--- title: "Connect Grafana and Karlia - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Dashboard\" fires in Grafana, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in Karlia, or \"New Contact\" in Karlia to \"Add Team Member\" in Grafana." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-karlia" --- # Connect Grafana and Karlia When **New Dashboard** fires in [Grafana](https://apiant.ai/connections/grafana), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [Karlia](https://apiant.ai/connections/karlia), or **New Contact** in Karlia to **Add Team Member** in Grafana. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Grafana **1** trigger Grafana **24** actions Karlia **21** triggers Karlia **39** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Grafana and Karlia to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Grafana and Karlia can do together ### From Grafana to Karlia - When **New Dashboard** in Grafana then **Create Contact** in Karlia - When **New Dashboard** in Grafana then **Create Customer** in Karlia ### From Karlia to Grafana - When **New Contact** in Karlia then **Add Team Member** in Grafana - When **New Equipment** in Karlia then **Create Alert Rule** in Grafana Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Grafana and Karlia ## Triggers and actions 22 triggers · 63 actions - Trigger **New Dashboard** Triggers when a new dashboard is created in your Grafana instance. - Action **Add Team Member** Adds an existing Grafana user to a team. - Action **Create Alert Rule** Creates a Grafana-managed alert rule (or recording rule) in a folder and rule group, and returns the new rule. - Action **Create Annotation** Creates an annotation in Grafana, either on a specific dashboard panel or as an organization-wide annotation. Supports point-in-time and region annotations with tags. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a new folder in Grafana, optionally nested under a parent folder. - Action **Create or Update Dashboard** Creates a new dashboard or updates an existing one from a complete dashboard model, optionally placing it in a folder and recording a version-history message. - Action **Create Team** Creates a new team in your Grafana organization with a name and optional email. - Action **Delete Alert Rule** Deletes a Grafana-managed alert rule or recording rule by its UID. - Action **Delete Annotation** Deletes an annotation from Grafana by its id. - Action **Delete Dashboard** Deletes a dashboard from your Grafana instance by its unique identifier. - Action **Delete Folder** Deletes a Grafana folder along with all dashboards and alerts stored in it. - Action **Find Annotations** Returns annotations matching the given time range, dashboard, panel, user, alert, type or tags. - Action **Find Teams** Finds teams in your Grafana organization by name or partial name. - Action **Get Alert Rule** Returns a single Grafana-managed alert rule or recording rule by its UID, including its queries, labels, annotations and folder. - Action **Get Annotation** Returns a single annotation by its id, including its text, tags, time range and the dashboard and panel it belongs to. - Action **Get Dashboard** Returns a Grafana dashboard, including its full dashboard model and metadata such as its folder and URL, given the dashboard's unique identifier. - Action **Get Data Source** Returns a single Grafana data source, including its type, URL, access mode and settings, looked up by its UID. - Action **Get Folder** Returns a Grafana folder by its UID, including its title and parent folder. - Action **Get Team** Returns a Grafana team's details (name, email, organization, created and updated times) by its ID. - Action **List Data Sources** Returns all data sources configured in your Grafana organization, with their names, types and connection settings. - Action **List Folders** Returns all folders in your Grafana organization that you have permission to view, with each folder's UID, title and parent folder. - Action **Remove Team Member** Removes a user from a Grafana team. - Action **Update Alert Rule** Updates an existing Grafana alert or recording rule, replacing its title, queries, condition, labels and other settings. - Action **Update Annotation** Updates the text, tags, or time range of an existing annotation. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Folder** Updates an existing folder's title, or moves it under a different parent folder. - Trigger **Delete Equipment** Triggers when an equipement is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Event** Triggers when an event is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Note** Triggers when a note is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Opportunity** Triggers when an opportunity is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Product** Triggers when a product is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Project** Triggers when a project is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Project Subtask** Triggers when a project subtask is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Project Task** Triggers when a project task is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Task** Triggers when a task is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Ticket** Triggers when a ticket is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Time** Triggers when a time is deleted. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created. - Trigger **New Equipment** Triggers when a new equipment is created. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity is created. - Trigger **New Product** Triggers when a new product is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created. - Trigger **New Project Subtask** Triggers when a new project subtask is created. - Trigger **New Project Task** Triggers when a new project task is created. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is created. - Trigger **New Ticket** Triggers when a new ticket is created. - Trigger **New Time** Triggers when a new time is created. - Action **Create Contact** Adds a new contact to a Karlia customer or supplier. - Action **Create Customer** Create a Customer. - Action **Create Equipment** Create a Equipment. - Action **Create Event** Create an Event. - Action **Create Note** Creates a note in Karlia, optionally linked to a customer, opportunity, project or ticket. - Action **Create Opportunity** Create an Opportunity. - Action **Create Product** Create a Product. - Action **Create Project Subtask** Creates a subtask under a task in a Karlia project, with optional status, dates, time estimate and assignee. - Action **Create Project Task** Creates a task inside a Karlia project. - Action **Create Supplier** Create a Supplier. - Action **Create Task** Create a Task. - Action **Create Ticket** Creates a ticket in a Karlia ticketing pipeline. - Action **Create Time** Create a Time. - Action **Delete Equipment** Deletes a piece of equipment from Karlia. - Action **Delete Event** Delete an event (calendar appointment) in Karlia. - Action **Delete Note** Delete a note in Karlia by its ID. - Action **Delete Opportunity** Deletes an opportunity. - Action **Delete Product** Delete a product in Karlia. - Action **Delete Project** Delete a project in Karlia. - Action **Delete Project Subtask** Deletes a subtask from a project task in Karlia. - Action **Delete Project Task** Deletes a task from a Karlia project. - Action **Delete Task** Delete a task in Karlia. - Action **Delete Ticket** Deletes a ticket in Karlia by its ID. - Action **Delete Time** Delete a time entry in Karlia. - Action **Find Contact** Returns up to 100 Karlia contacts that match the specified search criteria (email, name, phone, customer/supplier, and more). - Action **Find Customer** Returns the Karlia customers that match the search criteria you supply, plus the first match on its own. - Action **Find Supplier** Returns the Karlia suppliers that match the specified search criteria. - Action **Get Contact** Show contact details - Action **Get Customer** Show customer details - Action **Get Opportunity** Show opportunity details - Action **Get Product** Show product details - Action **Get Project Subtask** Returns one subtask of a Karlia project task, including its status, dates, time estimate and assignees. - Action **Get Supplier** Show supplier details - Action **Get Ticket** Retrieve one Karlia ticket by its ID. - Action **Get Time** Get one time entry from Karlia by its ID. - Action **List Projects** Lists the projects in your Karlia account. - Action **List Project Tasks** Lists the tasks of one Karlia project. - Action **List Webhook Events** Lists the event names a Karlia webhook can subscribe to. - Action **Update/Create Customer** Updates a Karlia customer when a Customer ID is given; otherwise creates a new customer. ## Each app on its own - [ **Grafana** Grafana offers application analytics visualization services and features graphing, styling, template...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grafana) - [ **Karlia** Karlia is the first CRM software to integrate your complete mailboxes with tracking, scheduled mailings...](https://apiant.ai/connections/karlia) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Grafana - [ **Grafana to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-hubspot) - [ **Grafana to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-salesforce) - [ **Grafana to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-slack) - [ **Grafana to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-mailchimp) - [ **Grafana to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-stripe) - [ **Grafana to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-shopify) ## More into Karlia - [ **Channels to Karlia** Channels is a data-driven phone system that lets you make and take calls directly in the browser.](https://apiant.ai/connect/channels-to-karlia) - [ **HubSpot to Karlia** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-karlia) - [ **Google Sheets to Karlia** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-karlia) - [ **Gmail to Karlia** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-karlia) - [ **Google Calendar to Karlia** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-karlia) - [ **Google Drive to Karlia** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-karlia) Questions ## Grafana and Karlia, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Grafana? Any of Grafana's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Dashboard. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Karlia when something happens in Grafana? Any of Karlia's 39 actions, including Create Contact, Create Customer, Create Equipment and Create Event. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Karlia to Grafana? Yes. When something happens in Karlia, your agent can act in Grafana too. This page covers both directions: Karlia's triggers and Grafana's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Grafana or Karlia? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Grafana and Karlia without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.