loaded
Get overview of Prometheus target discovery
Returns metadata about metrics currently scraped by the metric name
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Execute an instant query against the Prometheus datasource, returning one value per series at a single point in time
Management API endpoint that can be used to trigger a graceful shutdown of Prometheus
Execute a range query against the Prometheus datasource, returning values over a time window
Management API endpoint that can be used to check Prometheus is ready to serve traffic (i.e. respond to queries
Management API endpoint that can be used to trigger a reload of the Prometheus configuration and rule files
List the runbooks embedded in this server: guided workflows (Agent Skills) for common Prometheus tasks
Read the named runbook by skill name (e.g. check-system-health)
Get Prometheus runtime information
Finds series by label matchers
creates a snapshot of all current data into snapshots/<datetime>-<rand> under the TSDB's data directory and returns the directory as response
Returns metadata about metrics currently scraped by the target
Get usage and cardinality statistics from the TSDB
Get current WAL replay status