Grafana Skill

Read current values from any Grafana dashboard without writing queries. The plugin navigates by dashboard and panel name, extracts the panel's existing query configuration, and returns a compact summary — no PromQL, SQL, or datasource knowledge required.

Works with any Grafana datasource (Prometheus, InfluxDB, MySQL, …).

When to Use

✅ USE this skill when:

• Asked about a value that's visible in a Grafana dashboard
• Listing what dashboards or panels are available
• Retrieving the current or recent value of a metric by panel name

When NOT to Use

❌ DON'T use this skill when:

• Writing, modifying, or creating dashboards → use Grafana UI
• Admin operations (users, datasource config, alerts) → use Grafana API directly
• You need to run an arbitrary query not backed by an existing panel

Setup

Add to your openclaw.json:

{
  "plugins": {
    "entries": {
      "rpe-grafana": {
        "enabled": true,
        "config": {
          "url": "http://your-grafana:3000",
          "user": "your-username",
          "password": "your-password"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Or set environment variables:

• GRAFANA_URL - Grafana base URL
• GRAFANA_USER - Username
• GRAFANA_PASSWORD - Password or API key

Tools

grafana_list_dashboards

List all available dashboards.

Parameters: none

Returns: [{ uid, title }]

grafana_list_panels

List all panels in a dashboard.

Parameters:

• dashboard_uid (required) - Dashboard UID from grafana_list_dashboards

Returns: [{ id, title }]

grafana_query_panel

Read the current data for a specific panel. Fetches the panel's query configuration from the dashboard and executes it via Grafana's datasource API — no query language knowledge needed.

Parameters:

• dashboard_uid (required) - Dashboard UID
• panel_id (required) - Panel ID from grafana_list_panels
• from (optional) - Start of time range (default: now-1h)
• to (optional) - End of time range (default: now)

Returns: [{ refId, name, lastValue, unit }]

Typical Workflow

1. grafana_list_dashboards → find the dashboard UID
2. grafana_list_panels → find the panel ID by title
3. grafana_query_panel → get the current value

Notes

• Requires a Grafana user with read access (Viewer role is sufficient)
• Dashboard UIDs are stable identifiers; panel IDs are unique within a dashboard
• Row panels are flattened automatically