ActionGrafanaUpdated September 2026

How do I add a Grafana annotation?

Short answer: You can create grafana annotation in Grafana by hand from its own interface, but it won’t repeat itself. On TinyCommand, add the Grafana Create Grafana Annotation action to a workflow, map its 4 inputs from any upstream app, and it runs automatically every time the trigger fires. No code, and a free tier to start.

Create Grafana Annotation in Grafana — start free All 5 Grafana actions

Create Grafana Annotation in Grafana — start free

Inputs

The fields this action accepts.

Every field can be mapped from an upstream trigger, AI step, table row, or hard-coded literal.

Field	Type	Required	Description
Annotation Text text	string	Required	Annotation Text. Example: Deployed v2.1.0 to production
Tags tags	string	Optional	Comma-separated tags for filtering
Dashboard UID dashboardUID	string	Optional	Limit annotation to a specific dashboard. Leave empty for global.
Time (epoch ms) time	string	Optional	Annotation timestamp. Leave empty for current time.

Sample request

{
  "text": "e.g. Deployed v2.1.0 to production",
  "tags": "e.g. deployment, production",
  "dashboardUID": "e.g. abc123",
  "time": "e.g. 1700000000000"
}

Returns

{
  "id": 1,
  "message": "Annotation added"
}

Use these fields in downstream nodes for routing, logging, or error handling.

Triggered by

Apps that pair well as the trigger for Create Grafana Annotation.

Any of these apps can fire this action as part of a workflow.

Google Sheets → Grafana

2 Google Sheets triggers

HubSpot → Grafana

18 HubSpot triggers

FAQ

Questions about Create Grafana Annotation.

What does the Create Grafana Annotation action do in Grafana?

Posts a vertical line on every dashboard at the configured timestamp with text and tags. The standard "mark when this deploy went live" workflow that helps engineers correlate metric changes with deploy events.

What inputs does Create Grafana Annotation require?

Required: Annotation Text. Every input accepts a static value or a variable from any upstream node in your workflow.

Can I use dynamic inputs from earlier workflow nodes?

Yes. Any field on this action can pull values from upstream nodes, whether that's a form response, a trigger payload, an AI output, or a lookup result.

What happens if Grafana returns an error?

The run history shows the failed step with its input and the error message Grafana returned, so you can fix the input and run the workflow again. Automatic retries are built into HTTP steps only, where you can also set your own retry count and delay.

Does Create Grafana Annotation support batch operations?

Run Create Grafana Annotation inside a loop to process each item in an array. TinyCommand does not throttle calls for you, so for large arrays add a Delay step if you need to stay within Grafana's rate limits.

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