How do I find my Guance Cloud API Key?

Log in to your Guance Cloud workspace, navigate to [Management] → [API Key Management], and generate a new key. Use the provided value as your DF-API-KEY.

Data Query Language (DQL) is the query syntax used by Guance Cloud to retrieve metrics, logs, and other observability data. You can use the `query_data` tool to execute these statements.

Can I check my data usage via the agent?

Yes. Use the `get_billing` tool to retrieve current data usage and billing statistics for your workspace, helping you manage costs and resource allocation.

Guance Cloud / 观测云 MCP Server for Claude Desktop 10 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "guance-cloud": {
      // Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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About Guance Cloud / 观测云 MCP Server

Empower your AI agent to orchestrate your entire observability stack with Guance Cloud (观测云), the leading next-generation monitoring platform. By connecting Guance Cloud to your agent, you transform complex system monitoring, log analysis, and incident response into a natural conversation. Your agent can instantly list your monitors, retrieve detailed dashboard configurations, browse system events, and even execute Data Query Language (DQL) statements without you ever needing to navigate the Guance console. Whether you are troubleshooting a production outage or auditing resource usage, your agent acts as a real-time site reliability assistant, keeping your infrastructure data accurate and your systems healthy.

Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Guance Cloud / 观测云 to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 10 tools in the chat interface. ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.

What you can do

Workspace Orchestration — Retrieve detailed metadata and status information for your Guance Cloud workspace.
Monitoring Control — List and retrieve detailed configurations for all system monitors and alert rules.
Event Auditing — Browse real-time observability events, including alerts, errors, and system changes.
Data Querying — Execute powerful DQL statements to retrieve specific metrics and logging data via natural language.
Operations Insights — Monitor billing usage and manage API access keys for your organizational infrastructure.

The Guance Cloud / 观测云 MCP Server exposes 10 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Claude Desktop in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect Guance Cloud / 观测云 to Claude Desktop via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Guance Cloud / 观测云 MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

Open Claude Desktop Settings

Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config to open claude_desktop_config.json

Add the MCP Server

Paste the configuration above into the mcpServers section

Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new server

Start using Guance Cloud / 观测云

Look for the 🔌 icon in the chat. your 10 tools are now available

Why Use Claude Desktop with the Guance Cloud / 观测云 MCP Server

Claude Desktop by Anthropic provides unique advantages when paired with Guance Cloud / 观测云 through the Model Context Protocol.

Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client. it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available

Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface

Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions

Enterprise-grade security with local config storage. your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to Vinkius Edge network

Guance Cloud / 观测云 + Claude Desktop Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Claude Desktop combined with the Guance Cloud / 观测云 MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Interactive data exploration: ask Claude to query DNS records, look up WHOIS data, and cross-reference results in a single conversation

Ad-hoc security audits: type a domain name and let Claude enumerate subdomains, check DNS history, and flag configuration anomalies. all through natural language

Executive briefings: generate comprehensive domain intelligence reports by asking Claude to compile findings into a formatted summary

Learning and training: new team members can explore API capabilities conversationally without needing to read documentation

Guance Cloud / 观测云 MCP Tools for Claude Desktop (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect Guance Cloud / 观测云 to Claude Desktop via MCP:

get_billing

Get billing usage

get_event

Get event details

get_monitor

Get monitor details

get_workspace

Get workspace information

list_access_keys

List workspace access keys

list_dashboards

List all dashboards

list_events

) from the workspace. List observability events

list_log_sources

List log data sources

list_monitors

List all monitors

query_data

Query Guance data (DQL)

Example Prompts for Guance Cloud / 观测云 in Claude Desktop

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Claude Desktop agent to start working with Guance Cloud / 观测云 immediately.

"List all active monitors in Guance Cloud."

"Show me recent events from the last hour."

"Query average CPU usage using DQL."

Troubleshooting Guance Cloud / 观测云 MCP Server with Claude Desktop

Common issues when connecting Guance Cloud / 观测云 to Claude Desktop through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

Server not appearing after restart

Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).

Authentication error

Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.

Tools not showing in chat

Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting. wait a few seconds.

Guance Cloud / 观测云 + Claude Desktop FAQ

Common questions about integrating Guance Cloud / 观测云 MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?

When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.

What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?

Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully. if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.

Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?

Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.

Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?

Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.

Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?

Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL. Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.