The following table includes tools that the Chronosphere MCP server supports
interacting with. After authenticating, you can
submit read-only queries to Observability Platform from within your code editor.
The following tools return individual resources, such as a single dashboard, monitor,
or log.
| Tool type | Endpoint | Description |
|---|
| API | get_classic_dashboard | Get classic dashboards tools. |
| API | get_dashboard | Get dashboards tools. |
| API | get_drop_rule | Get drop rules tools. |
| API | get_mapping_rule | Get mapping rules tools. |
| API | get_monitor | Get monitors tools. |
| API | get_notification_policy | Get notification policies tools. |
| API | get_recording_rule | Get recording rules tools. |
| API | get_rollup_rule | Get rollup rules tools. |
| API | get_slo | Get SLO tools. |
| Events | get_events_metadata | List properties you can query on events. |
| Logs | get_log | Get a full log message by its ID. The ID is the unique identifier for the log. |
| Logs | get_log_histogram | Get histogram of logs from a given query. |
| Tool type | Endpoint | Description |
|---|
| API | list_classic_dashboards | List classic dashboards tools. |
| API | list_dashboards | List dashboards tools. |
| API | list_drop_rules | List drop rules tools. |
| API | list_mapping_rules | List mapping rules tools. |
| API | list_metric_usages_by_label_name | List metric usage statistics grouped by label name. Use this tool to find unused or high-cardinality labels that could be dropped. |
| API | list_metric_usages_by_metric_name | List metric usage statistics grouped by metric name. Use this tool to find unused or underutilized metrics that could be dropped to reduce costs. |
| API | list_monitors | List monitors tools. |
| API | list_notification_policies | List notification policies tools. |
| API | list_recording_rules | List recording rules tools. |
| API | list_rollup_rules | List rollup rules tools. |
| API | list_rule_evaluations | List rule evaluation issues for monitors and recording rules so you can identify rules that are failing or having problems. |
| API | list_slo | List SLO tools. |
| Events | list_events | List events from a given query. |
| Events | list_events_label_values | List values for a given label name. |
| Logs | list_log_field_names | List field names of logs. |
| Logs | list_log_field_values | List field values of logs. |
| Monitors | list_monitor_statuses | Lists the current status of all monitors. Returns monitor statuses with alert states and optional signal and series details. |
| Metrics | list_prometheus_label_names | Returns the list of label names (keys) available on metrics that match the given selectors. Use this tool when you need to discover what labels are available on specific metrics or services. |
| Metrics | list_prometheus_label_values | Returns the list of values for a specific label name, optionally filtered by selectors. Use this tool when you know the label name and want to discover what values it has across your metrics. |
| Metrics | list_prometheus_series | Returns the complete time series (full label sets with all key-value pairs) that match the given selectors. Each result shows the exact combination of labels for an active time series. |
| Metrics | list_prometheus_series_metadata | Returns metadata for the given metric in the form of type, help, and unit. |
| Traces | list_traces | List traces from a given query. |
| Tool type | Endpoint | Description |
|---|
| Logs | query_logs_range | Execute a range query for logs. This endpoint returns logs as either timeSeries or gridData. This query might return a large amount of data, so use a shorter range such as one hour. |
| Metrics | query_prometheus_instant | Evaluates a Prometheus instant query at a single point in time. |
| Metrics | query_prometheus_range | Executes a Prometheus PromQL query over a specified time range and returns time series data points in JSON format. Supports standard PromQL syntax plus Chronosphere custom functions. |
| Metrics | render_prometheus_range_query | Evaluates a Prometheus expression query over a range of time and renders it as a PNG image. |
X-Chrono-MCP-Disable-Tools header to selectively hide
specific tools from your client’s tool list.
The header accepts a comma-separated list of tool names. Tool names must match the
endpoint names listed in the tools table on this page. Whitespace between entries is ignored,
and unknown tool names are silently ignored.
Claude Code
To disable specific tools when using Claude Code, include the
X-Chrono-MCP-Disable-Tools header when adding the MCP server:
claude mcp add --transport http chronosphere "https://TENANT.chronosphere.io/api/mcp/mcp" \
--header "Authorization: API_TOKEN" \
--header "X-Chrono-MCP-Disable-Tools: TOOLS"
-
TENANT: The name of your Observability Platform tenant.
-
API_TOKEN: The API token generated from your service account. Chronosphere
recommends storing your API token in a separate file or Kubernetes Secret and
calling it using an environment variable, such as $API_TOKEN.
-
TOOLS: A comma-separated list of tool names you want to hide. For example:
query_logs_range, render_prometheus_range_query
To expose all tools, omit the X-Chrono-MCP-Disable-Tools header from the command.
Cursor
To disable specific tools when using Cursor, add the X-Chrono-MCP-Disable-Tools
header to the headers section in your mcp.json file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"chronosphere": {
"url": "https://TENANT.chronosphere.io/api/mcp/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer API_TOKEN",
"X-Chrono-MCP-Disable-Tools": "TOOLS"
}
}
}
}
-
TENANT: The name of your Observability Platform tenant.
-
API_TOKEN: The API token generated from your service account. Chronosphere
recommends storing your API token in a separate file or Kubernetes Secret and
calling it using an environment variable, such as $API_TOKEN.
-
TOOLS: A comma-separated list of tool names you want to hide. For example:
query_logs_range, render_prometheus_range_query
To expose all tools, remove the X-Chrono-MCP-Disable-Tools line from the headers
section.
