Get started learning path

Learning path: Get started with Grafana Assistant

Step	What you’ll do	Outcome
1. Why Assistant	Review what you’ll practice	Clear goal for the path
2. Open and enable	Open the plugin; enable if required	Assistant available in your stack
3. First prompt	Open Assistant and send a starter question	First conversation complete
4. Use @ mentions	Mention a data source in a prompt	More targeted answers
5. Find Learn mode	Switch to Learn once	Know where guided lessons live

Have these ready before you open the path:

A Grafana Cloud account (Free tier is enough)
Administrator permissions if you still need to enable Assistant from plugin settings
Data sources configured (recommended)

Learning path

Enable Grafana Assistant in Grafana Cloud, judge your first reply, decide when to use @ mentions, and choose Learn vs Assistant mode.

12 min

Beginner

Docs & blog posts

Complete this learning path directly in your Grafana Cloud stack with an interactive learning experience.