--- title: "Connect Grafana and Openlayer - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Dashboard\" fires in Grafana, your agent runs \"Publish Record\" in Openlayer, or \"New Project\" in Openlayer to \"Add Team Member\" in Grafana." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-openlayer" --- # Connect Grafana and Openlayer When **New Dashboard** fires in [Grafana](https://apiant.ai/connections/grafana), your agent runs **Publish Record** in [Openlayer](https://apiant.ai/connections/openlayer), or **New Project** in Openlayer 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 Openlayer **2** triggers Openlayer **22** 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 Openlayer 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 Openlayer can do together ### From Grafana to Openlayer - When **New Dashboard** in Grafana then **Publish Record** in Openlayer - When **New Dashboard** in Grafana then **Create Project** in Openlayer ### From Openlayer to Grafana - When **New Project** in Openlayer then **Add Team Member** in Grafana - When **New Test Result** in Openlayer 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 Openlayer ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 46 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 **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in your Openlayer workspace. - Trigger **New Test Result** Triggers when a new test result is available for a data source. Useful for alerting on passing or failing model tests. - Action **Create Data Source** Creates a new data source in a project for streaming production data to Openlayer. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new AI or ML project in your Openlayer workspace. - Action **Create Test** Creates a data quality test in a project. Checks for duplicate rows, null values, or row counts. - Action **Delete Inference Pipeline** Delete an inference pipeline by its ID. - Action **Delete Project** Delete a project by its ID. - Action **Delete Test** Delete a test by its ID. - Action **Evaluate Test** Evaluates a test for a specific time range. Use after publishing records to get immediate results. - Action **Find Data Source** Finds a data source (inference pipeline) by name in a project. - Action **Find Project** Finds a project by name in your Openlayer workspace. - Action **Find Test Result** Finds test results for a data source, including whether each test passed or failed. Filter by outcome or test type to branch an automation on the result. - Action **Get Inference Pipeline** Retrieve the details around a specific inference pipeline. - Action **Get Project** Retrieves one project by its id. Openlayer has no single-project endpoint, so this reads the workspace's first 100 projects and returns the one matching the id. - Action **Get Test** Retrieve a test by ID. - Action **Get Test Result** Retrieves one test result by its id. Openlayer has no single-result endpoint, so this reads the data source's 100 most recent results and returns the matching one. - Action **List Inference Pipelines** List the authenticated user's inference pipelines under a project. - Action **List Projects** Lists the projects in your Openlayer workspace, optionally narrowed to one kind of project. Returns up to 100 projects. - Action **List Test Results** List all results for a test/goal under an inference pipeline. - Action **List Tests** Lists the tests in a project, optionally narrowed by kind, archived state or monitoring mode. Returns up to 100 tests. - Action **Publish Record** Publishes an LLM inference record to a data source for monitoring. Streams the model input, output, and metadata to Openlayer. - Action **Update Inference Pipeline** Update an inference pipeline. - Action **Update Project** Update a project. - Action **Update Test** Update a test (partial updates allowed). ## Each app on its own - [ **Grafana** Grafana offers application analytics visualization services and features graphing, styling, template...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grafana) - [ **Openlayer** Openlayer is a platform for monitoring, evaluating, and testing AI and ML models in production.](https://apiant.ai/connections/openlayer) 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 Openlayer - [ **Airtable to Openlayer** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-openlayer) - [ **Google Sheets to Openlayer** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-openlayer) - [ **Gmail to Openlayer** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-openlayer) - [ **Google Calendar to Openlayer** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-openlayer) - [ **Google Drive to Openlayer** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-openlayer) - [ **Mailchimp to Openlayer** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-openlayer) Questions ## Grafana and Openlayer, 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 Openlayer when something happens in Grafana? Any of Openlayer's 22 actions, including Create Data Source, Create Project, Create Test and Update Inference Pipeline. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Openlayer to Grafana? Yes. When something happens in Openlayer, your agent can act in Grafana too. This page covers both directions: Openlayer's triggers and Grafana's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Grafana or Openlayer? 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 Openlayer 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.