Grafana

Data & APIs

Grafana API integration with managed authentication. This is a write-capable integration — it can read, create, update, and delete dashboards, data sources, folders, annotations, alerts, and teams in your Grafana instance. Use this skill when users want to interact with Grafana for monitoring, visualization, and observability. All write operations (creating/updating/deleting dashboards, folders, data sources, alerts, or teams) require explicit user approval with specific resource identifiers before execution. For other third party apps, use the api-gateway skill (https://clawhub.ai/byungkyu/api-gateway).

Install

openclaw skills install grafana-api

Grafana

Access Grafana dashboards, data sources, folders, annotations, and alerts via managed API authentication.

Quick Start

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/grafana/api/search?type=dash-db')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

https://api.maton.ai/grafana/{native-api-path}

Maton proxies requests to your Grafana instance and automatically injects authentication.

Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key:

Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY

Environment Variable: Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Getting Your API Key

Sign in or create an account at maton.ai
Go to maton.ai/settings
Copy your API key

Connection Management

Manage your Grafana connections at https://api.maton.ai.

List Connections

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections?app=grafana&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'grafana'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Open the returned url in a browser to complete authentication. You'll need to provide your Grafana service account token. Use a dedicated, least-privilege service account token for this integration — limit it to the specific organization, folders, and resources needed for the task. Avoid admin-role tokens unless specifically required. Rotate the token periodically and revoke it immediately when the connection is no longer needed.

Delete Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Security & Permissions

Access is scoped to dashboards, data sources, folders, annotations, alerts, and teams within the connected Grafana instance. The integration inherits the permissions of the service account token used during connection setup — use least-privilege tokens scoped to the needed organization and folders. Prefer a non-production instance for exploratory work. Remove the connection when no longer needed.
Default to read-only operations. Always start by listing or retrieving resources to confirm identifiers before proposing any changes.
All write operations require explicit user approval with specific identifiers. Before executing any POST, PUT, PATCH, or DELETE call:
1. Retrieve and display the target resource (dashboard title/UID, folder name, data source name, alert rule) so the user can verify.
2. Clearly describe the intended effect (e.g., "This will delete dashboard 'Production Overview' (UID: abc-123) from the 'Ops' folder").
3. Wait for explicit user confirmation before proceeding.
High-impact operations require extra caution. Deleting dashboards, modifying alert rules, changing data source configurations, and reorganizing folders can affect monitoring and observability workflows. These actions must include a summary of consequences and require confirmation.

API Reference

Organization & User

Get Current Organization

GET /grafana/api/org

Response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "Main Org.",
  "address": {
    "address1": "",
    "address2": "",
    "city": "",
    "zipCode": "",
    "state": "",
    "country": ""
  }
}

Get Current User

GET /grafana/api/user

Response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "uid": "abc123",
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "name": "User Name",
  "login": "user",
  "orgId": 1,
  "isGrafanaAdmin": false
}

Dashboards

Search Dashboards

GET /grafana/api/search?type=dash-db

Query Parameters:

type - dash-db for dashboards, dash-folder for folders
query - Search query string
tag - Filter by tag
folderIds - Filter by folder IDs
limit - Max results (default 1000)

Response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "uid": "abc123",
    "title": "My Dashboard",
    "uri": "db/my-dashboard",
    "url": "/d/abc123/my-dashboard",
    "type": "dash-db",
    "tags": ["production"],
    "isStarred": false
  }
]

Get Dashboard by UID

GET /grafana/api/dashboards/uid/{uid}

Response:

{
  "meta": {
    "type": "db",
    "canSave": true,
    "canEdit": true,
    "canAdmin": true,
    "canStar": true,
    "slug": "my-dashboard",
    "url": "/d/abc123/my-dashboard",
    "expires": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "created": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updated": "2024-01-02T00:00:00Z",
    "version": 1
  },
  "dashboard": {
    "id": 1,
    "uid": "abc123",
    "title": "My Dashboard",
    "tags": ["production"],
    "panels": [...],
    "schemaVersion": 30,
    "version": 1
  }
}

Create/Update Dashboard

POST /grafana/api/dashboards/db
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "dashboard": {
    "title": "New Dashboard",
    "panels": [],
    "schemaVersion": 30,
    "version": 0
  },
  "folderUid": "optional-folder-uid",
  "overwrite": false
}

Response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "uid": "abc123",
  "url": "/d/abc123/new-dashboard",
  "status": "success",
  "version": 1,
  "slug": "new-dashboard"
}

Delete Dashboard

DELETE /grafana/api/dashboards/uid/{uid}

Response:

{
  "title": "My Dashboard",
  "message": "Dashboard My Dashboard deleted",
  "id": 1
}

Get Home Dashboard

GET /grafana/api/dashboards/home

Folders

List Folders

GET /grafana/api/folders

Response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "uid": "folder123",
    "title": "My Folder",
    "url": "/dashboards/f/folder123/my-folder",
    "hasAcl": false,
    "canSave": true,
    "canEdit": true,
    "canAdmin": true
  }
]

Get Folder by UID

GET /grafana/api/folders/{uid}

Create Folder

POST /grafana/api/folders
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "title": "New Folder"
}

Response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "uid": "folder123",
  "title": "New Folder",
  "url": "/dashboards/f/folder123/new-folder",
  "hasAcl": false,
  "canSave": true,
  "canEdit": true,
  "canAdmin": true,
  "version": 1
}

Update Folder

PUT /grafana/api/folders/{uid}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "title": "Updated Folder Name",
  "version": 1
}

Delete Folder

DELETE /grafana/api/folders/{uid}

Data Sources

List Data Sources

GET /grafana/api/datasources

Response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "uid": "ds123",
    "orgId": 1,
    "name": "Prometheus",
    "type": "prometheus",
    "access": "proxy",
    "url": "http://prometheus:9090",
    "isDefault": true,
    "readOnly": false
  }
]

Get Data Source by ID

GET /grafana/api/datasources/{id}

Get Data Source by UID

GET /grafana/api/datasources/uid/{uid}

Get Data Source by Name

GET /grafana/api/datasources/name/{name}

Create Data Source

POST /grafana/api/datasources
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "New Prometheus",
  "type": "prometheus",
  "url": "http://prometheus:9090",
  "access": "proxy",
  "isDefault": false
}

Update Data Source

PUT /grafana/api/datasources/{id}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "Updated Prometheus",
  "type": "prometheus",
  "url": "http://prometheus:9090",
  "access": "proxy"
}

Delete Data Source

DELETE /grafana/api/datasources/{id}

Annotations

List Annotations

GET /grafana/api/annotations

Query Parameters:

from - Epoch timestamp (ms)
to - Epoch timestamp (ms)
dashboardId - Filter by dashboard ID
dashboardUID - Filter by dashboard UID
panelId - Filter by panel ID
tags - Filter by tags (comma-separated)
limit - Max results

Create Annotation

POST /grafana/api/annotations
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "dashboardUID": "abc123",
  "time": 1609459200000,
  "text": "Deployment completed",
  "tags": ["deployment", "production"]
}

Response:

{
  "message": "Annotation added",
  "id": 1
}

Update Annotation

PUT /grafana/api/annotations/{id}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "text": "Updated annotation text",
  "tags": ["updated"]
}

Delete Annotation

DELETE /grafana/api/annotations/{id}

Teams

Search Teams

GET /grafana/api/teams/search

Query Parameters:

query - Search query
page - Page number
perpage - Results per page

Response:

{
  "totalCount": 1,
  "teams": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "orgId": 1,
      "name": "Engineering",
      "email": "engineering@example.com",
      "memberCount": 5
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "perPage": 1000
}

Get Team by ID

GET /grafana/api/teams/{id}

Create Team

POST /grafana/api/teams
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "New Team",
  "email": "team@example.com"
}

Update Team

PUT /grafana/api/teams/{id}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "Updated Team Name"
}

Delete Team

DELETE /grafana/api/teams/{id}

Alert Rules (Provisioning API)

List Alert Rules

GET /grafana/api/v1/provisioning/alert-rules

Get Alert Rule

GET /grafana/api/v1/provisioning/alert-rules/{uid}

List Alert Rules by Folder

GET /grafana/api/ruler/grafana/api/v1/rules

Service Accounts

Search Service Accounts

GET /grafana/api/serviceaccounts/search

Response:

{
  "totalCount": 1,
  "serviceAccounts": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "api-service",
      "login": "sa-api-service",
      "orgId": 1,
      "isDisabled": false,
      "role": "Editor"
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "perPage": 1000
}

Plugins

List Plugins

GET /grafana/api/plugins

Response:

[
  {
    "name": "Prometheus",
    "type": "datasource",
    "id": "prometheus",
    "enabled": true,
    "pinned": false
  }
]

Code Examples

JavaScript

const response = await fetch('https://api.maton.ai/grafana/api/search?type=dash-db', {
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`
  }
});
const dashboards = await response.json();
console.log(dashboards);

Python

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://api.maton.ai/grafana/api/search?type=dash-db',
    headers={
        'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}'
    }
)
print(response.json())

Notes

Dashboard UIDs are unique identifiers used in most operations
Use /api/search?type=dash-db to find dashboard UIDs
Folder operations require folder UIDs
Some admin operations (list all users, orgs) require elevated permissions
Alert rules use the provisioning API (/api/v1/provisioning/...)
Annotations require epoch timestamps in milliseconds

Error Handling

Status	Meaning
200	Success
400	Invalid request
401	Invalid or missing authentication
403	Permission denied
404	Resource not found
409	Conflict (e.g., duplicate name)
412	Precondition failed (version mismatch)
422	Unprocessable entity

Grafana

Install

Grafana

Quick Start

Base URL

Authentication

Getting Your API Key

Connection Management

List Connections

Create Connection

Delete Connection

Security & Permissions

API Reference

Organization & User

Get Current Organization

Get Current User

Dashboards

Search Dashboards

Get Dashboard by UID

Create/Update Dashboard

Delete Dashboard

Get Home Dashboard

Folders

List Folders

Get Folder by UID

Create Folder

Update Folder

Delete Folder

Data Sources

List Data Sources

Get Data Source by ID

Get Data Source by UID

Get Data Source by Name

Create Data Source

Update Data Source

Delete Data Source

Annotations

List Annotations

Create Annotation

Update Annotation

Delete Annotation

Teams

Search Teams

Get Team by ID

Create Team

Update Team

Delete Team

Alert Rules (Provisioning API)

List Alert Rules

Get Alert Rule

List Alert Rules by Folder

Service Accounts

Search Service Accounts

Plugins

List Plugins

Code Examples

JavaScript

Python

Notes

Error Handling

Resources

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