mcp-victoriametrics

io.github.VictoriaMetrics/mcp-victoriametrics

4/4 checks passed
Runs locally
2 secrets
★ 241 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-03-19
Health score 66

About mcp-victoriametrics

mcp-victoriametrics is an MCP server published by the GitHub account VictoriaMetrics. MCP Server for VictoriaMetrics. Provides integration with VictoriaMetrics API and documentation

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the Docker (OCI) package ghcr.io/victoriametrics/mcp-victoriametrics:1.120.1, with no version pinned.

It asks for 2 secrets: VM_INSTANCE_BEARER_TOKEN and VMC_API_KEY. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

It also needs VM_INSTANCE_ENTRYPOINT and VM_INSTANCE_TYPE set before it starts.

Version 1.120.1 was published on 19 March 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 7 automated checks on registry metadata: 4 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 3 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`VM_INSTANCE_ENTRYPOINT`	Yes	No	URL to VictoriaMetrics instance (it should be root URL of vmsingle or vmselect), for example http://localhost:8428 or https://play.victoriametrics.com
`VM_INSTANCE_TYPE`	Yes	No	Type of VictoriaMetrics instance (single / cluster)
`VM_INSTANCE_BEARER_TOKEN`	Yes	Yes	Authentication token for VictoriaMetrics API
`VMC_API_KEY`	No	Yes	Optional: API key from VictoriaMetrics Cloud Console (if you have deployment in VictoriaMetrics Cloud)
`MCP_DISABLED_TOOLS`	No	No	Comma-separated list of tools to disable
`MCP_DISABLE_RESOURCES`	No	No	Disable all resources (documentation tool will continue to work)
`MCP_PASSTHROUGH_HEADERS`	No	No	HTTP header names to forward from incoming MCP requests to VictoriaMetrics (comma-separated list). Overrides VM_INSTANCE_HEADERS on collision.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/mcp-victoriametrics
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 2 secrets: VM_INSTANCE_BEARER_TOKEN, VMC_API_KEY
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account VictoriaMetrics
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Code red flags	Info	oci packages are not read yet

Popularity & health: 66 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity11 / 40

240 GitHub stars, no download count, 0 Hacker News posts (0 points). Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity25 / 25

Last push 2026-10-25, last release 2026-04-15, 54 commits in 90 days.

Issue health10 / 15

23 closed of 34 issues.

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

35 forks, 152 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

No Hacker News threads link to its source code.

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.VictoriaMetrics/mcp-victoriametrics`
Publisher	GitHub account VictoriaMetrics
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account VictoriaMetrics. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	oci `ghcr.io/victoriametrics/mcp-victoriametrics:1.120.1` no version given (stdio)
Version	1.120.1
Published	2026-03-19
Last updated	2026-03-19
Source repository	https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/mcp-victoriametrics
Website	None linked
Category	Search & web (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · Docker image

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-victoriametrics": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "VM_INSTANCE_ENTRYPOINT",
        "-e",
        "VM_INSTANCE_TYPE",
        "-e",
        "VM_INSTANCE_BEARER_TOKEN",
        "ghcr.io/victoriametrics/mcp-victoriametrics:1.120.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VM_INSTANCE_ENTRYPOINT": "<your value>",
        "VM_INSTANCE_TYPE": "<your value>",
        "VM_INSTANCE_BEARER_TOKEN": "<your value>"
      }
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

We did not run this server, so we don't know what it does when it runs. We could not read its code or its tool descriptions, which is where tool poisoning hides. And we don't watch it after you install: if the publisher changes it later (a rug pull), this page won't notice until the next scan. Treat a pass as "nothing found", not as "safe".

For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/io-github-victoriametrics-mcp-victoriametrics.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.