When to Use Grafana Assistant vs. MCP vs. gcx: Part 3

When should you use gcx? 💪 If Grafana Assistant is the brain and Grafana MCP is the easy hand, gcx is the power hand.

Built for AI agents working in the terminal, gcx gives them deep access across Grafana Cloud—so they can pull telemetry, verify code, automate workflows, and access places MCP doesn’t.

Coding agents? gcx.
Need the full Grafana Cloud surface? gcx.
Automating in CI/CD? gcx.

Here’s where it fits, and when to use it — explained by Nicole van der Hoeven.

Links/resources:
Learn more about Grafana Assistant: https://grafana.com/products/cloud/ai-assistant/
See the Grafana Assistant documentation: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/platform/grafana-assistant/
Get started with the Grafana Cloud forever-free tier: https://grafana.com/g/cloud
Have a question? Ask Grot, your AI helper: https://grafana.com/grot/
Reach out in our community forums: https://gra.fan/communityyf

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