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Mcp Extension

Status Maintainers: @pavolloffay, @codeboten, @dmitryax Source: opentelemetry-collector-contrib

Overview

This extension runs the OpenTelemetry MCP server which enables LLM to efficiently use OpenTelemetry stack.

Configuration

extensions:
  mcp:
    endpoint: 0.0.0.0:8080

Available Tools

Schema & Documentation

ToolDescription
get-versionsGet all supported OpenTelemetry collector versions
componentsList all components of a given kind (receiver, exporter, processor, connector, extension) for a version
readmeGet the README for a specific component
changelogGet the changelog for a collector version
component-schemaGet the configuration schema for a specific component
component-schema-validationValidate a component configuration JSON against its schema
component-deprecated-fieldsList deprecated configuration fields for one or more components
ragAnswer questions about the collector using documentation search

Configuration

Example Configuration

mcp:
  source:
    endpoint: 0.0.0.0:8080

Last generated: 2026-06-01