When to Use Grafana Assistant vs. MCP vs. GCX: Part 1 @Grafana
When to Use Grafana Assistant vs. MCP vs. GCX: Part 1  @Grafana
Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Within Grafana's AI offerings, there are three areas that can be a bit confusing. Assistant, MCP, and gcx. In this series, Nicole from the DevRel team talks about which one to use for which use case.

This first video starts with Assistant.

Links/resources:
Learn more about Grafana Assistant: grafana.com/products/cloud/ai-assistant/?src=yt
See the Grafana Assistant documentation: grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/platform/grafana-assistant
Get started with the Grafana Cloud forever-free tier: grafana.com/g/cloud
Have a question? Ask Grot, your AI helper: grafana.com/grot
Reach out in our community forums: https://gra.fan/communityyf

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