observability mcp for VS Code

io.github.thotischner/observability-mcp

Unified observability gateway for AI agents — Prometheus, Loki & more, with anomaly detection.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install observability mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-transport",
      "description": "MCP_TRANSPORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "prometheus-url",
      "description": "PROMETHEUS_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "loki-url",
      "description": "LOKI_URL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "observability-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@thotischner/observability-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "${input:mcp-transport}",
        "PROMETHEUS_URL": "${input:prometheus-url}",
        "LOKI_URL": "${input:loki-url}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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