Cloud Monitoring

Overview

Cloud Monitoring remote MCP server for retrieving monitoring data from Google Cloud.

Installation

No local package installation is documented for this server. Connect an MCP client to the remote HTTP endpoint.

Configuration

• Endpoint: https://monitoring.googleapis.com/mcp
• Transport: HTTP / streamable HTTP
• Authentication: Google Cloud credentials, OAuth client ID and secret, or an agent identity and credentials
• API access: Cloud Monitoring API must be enabled

OAuth Scopes

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/monitoring
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/monitoring.read
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/monitoring.write

Capabilities

• List and query time series
• Evaluate PromQL ranges
• Get and list alert policies
• Get and list alerts
• List metric descriptors
• Get and list dashboards

Limitations

• Remote access requires Google Cloud authentication and IAM permissions.
• Additional scopes may be required for underlying resources accessed during a tool call.
• tools/list does not require authentication.
• Google recommends using a separate agent identity for MCP access.