A side-by-side look at the MCP Server and Pagerduty MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose MCP Server for monitoring work as a local process; choose Pagerduty MCP for monitoring as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
MACKEREL_APIKEY.list_alerts, get_alert, get_alert_logs.PAGERDUTY_USER_API_KEY.create_alert_grouping_setting, delete_alert_grouping_setting, get_alert_grouping_setting.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | M MCP Server | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Monitoring | Monitoring |
| Quality signal | 60/100 · Good | 40/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | API key required |
| Pricing | BYOK (pay the provider) | BYOK (pay the provider) |
| Required env vars | MACKEREL_APIKEY | PAGERDUTY_USER_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 7 | 79 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 16 | 80 |
| Full listing | View MCP Server | View Pagerduty MCP |
list_alertsRetrieve alerts.get_alertRetrieve a specific alert.get_alert_logsRetrieve logs for a specific alert.list_dashboardsRetrieve dashboards.get_dashboardRetrieve a specific dashboard.update_dashboardUpdate a specific dashboard.list_hostsRetrieve hosts.get_host_metricsRetrieve metrics data for a specific host.list_servicesRetrieve services.get_service_metricsRetrieve metrics data for a specific service.list_monitorsRetrieve monitor configurations.get_monitorRetrieve a specific monitor configuration.create_alert_grouping_settingCreates a new alert grouping settingdelete_alert_grouping_settingDeletes an alert grouping settingget_alert_grouping_settingRetrieves a specific alert grouping settinglist_alert_grouping_settingsLists alert grouping settings with filteringupdate_alert_grouping_settingUpdates an existing alert grouping settingget_incident_metrics_allRetrieves aggregated incident metrics across all servicesget_incident_metrics_by_serviceRetrieves incident metrics grouped by serviceget_incident_metrics_by_teamRetrieves incident metrics grouped by teamget_responder_load_metricsRetrieves responder load metricsget_responder_metricsRetrieves responder performance metricsget_business_service_dependenciesRetrieves dependencies for a specific business serviceget_technical_service_dependenciesRetrieves technical service dependencies for a business servicePaste 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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-180": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mackerel/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"MACKEREL_APIKEY": "YOUR_MACKEREL_APIKEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"pagerduty-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"pagerduty-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PAGERDUTY_USER_API_KEY": "YOUR_PAGERDUTY_USER_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}