A side-by-side look at the Kortex and Prometheus MCP Server MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Kortex for monitoring work; choose Prometheus MCP Server for monitoring over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
PROMETHEUS_URL.health_check, execute_query, execute_range_query.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | K Kortex | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Monitoring | Monitoring |
| Quality signal | 12/100 · Emerging | 60/100 · Good |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | other |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | PROMETHEUS_URL |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | — | 516 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 6 |
| Full listing | View Kortex | View Prometheus MCP Server |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
health_checkHealth check endpoint for container monitoring and status verificationexecute_queryExecute a PromQL instant query against Prometheusexecute_range_queryExecute a PromQL range query with start time, end time, and step intervallist_metricsList all available metrics in Prometheus with pagination and filtering supportget_metric_metadataGet metadata for one metric or bulk metadata with optional filteringget_targetsGet scrape targets, with server-side `state`/`scrape_pool` filtering and optional paginationPaste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
No confirmed install command for Kortex yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"pab1it0-prometheus-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://hub.docker.com/mcp/server/prometheus/overview"
}
}
}