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title: "MCP Observability Configuration | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Configure MCP Observability for Model Context Protocol monitoring and optimization"
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# MCP observability configuration

Configure MCP Observability to monitor Model Context Protocol operations using OpenLIT SDK configuration options.

## Shared configuration

MCP Observability uses the same OpenLIT SDK configuration as other AI Observability components. For comprehensive configuration options, refer to the [GenAI Observability Configuration](../../genai/observability/configuration/).

The following configurations apply to all AI Observability components:

- **Tracing configuration** - Custom resource attributes, privacy controls, manual tracing
- **Metrics configuration** - Metric collection settings, custom attributes
- **Performance optimization** - Batch settings, disabled instrumentation