Apache SkyWalking MCP

SkyWalking-MCP: A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for integrating AI agents with Skywalking OAP and the surrounding ecosystem.

SkyWalking: an APM(application performance monitor) system, especially designed for microservices, cloud native and container-based (Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos) architectures.

Usage

From Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/apache/skywalking-mcp.git
cd skywalking-mcp && go mod tidy

# Build the project
make

Command-line Options

Usage:
  swmcp [command]

Available Commands:
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help        Help about any command
  sse         Start SSE server
  stdio       Start stdio server
  streamable  Start Streamable server

Flags:
  -h, --help               help for swmcp
      --log-command        When true, log commands to the log file
      --log-file string    Path to log file
      --log-level string   Logging level (debug, info, warn, error) (default "info")
      --read-only          Restrict the server to read-only operations
      --sw-url string      Specify the OAP URL to connect to (e.g. http://localhost:12800)
  -v, --version            version for swmcp

Use "swmcp [command] --help" for more information about a command.

You could start the MCP server with the following command:

# use stdio server
bin/swmcp stdio --sw-url http://localhost:12800

# or use SSE server
bin/swmcp sse --sse-address localhost:8000 --base-path /mcp --sw-url http://localhost:12800

Usage with Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skywalking": {
      "command": "swmcp stdio",
      "args": [
        "--sw-url",
        "http://localhost:12800"
      ]
    }
  }
}

If using Docker:

make build-image to build the Docker image, then configure the MCP server like this:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skywalking": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "-e",
        "SW_URL",
        "skywalking-mcp:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SW_URL": "http://localhost:12800"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

SkyWalking MCP provides the following tools to query and analyze SkyWalking OAP data:

Category	Tool Name	Description	Key Features
Trace	get_trace_details	Get detailed trace information	Retrieve trace by ID; Multiple views: full (complete trace), summary (overview with metrics), errors_only (error spans only); Detailed span analysis
Trace	get_cold_trace_details	Get trace details from cold storage	Query historical traces from BanyanDB; Multiple views: full, summary, errors_only; Duration-based search; Historical incident investigation
Trace	query_traces	Query traces with intelligent analysis	Multi-condition filtering (service, endpoint, duration, state, tags); Multiple views: full (raw data), summary (intelligent analysis with performance insights), errors_only (error traces); Sort options; Slow trace detection; Performance metrics and statistics
Metrics	query_single_metrics	Query single metric values	Get specific metric values (CPM, response time, SLA, Apdex); Multiple entity scopes (Service, ServiceInstance, Endpoint, Process, Relations); Time range and cold storage support
Metrics	query_top_n_metrics	Query top N metric rankings	Rank entities by metric values; Configurable top N count; Ascending/descending order; Scope-based filtering; Performance analysis and issue identification
Log	query_logs	Query logs from SkyWalking OAP	Filter by service, instance, endpoint, trace ID, tags; Time range queries; Cold storage support; Pagination support
MQE	execute_mqe_expression	Execute MQE expressions for metrics	Execute complex MQE (Metrics Query Expression) queries; Support calculations, aggregations, comparisons, TopN, trend analysis; Multiple result types (single value, time series, sorted list); Entity filtering and relation metrics; Debug and tracing capabilities
MQE	list_mqe_metrics	List available metrics for MQE	Discover available metrics for MQE queries; Filter by regex patterns; Get metric metadata (type, catalog); Support service, instance, endpoint, relation, database, and infrastructure metrics
MQE	get_mqe_metric_type	Get metric type information	Get detailed type information for specific metrics; Understand metric structure (regular value, labeled value, sampled record); Help with correct MQE expression syntax

Contact Us

• Submit an issue by using MCP as title prefix.
• Mail list: dev@skywalking.apache.org. Mail to dev-subscribe@skywalking.apache.org, follow the reply to subscribe the mail list.
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• Twitter, ASFSkyWalking

License

Apache 2.0 License.