FME Flow: 2026.3

Observability Tools (Technical Preview)

Technical Preview

Note  This feature is under active development. Expect changes to the current behavior, and avoid using it in production environments.

Select System Configuration > Observability Tools tab.

Observability Tools allow you to submit natural-language queries about the health of workspaces that are run from FME Flow, from any model context protocol (MCP)-compatible client. Observability Tools are a powerful way to monitor and troubleshoot workspaces without examining large, complicated logs.

When enabled and configured, the following tools, powered by internal FME Flow workspaces and logs, are available to process observability queries:

  • get_job_trends: Spot slowdowns, failure spikes, or unusual patterns in a workspace over hours, days, or weeks.
  • get_job_failures_summary: See where failures are concentrated across your repositories and workspaces before you get started.
  • get_job_failure details: Determine why a workspace is failing.
  • get_workspace_activity: Get an instant read on any workspace's health: when it last ran, how reliably, and whether its recent runs look normal compared to its history.

Example natural-language queries:

Tip  The number of tool calls required to answer a query depends on how it is phrased. Specific queries that name a workspace, repository, or time range generally require fewer tool calls than broad, open-ended ones. Fewer tool calls reduces token usage. Monitor your token usage with your model provider.
  • Has anything been failing on this server over the last 3 days?
    • What's going wrong with the <workspace_name> workspace?
    • Was the <workspace_name> always failing, or did something change?
    • Is there anything else in that repository that looks off, even if it isn't necessarily failing?

Getting Started

Follow these steps to set up Observability Tools. When finished, click Save.

  1. Enable Server Access

    2. Activate the Enable MCP Observability Tools setting, and take note or copy the Server URL, which you will use in your MCP client to connect to FME Flow Observability Tools.

  2. Configure Server Security
    • Authentication Method: Observability Tools uses the OAuth 2.0 protocol for authentication with the MCP server on FME Flow. SAML Configuration must be enabled and your SAML identity provider's roles and users must already be configured with FME Flow security. For more information, see SAML Configuration.
    • Allowed Roles, Allowed Users: Specify the FME Flow roles and users that are authorized to connect to FME Flow Observability Tools.
      • Warning  Roles and users with access to this deployment of FME Flow can view job history, including error log excerpts that may reference parameter values. Use caution when granting access.