Getting-started Prompts

Once your MCP server is connected, you can dive right in.

Here are a few prompts to try. They work out of the box with agents like Cursor, Claude, or VS Code:

💡 Starting your request with “Use groundcover” is a helpful nudge - it pushes the agent toward MCP tools and context.

Basic Prompts to Try

MCP supports complex, multi-step flows, but starting simple is the best way to ramp up.

Pull Logs

Prompt:

Use groundcover to get 5 logs from the workload news-service from the past 15 minutes.

Expected behavior: The agent should call query_logs and show recent logs for that workload.

Get K8s Resource Specs

Prompt:

Use groundcover to get the spec of the chat-app deployment.

Expected behavior: The agent should call get_k8s_object_yaml and return the YAML or a summary of it.

Find Slow Workloads

Prompt:

Use groundcover to show the top 5 workloads by P95 latency.

Expected behavior: The agent should call get_workloads and return the relevant workloads with their P95 latency.

Investigate Issues

When something breaks, your agent can help investigate and make sense of it.

Paste an Issue Link

Prompt:

I got an alert for this critical groundcover issue. Can you investigate it?
https://app.groundcover.com/monitors/issues?...

Expected behavior: The agent should use query_monitors_issues, pull issue details, and kick off a relevant investigation using logs, traces, and metadata.

Investigate Multiple Issues

Prompt:

I got multiple alerts in the staging-env namespace. Can you help me look into them using groundcover?

Expected behavior: The agent should use query_monitors_issues to pull all related issues and start going through them one by one.

Automate Coding & Debugging

groundcover’s MCP can also be your coding sidekick. Instead of digging through tests and logs manually, deploy your changes and let the agent take over.

Iterate Over Test Results

Prompt:

Use groundcover to debug this code. For each test, print relevant logs with test_id, and dive into any error logs.

Expected behavior: The agent should update the code with log statements, deploy it, and use query_logs to trace and debug.

Deploy & Verify

Prompt:

Please deploy this service and verify everything works using groundcover.

Expected behavior: The agent should assist with deployment, then check for issues, error logs, and traces via groundcover.