# grafana-oss

A skill that walks your agent through provisioning Grafana OSS dashboards and data sources from YAML, writing panel JSON, and verifying each step over the API.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 5600 installs · ★ 290
- Author: grafana
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/grafana/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grafana-core/grafana-oss/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/grafana-oss

## What it does

The skill covers Grafana OSS configuration through provisioning files. Your agent drops dashboard JSON into `/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/`, adds a provider in `provisioning/dashboards/default.yaml`, and restarts Grafana so the config loads. Data sources — Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, Pyroscope — go into `provisioning/datasources/datasources.yaml`.

Reference files cover the dashboard JSON model with template variables, panel types, alerting, and the full Grafana OSS API. Built-in roles Viewer, Editor, Admin and GrafanaAdmin are spelled out, along with service-account token minting and `grafana.ini` edits for SMTP, OAuth, database and feature toggles. Every step gets a curl check: data source health, dashboard lookup by uid, token validity.

Dashboard provisioning fails quietly. A JSON file that does not parse simply never shows up, and the API answers 404. That is why the skill points you at `journalctl -u grafana-server | grep -i provisioning` for parse errors. Fine-grained RBAC roles are Enterprise and Cloud only; OSS gives you the built-in set.

You need a token before any of the verification curls work. Without one the API returns 401, and a wrong role returns 403.

## Requirements
- Works with: Grafana

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill grafana-oss -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/grafana-oss/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/grafana-oss/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill grafana-oss -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/grafana-oss/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill grafana-oss -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/grafana-oss/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install grafana/skills grafana-oss
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/grafana-oss/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill grafana-oss -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/grafana/skills --path skills/grafana-core/grafana-oss
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/grafana-oss/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill grafana-oss -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/grafana/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grafana-core/grafana-oss/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- provision dashboards from git instead of clicking through the UI
- wire up Prometheus, Loki, Tempo and Pyroscope in one YAML
- mint a service-account token for CI
- debug why a provisioned dashboard never appeared
- set SMTP or OAuth in `grafana.ini`

## Example prompts
- Provision dashboards from `/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/` and confirm the dashboard loaded
- Add a Prometheus data source in `provisioning/datasources/datasources.yaml` and run the health check
- Create a `ci-reader` service account with the Viewer role and mint a token

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---
name: grafana-oss
license: Apache-2.0
description: Configure Grafana OSS — provisions dashboards from YAML, sets up data sources (Prometheus / Loki / Tempo / Pyroscope), writes dashboard JSON with template variables, builds panel queries, assigns built-in roles (Viewer / Editor / Admin / GrafanaAdmin), mints service-account tokens, edits grafana.ini server config, creates annotations, installs plugins via provisioning, and validates each step with a health-check curl. Use when building dashboards, configuring data sources, setting up provisioning YAML, picking a panel type, writing template variables, managing users and roles, configuring SMTP/OAuth in grafana.ini, creating annotations via API, troubleshooting why a provisioned dashboard isn't showing up, or running Grafana OSS locally — even when the user says "set up a Prometheus data source", "provision dashboards from git", "make a service account", or "configure SSO in OSS" without saying "Grafana OSS".
---

# Grafana OSS

> **Docs**: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest.md

## Common Workflows

### Provisioning dashboards from disk

1. Drop dashboard JSON file(s) under `/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/`
2. Add a provider in `provisioning/dashboards/default.yaml` (see [§ Dashboard provisioning](#dashboard-provisioning) below)
3. Restart Grafana so the provider config is loaded
4. **Verify the dashboard landed**:
   ```bash
   curl https://grafana.example.com/api/dashboards/uid/<uid> \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" | jq '.dashboard.title'
   ```
   Returns the title → success. 404 → provisioning didn't pick it up; check Grafana server logs (`journalctl -u grafana-server | grep -i provisioning`) for parse errors.

### Provisioning data sources

1. Write `provisioning/datasources/datasources.yaml` (see [§ Data source provisioning](#data-source-provisioning) below)
2. Restart Grafana
3. **Health-check the data source via API**:
   ```bash
   curl https://grafana.example.com/api/datasources/uid/<uid>/health \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
   # { "status": "OK", "message": "..." } → working
   # { "status": "ERROR", ... } → URL unreachable or auth misconfigured
   ```

### Creating a service account + token

1. Provision via YAML or `POST /api/serviceaccounts` (full API in [references/api.md § Users + service accounts](references/api.md#users--service-accounts))
2. Mint a token via `POST /api/serviceaccounts/{id}/tokens`
3. **Verify the token works**:
   ```bash
````
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