# Pipetrics > Pipetrics provides GitHub Actions cost monitoring and performance analytics. Its MCP integration gives compatible AI coding agents access to measured CI telemetry without Pipetrics receiving application source code. This index links to Markdown versions of public pages. Each page identifies its original source URL. Historical product updates describe past releases; consult current documentation and pricing for current behavior. A combined export is available at [llms-full.txt](https://pipetrics.com/llms-full.txt). ## Product and capabilities - [Monitor and optimize GitHub Actions costs](https://pipetrics.com/index.md): GitHub Actions cost monitoring without application source-code access. Find CI waste and connect your coding agent through MCP for code-aware optimization. - [GitHub Actions monitoring and optimization guides](https://pipetrics.com/blog.md): Practical guides for monitoring, understanding, and optimizing GitHub Actions. Compare Prometheus and Grafana with Pipetrics, investigate CI costs, and act on measured workflow data. - [Monitor GitHub Actions cost by workflow and job](https://pipetrics.com/github-actions-cost-monitoring.md): GitHub Actions cost monitoring by repository, workflow, job, runner, and result. Find failed spend, billing categories, and CI work worth optimizing. - [Reduce GitHub Actions costs where it actually matters](https://pipetrics.com/github-actions-cost-optimization.md): GitHub Actions cost optimization for unnecessary runs, cache misses, matrices, failures, concurrency, artifacts, and runner choices, guided by evidence. - [GitHub Actions Optimization with MCP and AI](https://pipetrics.com/github-actions-optimization-mcp.md): Use GitHub Actions optimization with MCP to combine Pipetrics CI evidence with your coding agent’s repository context, without sharing code with Pipetrics. - [Find GitHub Actions workflows slowing down delivery](https://pipetrics.com/github-actions-performance-monitoring.md): GitHub Actions performance monitoring with average, median, and p95 duration, workflow trends, slow jobs and steps, failures, and retries. ## Documentation - [GitHub Actions Analytics and Pipetrics Documentation](https://pipetrics.com/docs/index.md): Explore Pipetrics GitHub Actions analytics: cost monitoring, performance analysis, MCP setup, Grafana dashboards, and Slack notification guides. - [Pipetrics Cost Profiler: GitHub Actions Costs](https://pipetrics.com/docs/cost-profiler.md): Use Pipetrics Cost Profiler to analyze GitHub Actions costs by repository, workflow, job, runner, outcome, trigger, branch, and billing category. - [Pipetrics FAQ: Setup, Access and Data Retention](https://pipetrics.com/docs/faq.md): Pipetrics FAQ covering GitHub Actions monitoring, repository access, Grafana dashboards, modeled costs, and Free and Pro data retention. - [GitHub Actions Negative Durations After Reruns](https://pipetrics.com/docs/github-actions-negative-rerun-durations.md): GitHub Actions negative durations can appear when rerun jobs contain reversed timestamps. Learn why they happen and how Pipetrics keeps CI metrics accurate. - [GitHub Actions Optimization with Pipetrics MCP](https://pipetrics.com/docs/github-actions-optimization-mcp.md): Use Pipetrics MCP for GitHub Actions optimization in Codex, Claude Code, and OpenCode. Analyze CI/CD time, cost, failures, and workflow bottlenecks. - [GitHub Actions Slack Notifications Tutorial](https://pipetrics.com/docs/github-actions-slack-notifications.md): Add Slack failure alerts to GitHub Actions, report job results, and share notifications through composite actions and reusable workflows. - [GitHub Actions Grafana Dashboard](https://pipetrics.com/docs/grafana-dashboard.md): Import the Pipetrics GitHub Actions Grafana dashboard. Configure PostgreSQL access and investigate runtime, failures, queue delays, and rounded minutes. - [Pipetrics GitHub App Integration](https://pipetrics.com/docs/integration.md): Install the Pipetrics GitHub App for Actions monitoring. Review read-only permissions, activate repositories, and connect your coding agent through MCP. - [Pipetrics Slack Integration for GitHub Actions Notifications](https://pipetrics.com/docs/slack-integration.md): Configure the Pipetrics Slack integration for GitHub Actions workflow notifications, channel rules, outcome filters, and multiple Slack workspaces. ## Blog and guides - [How to Monitor GitHub Actions with Prometheus and Grafana](https://pipetrics.com/blog/how-to-monitor-github-actions-with-prometheus-and-grafana.md): Set up a GitHub Actions Prometheus exporter, build a Grafana dashboard, and compare the self-hosted pipeline with managed Pipetrics monitoring. - [How to Reduce GitHub Actions Costs with AI Agents](https://pipetrics.com/blog/how-to-reduce-github-actions-costs-with-ai-agents.md): Reduce GitHub Actions costs with Pipetrics MCP and Claude Code. Find costly work, review workflow changes, and measure results against a recorded baseline. ## Comparisons - [GitHub Actions Cost Optimization Tools Compared](https://pipetrics.com/github-actions-cost-optimization-tools.md): Compare GitHub Actions cost optimization tools: analytics, alternative runners, and build systems. Understand code access, MCP, and where Pipetrics fits. - [GitHub Actions Observability Tools Compared](https://pipetrics.com/github-actions-observability-tools.md): Compare GitHub Actions observability tools for runtime, failures, and cost: Pipetrics, native metrics, CICube, Octolense, and runner consoles. ## Optional - [Jakub Różycki](https://pipetrics.com/authors/jakub-rozycki.md): DevOps engineer focused on CI/CD optimization, GitHub Actions, and developer tooling. Working in infrastructure and automation since 2018. - [Pipetrics August 2026 Product Update: MCP & CI Insights](https://pipetrics.com/docs/august-2026-product-update.md): Pipetrics August 2026 product update adds MCP, repository insights, commit impact analysis, job details, Cost Profiler filters, and rerun tracking. - [December 2025: Cost Profiler and Slack](https://pipetrics.com/docs/december-2025-update.md): The December 2025 Pipetrics update introduced Cost Profiler for GitHub Actions cost analysis and Slack notifications for workflow results. - [Privacy Policy](https://pipetrics.com/privacy-policy.md): Understand how Pipetrics collects, processes, and protects data within our CI/CD observability platform. - [Pipetrics Terms & Conditions](https://pipetrics.com/terms-of-service.md): Review the legal terms that govern your use of Pipetrics' CI/CD analytics platform.