Section 1 · Grafana Assistant fundamentals

Overview of the Introduction to Grafana Assistant guide

Estimated time: 1 min

Review your outcomes

Use this journey to build a foundation for setup, navigation, querying, dashboarding, and guided learning with Assistant.

  • Enable Grafana Assistant in Grafana Cloud or connect it to a self-managed Grafana deployment.
  • Navigate Grafana resources using natural language, without browsing folders.
  • Generate and explain queries for metrics, logs, traces, and other data sources.
  • Create and edit dashboards without writing queries from scratch.
  • Use Learn mode to get guided observability lessons tailored to your environment.

Identify the audience

This journey is for users who want to work with Grafana through natural-language prompts.

  • Developers who want to query observability data and build dashboards without memorizing PromQL or LogQL.
  • SREs and platform engineers who need fast access to dashboards and data during incidents.
  • Anyone new to Grafana who wants a conversational way to explore their observability stack.

Review the journey coverage

The journey follows a short sequence from concepts and setup to common Assistant workflows.

SectionSkills
Journey overviewUnderstand what Assistant is, deployment models, privacy and security.
Get startedEnable Assistant in Grafana Cloud or self-managed Grafana, Learn mode, and a hands-on setup path.
Use Grafana AssistantNavigate resources, query data, manage dashboards, and find next steps.

Plan the journey duration

~30-40 minutes