Connect New Relic to AI: Let Claude and Cursor Query APM, Errors, and Dashboards

Why Connect New Relic to AI?

New Relic is where teams monitor application performance: APM traces, error tracking, infrastructure metrics, log analysis. When you need to check response times, investigate an error spike, or query a dashboard, you open New Relic One, navigate through entities, write NRQL, parse results, switch back.

With an MCP server pointed at New Relic, AI agents can query your observability platform directly. Check APM metrics, investigate errors, browse dashboards without context-switching.

What AI Agents Can Do With New Relic Access

Once connected, Claude, Cursor, or Codex can:

• Check APM — "What's the p99 response time for the checkout service?"
• Investigate errors — "What's the top error in production right now?"
• Query metrics — "Show me throughput for the API gateway over the last hour"
• Browse dashboards — "What does the SRE overview dashboard show?"
• Check alerts — "Are there any open alert incidents?"
• Run NRQL — "SELECT average(duration) FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'api'"

How It Works

1. Open DataFaucet and enter your New Relic One URL
2. Browse New Relic — click through APM, errors, dashboards, alerts
3. DataFaucet captures the read operations as MCP tools
4. Deploy — your AI agents now have structured access to query New Relic

You're browsing the New Relic web interface, not sharing API keys or license keys. DataFaucet captures HTTP interactions from the UI. Your New Relic credentials stay in your browser session.

Example Queries

"What's the error rate for the payments service in the last 30 minutes?"
"Which transaction is the slowest right now?"
"Are there any open alert conditions?"
"Show me the throughput trend for the API over the last 24 hours"
"What's causing the most errors in production?"

When This Saves Time

• Incident response — check APM data without leaving your terminal
• Performance tuning — query latency while writing optimizations
• Error investigation — read stack traces while fixing bugs
• Deploy verification — check error rates after deployments
• Capacity planning — check throughput and resource usage from editor

Security Model

DataFaucet connects through the New Relic One web UI. Access is scoped to whatever your New Relic account permissions allow. Read-only tools mean agents can query but not modify alert policies or configurations. No API keys or license keys stored separately.

Getting Started

Open New Relic One in your browser. Copy the URL. Paste it into DataFaucet, browse through APM, error analytics, and dashboards. Deploy. Your agents can now query your observability platform from your terminal.

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