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Official publisherMCPNewly listed 2026-10-14

IBM Instana MCP

by instana · instana/mcp-instana

Investigate IBM Instana infrastructure, applications and events through a locally run MCP server with selectable tool categories.

GitHub stars28 · collected 2026-10-14Repository pushedGuide checked2026-10-14

Install from the author’s instructions

Before connecting

Published package installation

pip install mcp-instana

Sources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-14.

Local stdio startup and authentication

# Option 1: Set environment variables first
export INSTANA_BASE_URL="https://your-instana-instance.instana.io"
export INSTANA_API_TOKEN="your_instana_api_token"

# Start the server (stdio is the default if no transport specified)
mcp-instana

# Or explicitly specify stdio mode
mcp-instana --transport stdio

# Option 2: Pass the base url and api token directly 
mcp-instana --base-url https://your-instana-instance.instana.io --api-token your_instana_api_token

# Or with explicit stdio mode
mcp-instana --transport stdio --base-url https://your-instana-instance.instana.io --api-token your_instana_api_token

Sources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-14.

The README’s stdio example sets INSTANA_BASE_URL and INSTANA_API_TOKEN. SSL certificate verification is enabled by default; configure a trusted CA bundle when needed.

Sources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-14.

Tools and capabilities

CapabilityWhat it does
Infrastructure toolsInspect infrastructure monitoring data.
Application toolsQuery application monitoring information.
Event toolsInvestigate events and alerts.
Tool category filteringEnable selected tool categories for a focused connection.

Sources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-14.

Workflow examples

Suggested prompts for your own client. These are examples, not recorded tool executions.

Prompt 1

Inspect recent Instana events for an application I name and group the findings by affected service.

Prompt 2

Compare infrastructure and application observations during an incident window, citing the time range and returned evidence.

Sources and verification

Author README, linked first-party setup instructions and public repository metadata reviewed on 2026-10-14. No third-party package was installed, no MCP server was executed, and no hosted service was connected.

Recent activity refers to the repository push timestamp. It does not establish the product’s original release date. Stars are a dated snapshot of the entire repository.

  1. GitHub repository metadataVerified 2026-10-14
  2. Author READMEVerified 2026-10-14

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