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AI in observability at Grafana Labs: Making observability easy and accessible for everyone

Did you know that observability has been around for more than six decades? It all goes back to a Hungarian-American inventor named Rudolf Kálmán who thought about how external outputs could measure the internal state of a machine. Kálmán wrote about monitoring single-input single-output systems, but our demands are very different today. We need to observe monoliths, microservices, clusters, pods, regions, and many more.

Cortex MCP set up

Learn how to set up the Cortex MCP in under 5 minutes. The MCP integrates directly into your IDE, giving instant access to Cortex data without leaving your coding environment. It reduces context switching by enabling natural questions about services and teams, and streamlines workflows with real-time data from Cortex, Jira, GitHub, and more.

Sentry MCP server monitoring

We just launched MCP server monitoring in beta. You can instrument most server-side JavaScript SDK based MCP servers with one line of instrumentation code within your MCP SDK implementation using: wrapMcpServerWithSentry(McpServer) See details like protocol usage, client usage, traffic, tool usage, and performance across your MCP implementation so you you can get visibility into all the sharp edges that your MCP server has — who’s using it, how it’s working (or not), and get alerted when things break.

You built the MCP server. Now track every client, tool, and request with Sentry.

TL;DR - Starting today, you can instrument most server-side JavaScript SDK based MCP servers with one line of instrumentation code within your MCP SDK implementation. Click to Copy Click to Copy With this in place, you’ll be able to see details like protocol usage, client usage, traffic, tool usage, and performance across your MCP implementation.

The PagerDuty Vision for AI-First Operations

Something fundamental needs to change in the way we run operations. Organizations are deploying AI to optimize everything from coding and deployment to resource planning and incident management. But they’re discovering that managing AI-powered systems requires a completely different operational mindset. AI models hallucinate. Data pipelines degrade silently. Algorithms develop bias without warning.

REST easy with REST Packs

The countdown to CriblCon 25 is on and we’re giving you an exclusive first look at the expert insights, innovative solutions, and success stories you’ll see on the big stage. REST collector configuration can be painful, requiring navigating to multiple screens and importing multiple configuration files, but it’s about to get a lot easier. Join Cribl experts to preview how easily you can install and build new packs with new enhancements.

Getting Started with Grafana Cloud's AI Assistant for Observability

The pace of software delivery in 2025 is unprecedented — cloud-native apps, microservices, and AI-generated code are shipping in days, not months. But one challenge never changes: ensuring reliability and visibility when systems fail. In this video, we explore how the new Grafana AI Assistant brings true, context-aware observability to your stack. Watch as we deploy an open-source Python service with Kafka, Postgres, Kubernetes, and Prometheus then use the AI assistant to instantly generate dashboards, alerts, and reduce un-needed telemetry volume.