Grafana k6 MCP
Official Grafana k6 MCP server for load testing: run k6 scripts, query test results, manage projects, and inspect test runs in Grafana Cloud k6. 33 GitHub stars and 7 commits on main in the last 30 days. AGPL-3.0.
“Official Grafana k6 MCP server for load testing: run k6 scripts, query test results, manage projects, and inspect test runs in Grafana Cloud k6. 33 GitHub stars and 7 commits on main in the last 30 days. AGPL-3.0 (open source with copyleft for managed-service redistribution).”
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"k6": {
"command": "mcp-k6",
"args": [],
"env": {
"K6_CLOUD_TOKEN": "<your-grafana-cloud-k6-token>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"k6": {
"command": "mcp-k6",
"args": [],
"env": {
"K6_CLOUD_TOKEN": "<your-grafana-cloud-k6-token>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"k6": {
"command": "mcp-k6",
"args": [],
"env": {
"K6_CLOUD_TOKEN": "<your-grafana-cloud-k6-token>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"k6": {
"command": "mcp-k6",
"args": [],
"env": {
"K6_CLOUD_TOKEN": "<your-grafana-cloud-k6-token>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"k6": {
"command": "mcp-k6",
"args": [],
"env": {
"K6_CLOUD_TOKEN": "<your-grafana-cloud-k6-token>"
}
}
}
}
6 TOOLS AVAILABLE
OUR ASSESSMENT
- Official Grafana Labs maintenance.
- 33 GitHub stars and AGPL-3.0 licence.
- 7 commits on main in the last 30 days.
- Covers both local k6 execution and Grafana Cloud k6 (hosted load testing).
- Pairs with the existing Grafana MCP entry: this one focuses on load tests, the existing one focuses on dashboards.
- AGPL-3.0 permits production use; copyleft restricts offering k6 as a competing managed service.
- 33 GitHub stars; adoption is early.
- AGPL-3.0 has copyleft obligations distinct from MIT or Apache; review for downstream commercial use.
- Grafana Cloud k6 features require a Grafana Cloud subscription; local k6 execution needs k6 binary installed.
The MCP carries the Grafana Cloud k6 API token (when used) plus filesystem access for local k6 scripts. Scope the API token to a single project. k6 scripts can target arbitrary endpoints; review scripts before letting an agent invoke run_test against production targets.
Performance engineering teams running k6 for load testing who want agents to trigger test runs and query results inside the editor; CI workflows that benefit from agent-driven load test interpretation; teams using Grafana Cloud k6 for hosted load testing.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
ADOPTION METRICS
// Reading this33 stars on the grafana/mcp-k6 repo. 7 commits on main in the last 30 days. Official Grafana Labs maintenance.
// Reading thisPairs with Grafana (dashboards) in observability. The only k6 MCP at time of review.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 4 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.
The same server, 4 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 4.1editorial | 33 | — | MAY 3, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| MCP.so | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| Glama | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| Official MCP Registry | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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