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Netdata

Netdata is an MCP server that adds cloud and DevOps tools to AI assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. Real-time infrastructure monitoring with metrics, logs, alerts, and ML-based anomaly detection. It has 80,817 GitHub stars, is released under the GPL-3.0 license and runs as a remote server at https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp.

github.com/netdata/netdata (opens in a new tab)

Install Netdata

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp

Remote servers are added as a custom connector, not in claude_desktop_config.json.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http netdata "https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp"

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "netdata": {
      "url": "https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "netdata": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Netdata

Model Context Protocol (MCP) works in two directions with Netdata: The rest of this page covers Netdata as an MCP server.

  • monitoring
  • docker
  • kubernetes
  • cncf
  • prometheus
  • netdata
  • devops
  • observability
  • alerting
  • influxdb

FAQ

Netdata FAQ

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What is Netdata?

Netdata is an MCP server that adds cloud and DevOps tools to AI assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. Real-time infrastructure monitoring with metrics, logs, alerts, and ML-based anomaly detection. It has 80,817 GitHub stars, is released under the GPL-3.0 license and runs as a remote server at https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp. The source code is at github.com/netdata/netdata.

How do I install the Netdata MCP server?

It is a remote MCP server at https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp. Add it with claude mcp add --transport http in Claude Code, as a url entry in .cursor/mcp.json or .vscode/mcp.json, or as a custom connector in the Claude apps.

Is Netdata free?

The server is open source under the GPL-3.0 license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (an API key or token) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Netdata actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. The latest release is v2.12.0, published Sep 30, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.