# send-data

Guides telemetry ingestion into Grafana Cloud for metrics, logs, traces, and profiles. Covers Alloy pipelines, OTLP exports, Prometheus remote write, and Helm setups.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4200 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-cloud/send-data/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/send-data

## What it does

The skill provides configuration templates for shipping telemetry to Grafana Cloud. It covers Grafana Alloy pipelines across all signals, direct Prometheus remote write configs, direct Loki push calls via `curl`, and OpenTelemetry SDK setups in Python.

It details values for the `grafana/k8s-monitoring` Helm chart at version 4.1.4, calls to the Cloud Integrations API, and role assignments for API tokens like `MetricsPublisher` or `LogsPublisher`.

You will need tenant endpoints and access keys from the Grafana Cloud portal beforehand. Ingestion will fail immediately if requests lack valid basic auth headers or specific publisher roles.

## Requirements
- Works with: Grafana

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/grafana/skills --path skills/grafana-cloud/send-data
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill send-data -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-cloud/send-data/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- configure Prometheus remote write for Grafana Cloud metrics
- set up Grafana Alloy to scrape logs and export traces
- connect OpenTelemetry SDKs via OTLP environment variables
- deploy Kubernetes monitoring using the official Helm chart
- generate API keys with dedicated publisher roles

## Example prompts
- Show me an Alloy config to forward application logs to Grafana Cloud Loki.
- How do I configure remote_write in prometheus.yml to authenticate with Grafana Cloud?
- Create a values.yaml for the grafana/k8s-monitoring Helm chart to send metrics and logs.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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````text
---
name: send-data
license: Apache-2.0
description: >
  Sending telemetry data to Grafana Cloud — metrics via Prometheus remote write or OTLP, logs via
  Loki push or Alloy, traces via OTLP to Tempo, profiles via Pyroscope. Covers Alloy-based pipelines,
  direct SDK/agent integrations, cloud integrations catalog, and credentials management.
  Use when connecting an application or infrastructure to Grafana Cloud, setting up data ingestion,
  configuring remote write, or choosing between ingestion methods.
---

# Sending Data to Grafana Cloud

> **Docs**: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/

## Quick Start: Find Your Credentials

In Grafana Cloud portal → **My Account** → **Stack** → **Details**:

| Signal | Credential Fields |
|--------|------------------|
| Metrics | Prometheus remote write URL, username, password/API key |
| Logs | Loki URL, username, password/API key |
| Traces | Tempo OTLP endpoint, username, password/API key |
| Profiles | Pyroscope URL, username, password/API key |

## Alloy (Recommended — All Signals)

```alloy
// METRICS
prometheus.scrape "app" {
  targets    = [{"__address__" = "localhost:8080"}]
  forward_to = [prometheus.remote_write.cloud.receiver]
}

prometheus.remote_write "cloud" {
  endpoint {
    url = "https://prometheus-prod-xx.grafana.net/api/prom/push"
    basic_auth {
      username = sys.env("PROM_USER")
      password = sys.env("GRAFANA_CLOUD_API_KEY")
    }
  }
}

// LOGS
loki.source.file "app" {
  targets = [{__path__ = "/var/log/app/*.log", job = "app"}]
  forward_to = [loki.write.cloud.receiver]
}

loki.write "cloud" {
  endpoint {
    url = "https://logs-prod-xx.grafana.net/loki/api/v1/push"
    basic_auth {
      username = sys.env("LOKI_USER")
      password = sys.env("GRAFANA_CLOUD_API_KEY")
    }
  }
}

// TRACES (OTLP receive → forward)
otelcol.receiver.otlp "default" {
  grpc { endpoint = "0.0.0.0:4317" }
  http { endpoint = "0.0.0.0:4318" }
  output {
    traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.cloud.input]
  }
}

otelcol.exporter.otlp "cloud" {
  client {
    endpoint = "tempo-prod-xx.grafana.net:443"
    auth = otelcol.auth.basic.cloud.handler
  }
}

otelcol.auth.basic "cloud" {
  username = sys.env("TEMPO_USER")
  password = sys.env("GRAFANA_CLOUD_API_KEY")
}
```

## Direct Prometheus Remote Write

```yaml
# prometheus.yml
remote_write:
  - url: https://prometheus-prod-xx.grafana.net/api/prom/push
    basic_auth:
      username: "123456"
      password: "your-api-key"
    write_relabel_configs:
      - source_labels: [__name__]
        regex: "go_.*"
        action: drop   # optional: drop high-cardinality metrics
```

## Direct Loki Push (curl)

```bash
curl -X POST https://logs-prod-xx.grafana.net/loki/api/v1/push \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -u "123456:your-api-key" \
  -d '{
    "streams": [{
      "stream": { "app": "myapp", "env": "prod" },
      "values": [
        ["1706745600000000000", "application started"]
      ]
    }]
  }'
```

## OpenTelemetry SDK → Grafana Cloud

```bash
# Environment variables for OTLP export
````
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