# Pitfall Log

Project: grafana/mcp-grafana

Summary: Found 11 structured pitfall item(s), including 5 high/blocking item(s). Top priority: Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification.

## 1. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | cevd_9cf63ed3a3854737bbca0bbe18c11907 | https://github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana/issues/820

## 2. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | cevd_ec3078db55a742068339d4ce3b6cc13f | https://github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana/issues/284

## 3. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | cevd_cb6f3653732644d387da810f289708c4 | https://github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana/issues/761

## 4. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | cevd_91b6f0b129764ca0b5d8cec3ee1497a7 | https://github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana/issues/680

## 5. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | cevd_a05127eb498a4339b382b65279eef3de | https://github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana/issues/883

## 6. Capability evidence risk - Capability evidence risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: README/documentation is current enough for a first validation pass.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: capability.assumptions | github_repo:907869862 | https://github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana

## 7. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a maintenance risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | github_repo:907869862 | https://github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana

## 8. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: no_demo
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: downstream_validation.risk_items | github_repo:907869862 | https://github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana

## 9. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: no_demo
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: risks.scoring_risks | github_repo:907869862 | https://github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana

## 10. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: issue_or_pr_quality=unknown。
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | github_repo:907869862 | https://github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana

## 11. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: release_recency=unknown。
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | github_repo:907869862 | https://github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana