mcp
Gain visibility into the performance, availability, and health of your apps and infrastructure.
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Gain visibility into the performance, availability, and health of your apps and infrastructure.
How to connect
How to connect mcp to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://monitoring.googleapis.com/mcp
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect mcp to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://monitoring.googleapis.com/mcp
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect mcp to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://monitoring.googleapis.com/mcp
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (9)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| list_timeseries | Lists time series data from the Google Cloud Monitoring API |
| query_range | Evaluate a PromQL query in a range of time |
| get_alert_policy | Use this as the primary tool to get information about a specific alerting policy. Alerting policies define the conditions under which you want to be notified about issues with your services. This is useful for understanding the details of a specific alert configuration. |
| list_alert_policies | Use this as the primary tool to list the alerting policies in a Google Cloud project. Alerting policies define the conditions under which you want to be notified about issues with your services. This is useful for understanding what alerts are currently configured. |
| get_alert | Use this as the primary tool to get information about a specific alert. An alert is the representation of a violation of an alert policy. This is useful for understanding the details of a specific alert. |
| list_alerts | Use this as the primary tool to list the alerts in a Google Cloud project. An alert is the representation of a violation of an alert policy. This is useful for understanding current and past violations of an alert policy. |
| list_metric_descriptors | Use this as the primary tool to discover the types of metrics available in a Google Cloud project. This is a good first step to understanding what data is available for monitoring and building dashboards or alerts. |
| list_dashboards | Use this as the primary tool to retrieve a list of existing custom monitoring dashboards in a Google Cloud project. Custom monitoring dashboards let users view and analyze data from different sources in the same context. This is useful for understanding what custom dashboards are currently configured and available in a given project. |
| get_dashboard | Use this as the primary tool to retrieve a single specific custom monitoring dashboard from a Google Cloud project using the resource name of the requested dashboard. Custom monitoring dashboards let users view and analyze data from different sources in the same context. This is often used as a follow on to list_dashboards to get full details on a specific dashboard. |