# How to connect Grafana Cloud to OpenClaw (no API keys) > Connect Grafana Cloud to OpenClaw with ClawLink in one click — 117 tools your AI agent can call from chat via hosted OAuth. No API keys, no manual setup. Web version: https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/grafana-cloud The usual route to Grafana Cloud access for OpenClaw is an MCP server you configure and keep running, plus your own OAuth app or API keys. ClawLink gives OpenClaw a more practical Grafana Cloud setup: install one ClawHub skill, connect Grafana Cloud in the browser, and OpenClaw can call real Grafana Cloud actions from any chat surface with no auth, token refresh, or tool wiring to build yourself. ## Setup It takes three steps to connect OpenClaw to Grafana Cloud. 1. **Install ClawLink** — add the plugin to OpenClaw once. 2. **Connect Grafana Cloud** — one-click OAuth in the ClawLink dashboard. 3. **Use it from chat** — ask OpenClaw in plain English. **Paste this into OpenClaw to set up ClawLink:** > I want to connect my apps to OpenClaw through ClawLink. > Please install the ClawLink plugin from ClawHub and enable it: `openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin` > When it is installed, tell me and stop. After I reply, give me the ClawLink pairing link. Setup notes, if you need them: https://claw-link.dev/skill.md **Alternative for any agent (no plugin needed):** if the OpenClaw plugin route isn't available or doesn't work, any AI agent with shell access can use the ClawLink CLI instead: ```bash npx -y @useclawlink/cli login # sign in via browser — no API key to paste npx -y @useclawlink/cli connect grafana-cloud # connect Grafana Cloud (browser OAuth) npx -y @useclawlink/cli actions grafana-cloud # list available actions npx -y @useclawlink/cli run grafana-cloud --input '' # execute (add --confirm for writes) ``` ### Install by command The setup prompt above does all of this in one paste. By hand, it is one install command plus a browser approval: ```bash openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin ``` Then ask OpenClaw to set up ClawLink. It starts browser pairing and prints an approval link — open it, approve the device, return to the chat, and say `done`. Finally, connect Grafana Cloud in the [ClawLink dashboard](https://claw-link.dev/dashboard) — a one-click OAuth approval, no API keys. Verify the connection by asking OpenClaw: > Use Grafana Cloud to mcp agento11y manage agents and walk me through the result in plain English. ### Using a different agent? The OpenClaw plugin is one client of ClawLink's MCP server. Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any agent that can run a shell command pairs with the same ClawLink account through the CLI: ```bash npx -y @useclawlink/cli login ``` `login` opens the same browser approval and stores a credential locally. Once Grafana Cloud is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 117 Grafana Cloud tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: [connect apps to any AI agent](https://claw-link.dev/learn/connect-apps-to-any-ai-agent). ## Grafana Cloud MCP for OpenClaw Looking for a Grafana Cloud MCP server for OpenClaw? ClawLink connects Grafana Cloud to OpenClaw and exposes 117 Grafana Cloud tools your agent can call over [MCP](https://claw-link.dev/learn/what-is-an-mcp-server), with [hosted auth](https://claw-link.dev/learn/oauth-for-ai-agents) and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using Hermes instead? The [Hermes Grafana Cloud integration](https://claw-link.dev/hermes/grafana-cloud) works the same way. ## What the OpenClaw Grafana Cloud integration can do 117 Grafana Cloud tools are ready for OpenClaw once the account is connected. The 30 below are the ones people reach for most; your agent can call all 117. ### 30 of 117 Grafana Cloud tools for OpenClaw | Tool | What it does | |---|---| | **Mcp agento11y manage agents** `grafana_cloud_mcp_agento11y_manage_agents` | Read the agent catalog of Grafana Agent Observability (the grafana-agento11y-app plugin): which | | **Mcp agento11y manage conversations** `grafana_cloud_mcp_agento11y_manage_conversations` | List, search, and fetch LLM conversations from Grafana Agent Observability (the | | **Mcp agento11y manage generations** `grafana_cloud_mcp_agento11y_manage_generations` | Fetch a single LLM generation and its evaluation scores from Grafana Agent Observability (the | | **Mcp alerting manage routing** `grafana_cloud_mcp_alerting_manage_routing` | Manage Grafana alerting routing configuration, including notification policies, contact points | | **Mcp analyze loki labels** `grafana_cloud_mcp_analyze_loki_labels` | Audits a Loki label strategy and optionally diagnoses query performance | | **Mcp check datasources health** `grafana_cloud_mcp_check_datasources_health` | Check datasource health | | **Mcp describe athena table** `grafana_cloud_mcp_describe_athena_table` | Get column names for an Athena table | | **Mcp describe clickhouse table** `grafana_cloud_mcp_describe_clickhouse_table` | Get column schema for a ClickHouse table | | **Mcp describe infrastructure** `grafana_cloud_mcp_describe_infrastructure` | Start here when users ask about their infrastructure, services, or architecture | | **Mcp describe snowflake table** `grafana_cloud_mcp_describe_snowflake_table` | Get column schema for a Snowflake table | | **Mcp get alert group** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_alert_group` | Get a specific alert group from Grafana OnCall by its ID | | **Mcp get annotation tags** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_annotation_tags` | Returns annotation tags with optional filtering by tag name | | **Mcp get annotations** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_annotations` | Fetch Grafana annotations using filters such as dashboard UID, time range and tags | | **Mcp get assertions** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_assertions` | Get assertion summary for a given entity with its type, name, env, site, namespace, and a time | | **Mcp get current oncall users** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_current_oncall_users` | Get the list of users currently on-call for a specific Grafana OnCall schedule ID | | **Mcp get dashboard by uid** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_dashboard_by_uid` | Retrieves the complete dashboard, including panels, variables, and settings, for a specific | | **Mcp get dashboard panel queries** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_dashboard_panel_queries` | Retrieve panel queries from a Grafana dashboard | | **Mcp get dashboard property** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_dashboard_property` | Get specific parts of a dashboard using JSONPath expressions to minimize context window usage | | **Mcp get dashboard summary** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_dashboard_summary` | Get a compact summary of a dashboard including title\, panel count\, panel types\, variables\ | | **Mcp get datasource** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_datasource` | Retrieves detailed information about a specific datasource by UID or name | | **Mcp get incident** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_incident` | Get a single incident by ID | | **Mcp get investigation** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_investigation` | Get one Grafana Assistant investigation (AI-driven root-cause investigation) by ID | | **Mcp get investigation thread** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_investigation_thread` | Get the working thread of one Grafana Assistant investigation (AI-driven root-cause | | **Mcp get oncall shift** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_oncall_shift` | Get detailed information for a specific Grafana OnCall shift using its ID | | **Mcp get panel image** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_panel_image` | Render a Grafana dashboard panel or full dashboard as a PNG image | | **Mcp get plugin** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_plugin` | Check whether a Grafana plugin is installed and retrieve its details (name, version, type | | **Mcp get query examples** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_query_examples` | Get example queries for a specific datasource type | | **Mcp get resource description** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_resource_description` | List available permissions and assignment capabilities for a Grafana resource type | | **Mcp get resource permissions** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_resource_permissions` | List all permissions set on a specific Grafana resource (e.g., dashboard, datasource, folder) | | **Mcp get role assignments** `grafana_cloud_mcp_get_role_assignments` | List all assignments for a specific role, showing which users, teams, and service accounts have | ## Example prompts **Mcp Agento11y Manage Agents** > Use Grafana Cloud to mcp agento11y manage agents and walk me through the result in plain English. **Mcp Agento11y Manage Conversations** > Use Grafana Cloud to mcp agento11y manage conversations and walk me through the result in plain English. **Mcp Agento11y Manage Generations** > Use Grafana Cloud to mcp agento11y manage generations and walk me through the result in plain English. **Mcp Alerting Manage Routing** > Use Grafana Cloud to mcp alerting manage routing and walk me through the result in plain English. ## ClawLink vs. building it yourself The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual OAuth app setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for OpenClaw. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want Grafana Cloud working from chat. | | Manual | ClawLink | |---|---|---| | **Connection flow** | Register a Grafana Cloud app, configure redirect URLs, manage consent details, and reconnect users when auth settings drift. | Users connect Grafana Cloud through the hosted browser flow and ClawLink keeps the token lifecycle out of your app code. | | **Ongoing maintenance** | You own refresh logic, permission debugging, environment config, and every provider-specific edge case for Grafana Cloud. | ClawLink handles the repetitive integration plumbing so your team can focus on the workflow instead of the infrastructure. | | **Agent usability** | You still need to expose the right Grafana Cloud actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use. | 117 tools for Grafana Cloud are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately. | ## ClawLink vs. Composio Composio also exposes Grafana Cloud to AI agents. It is developer infrastructure: Python and TypeScript SDKs, an MCP server, and a catalog past 1,000 apps, aimed at teams shipping agent products. ClawLink is built for OpenClaw users instead. You install the plugin once, connect Grafana Cloud in the browser, and the 117 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK, no config file, and no API key handling. Choosing between them? Read the full [Composio alternatives](https://claw-link.dev/hub/composio-alternatives) comparison. ### OpenClaw installed the Grafana Cloud skill but can't call the tools The ClawHub skill teaches OpenClaw about Grafana Cloud, but the calls run through the ClawLink plugin and your connected account. Make sure Grafana Cloud is connected in the dashboard, then start a fresh chat so OpenClaw reloads the tool catalog. If OpenClaw runs as a persistent gateway, restart it so the new tools register. ### Connection succeeds but no tools appear Reconnect Grafana Cloud from the dashboard, then start a fresh chat if the runtime still has the old tool catalog loaded. ### "Tool schema not loaded yet" error when calling Grafana Cloud tools Grafana Cloud tool schemas load on demand the first time a tool runs and are cached after that, so this error usually clears on its own: wait a few seconds and retry the same request. If every Grafana Cloud call keeps failing with it in a fresh chat, reconnect from the dashboard, and contact support if it still persists — that pattern points to a configuration problem on our side, not something you can fix by reconnecting again. ### Grafana Cloud returns 403 or "permission denied" on one action while others work Two usual causes. The connected account may not have access to the specific workspace, inbox, store, or project in the request — check that first. If access looks right, the agent may have sent a placeholder value (like "YOUR_ID" or an example id from documentation) instead of a real one: ask it to run a list or search tool first, then retry the action with a real id from those results. Most failures at this stage are one of these two, not ClawLink bugs. ### OAuth finished in the browser but the account is still missing Try reconnecting Grafana Cloud and complete the consent flow in the same browser session. Partial OAuth approvals or switching accounts mid-flow can leave the connection incomplete. ### Is there a OpenClaw Grafana Cloud integration? Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect OpenClaw to Grafana Cloud: link your Grafana Cloud account once in the browser and OpenClaw can call the Grafana Cloud API through 117 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling. ### How do I add Grafana Cloud to OpenClaw with ClawLink? Paste the setup prompt from this page into OpenClaw. It installs the ClawLink Grafana Cloud skill from ClawHub, then you click Connect in the dashboard to authorize Grafana Cloud. OpenClaw calls the tools from the next message — no config files or API keys to manage. ### How long does it take to connect Grafana Cloud to OpenClaw? About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to Grafana Cloud in the dashboard, authenticate, and OpenClaw can use it from the next chat message. ### Why use ClawLink instead of wiring Grafana Cloud up myself? The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual OAuth app setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for OpenClaw. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want Grafana Cloud working from chat. ### OpenClaw installed the Grafana Cloud skill but can't call the tools The ClawHub skill teaches OpenClaw about Grafana Cloud, but the calls run through the ClawLink plugin and your connected account. 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