Axiom is a serverless observability platform for logs, events, and traces. Run APL queries against your datasets, explore log patterns, investigate incidents, and review monitors from your AI client.
Install
Section titled “Install”Add Axiom to your zone and connect it to your MCP client.
Step 1 - Install in Keycard Console
Section titled “Step 1 - Install in Keycard Console”-
In your zone’s Keycard Console, go to Applications -> Add Application -> Explore MCP Servers.
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Search for
Axiomand click Install. -
A browser tab opens to Axiom’s OAuth consent screen. Sign in and approve the requested permissions.
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You’re redirected back. Axiom appears on the Applications page with a Keycard MCP Gateway URL.
Step 2 - Connect your MCP client
Section titled “Step 2 - Connect your MCP client”On the Applications page, click Add to Coding Agent next to Axiom and pick how you want to install:
- Cursor - opens a deeplink that hands the MCP config straight to Cursor. Click Install inside Cursor to finish.
- Claude Code - opens a dialog with a
claude mcp addcommand. Pick a scope (User, Project, or Local), then copy and run the command in your terminal. - Install manually - reveals the Server Name and Server URL to paste into any other MCP-compatible client.
Once connected, Axiom’s tools are available to the agent, scoped to whoever signs in to your zone.
What Axiom can do once installed.
Axiom provides 17 tools:
- List all available Axiom datasets
- List all available datasets
- getDatasetFields
- List fields and schema for a dataset
- queryDataset
- Query an Axiom dataset using APL
- getSavedQueries
- List saved and starred APL queries
- listDashboards
- List all dashboards with metadata
- getDashboard
- Get dashboard details by UID
- exportDashboard
- Export a dashboard as JSON by UID
- createDashboard
- Create a new dashboard from JSON
- updateDashboard
- Update a dashboard by UID with full JSON
- deleteDashboard
- Delete a dashboard by UID
- getMonitorHistory
- Get recent check history for a monitor
- checkMonitors
- Check all monitors and their current statuses
- queryMetrics
- Query OpenTelemetry metrics using MPL
- listMetrics
- List available metrics in a metrics dataset
- listMetricTags
- List tags (dimensions) in a metrics dataset
- searchMetrics
- Search metrics by a known tag value
- getMetricTagValues
- List values for a specific metric tag
Next steps
Section titled “Next steps”What to do once Axiom is installed.
Now do this
- Confirm the gateway works by asking your AI client to call one of the Axiom tools above.
Recommended
- Decide who can use it - write access policies scoped to the Axiom resource so only the right users and agents reach the tools.
- Watch the calls - every tool call lands in your audit log with user identity, resource, and policy decision.