Grafana ACTION
Search Dashboards
Search for dashboards by title, tag, or folder. Returns dashboard UIDs, titles, URLs, tags, and folder info. Use the UID with Get Dashboard to retrieve the full dashboard model. Use List Folders to discover folder UIDs for filtering.
- Action
- Read only
- API key
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's Grafana account once, then configure and run Search Dashboards from your backend or agent.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "grafana-search-dashboards",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
grafana: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
query: "Query",
tag: ["Tags"],
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "grafana-search-dashboards",
"configured_props": {
"grafana": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"query": "Query",
"tag": ["Tags"]
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "grafana",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "grafana-search-dashboards",
arguments: {
query: "Query",
tag: ["Tags"],
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
query Query | string | Search dashboards by title. Partial matches supported. Optional |
tag Tags | string[] | Filter dashboards by tags. Returns dashboards matching any of the specified tags. Optional |
folderUids Folder UIDs | string[] | Filter by folder UIDs. Use List Folders to discover available folders. Optional |
type Type | string | Filter by type. dash-db for dashboards, dash-folder for folders. Optional |
limit Limit | integer | Maximum number of results. Default: 100. Optional |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- grafana-search-dashboards
- Version
- 0.0.3
- App
- Grafana
- Authentication
- API key
- Read-only
- Yes
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗