# loki

Connects Grafana Loki to Claude Code via MCP. It runs LogQL queries and inspects stream labels directly in conversation.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 5
- Author: lexfrei
- License: BSD-3-Clause · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/lexfrei/mcp-loki
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/loki

## What it does

This plugin connects Claude Code to a Grafana Loki instance using the Model Context Protocol. The agent executes LogQL range queries and retrieves log streams for selected time windows. Time parameters accept RFC3339 timestamps, relative spans like `1h` or `5m`, and the `now` keyword.

Under the hood, the server exposes dedicated tools: `loki_query` for line fetching, `loki_labels` for label discovery, and `loki_series` for stream matching. Health checks run through `loki_ready`. It also includes prompt templates for common tasks such as finding application errors and calculating line rates.

If not configured via `LOKI_URL`, the server attempts to reach `http://localhost:3100`. For protected endpoints, you must supply environment variables for basic auth, Bearer tokens, or multi-tenant headers with `LOKI_ORG_ID`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install loki@claude-community
```

## When to use it
- query recent application errors using LogQL
- discover label names and values across log streams
- calculate log line rates for specific selectors
- inspect Loki index cardinality and volume metrics

## Example prompts
- Check error logs for the nginx service from the last hour
- List all available values for the app label in Loki
- Calculate the log rate for {app="auth"} over 5m intervals

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# MCP Loki

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MCP server for querying Grafana Loki logs. Enables LLMs to search and analyze logs via the Model Context Protocol.

## Features

- **LogQL Queries** — Execute range queries with flexible time ranges
- **Label Discovery** — List labels and their values for query building
- **Series Exploration** — Find log streams matching label selectors
- **Index Statistics** — Get cardinality and size metrics
- **Prompt Templates** — Ready-made LogQL patterns for common log analysis tasks
- **Multiple Auth Methods** — Basic auth, Bearer token, multi-tenant (X-Scope-OrgID)
- **Multi-arch Images** — `linux/amd64` and `linux/arm64`
- **Signed Images** — Verified with cosign keyless signing

## Quick Start

### Container (Podman/Docker)

Add to your MCP client configuration:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "loki": {
      "command": "podman",
      "args": [
        "run", "--rm", "-i",
        "-e", "LOKI_URL=http://loki:3100",
        "ghcr.io/lexfrei/mcp-loki:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Go Install

```bash
go install github.com/lexfrei/mcp-loki/cmd/mcp-loki@latest
```

MCP client configuration:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "loki": {
      "command": "mcp-loki",
      "env": {
        "LOKI_URL": "http://loki:3100"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Configuration

All configuration is done via environment variables:

| Variable | Required | Default | Description |
|----------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `LOKI_URL` | No | `http://localhost:3100` | Loki server URL |
| `LOKI_USERNAME` | No | — | Basic auth username |
| `LOKI_PASSWORD` | No | — | Basic auth password |
| `LOKI_TOKEN` | No | — | Bearer token (alternative to basic auth) |
| `LOKI_ORG_ID` | No | — | X-Scope-OrgID header for multi-tenant Loki |
| `MCP_HTTP_PORT` | No | — | Enable HTTP SSE transport on this port |

### Authentication Examples

**No authentication (local Loki):**

```json
{
  "command": "podman",
  "args": [
    "run", "--rm", "-i",
    "-e", "LOKI_URL=http://loki:3100",
    "ghcr.io/lexfrei/mcp-loki:latest"
  ]
}
```

**Basic authentication:**

```json
{
  "command": "podman",
  "args": [
    "run", "--rm", "-i",
    "-e", "LOKI_URL=https://loki.example.com",
    "-e", "LOKI_USERNAME=admin",
    "-e", "LOKI_PASSWORD=secret",
    "ghcr.io/lexfrei/mcp-loki:latest"
  ]
}
```

**Bearer token (Grafana Cloud):**

```json
{
  "command": "podman",
  "args": [
    "run", "--rm", "-i",
    "-e", "LOKI_URL=https://logs-prod-us-central1.grafana.net",
    "-e", "LOKI_TOKEN=glc_xxx",
    "-e", "LOKI_ORG_ID=123456",
    "ghcr.io/lexfrei/mcp-loki:latest"
  ]
}
```

## Available Tools

### loki_query

Execute LogQL queries against Loki.

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `query` | string | Yes | LogQL query string |
| `start` | string | No | Start time (RFC3339, relative like `1h`, or `now`) |
| `end` | string | No | End time (RFC3339, relative, or `now`) |
| `limit` | int | No | Maximum entries to return (default: 100) |
| `direction` | string | No | `forward` or `backward` (default: `backward`) |

**Example:**

```text
Query the last hour of nginx error logs:
- query: {app="nginx"} |= "error"
- start: 1h
- limit: 50
```

### loki_labels

Get label names or values for a specific label.

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `name` | string | No | Label name to get values for (omit for all labels) |
| `start` | string | No | Start time |
| `end` | string | No | End time |

**Example:**

```text
Get all label names: (no parameters)
Get values for "app" label: name=app
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