We're excited to announce that Instana MCP Server is now available as an extension for Claude Desktop via MCPB! This integration brings Instana's powerful observability capabilities directly to your AI assistant, enabling seamless monitoring, troubleshooting, and analysis of your applications through natural language.

What is Instana MCP Server?

Instana MCP Server is a product-level Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that acts as a bridge between AI assistants and Instana's comprehensive observability platform. It allows Claude to:

• Query and analyze metrics, traces, and events from your applications
• Troubleshoot performance issues and incidents
• Generate visualizations and reports from monitoring data
• Manage alerts and notifications
• Access real-time health information about your infrastructure

Why This Matters

This integration represents a significant advancement in how DevOps and SRE teams can interact with their observability data:

1. Natural Language Interface: Query complex monitoring data using conversational language instead of learning specific query languages or navigating dashboards.

2. Contextual Analysis: Claude can analyze patterns across metrics, traces, and logs to provide deeper insights than traditional dashboards.

3. Workflow Integration: Seamlessly incorporate observability data into your existing Claude Desktop workflows for documentation, incident response, or planning.

4. Reduced Context Switching: Get the monitoring data you need without leaving your AI assistant environment.

How It Works

The Instana MCP Server extension leverages the MCPB (MCP Bundle) format, which packages everything needed to run the MCP server in a single portable file. When installed in Claude Desktop, it:

1. Establishes a secure connection to your Instana instance using API tokens
2. Exposes Instana's capabilities as tools that Claude can use
3. Translates natural language requests into structured API calls
4. Processes and formats the returned data for easy consumption

Getting Started

Installing the Instana MCP Server extension is simple:

1. Open Claude Desktop and navigate to the Extensions section
2. Find and install the Instana MCP Server extension directly from the marketplace
3. Configure your Instana connection details (API endpoint and token)
4. Start asking Claude about your application performance!

Example prompts you can try:

• "Show me the performance of my payment service over the last 24 hours"
• "What's causing the high latency in my checkout API?"
• "Generate a report of all critical incidents from last week"
• "Compare database performance before and after the recent upgrade"

Security and Authentication

The Instana MCP Server extension supports robust authentication options:

• API Token Authentication: Secure access to your Instana instance using API tokens with least-privilege permissions
• Multi-tenant Isolation: Support for different tokens per tenant/environment for proper isolation

Try It Today

The Instana MCP Server extension for Claude Desktop is available now in the Extensions marketplace. Experience the power of combining Instana's enterprise-grade observability with Claude's intelligence to transform how you monitor and troubleshoot your applications.

For more information, visit our Instana MCP Server repo or contact your Instana representative.