diff --git a/collector/benthos/input/prometheus.go b/collector/benthos/input/prometheus.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e715341e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/benthos/input/prometheus.go
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+package input
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-co-op/gocron/v2"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/api"
+	v1 "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/api/prometheus/v1"
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
+	"github.com/redpanda-data/benthos/v4/public/service"
+	"github.com/robfig/cron/v3"
+)
+
+const (
+	fieldPrometheusURL      = "url"
+	fieldPrometheusQueries  = "queries"
+	fieldPrometheusSchedule = "schedule"
+)
+
+func prometheusInputConfig() *service.ConfigSpec {
+	return service.NewConfigSpec().
+		Beta().
+		Summary("Prometheus metrics input using PromQL.").
+		Fields(
+			service.NewStringField(fieldPrometheusURL).
+				Description("Prometheus server URL.").
+				Example("http://localhost:9090"),
+			service.NewObjectListField(
+				fieldPrometheusQueries,
+				service.NewObjectField(
+					"query",
+					service.NewStringField("name").
+						Description("A name for the query to be used as a metric identifier."),
+					service.NewStringField("promql").
+						Description("The PromQL query to execute."),
+				),
+			).Description("List of PromQL queries to execute."),
+			service.NewStringField(fieldPrometheusSchedule).
+				Description("The cron expression to use for the scrape job.").
+				Examples("*/30 * * * * *", "@every 30s").
+				Default("*/30 * * * * *"),
+		).Example("Basic Configuration", "Collect Prometheus metrics with a scrape interval of 30 seconds.", `
+input:
+  prometheus:
+    url: "${PROMETHEUS_URL:http://localhost:9090}"
+    schedule: "* * * * *"
+    queries:
+      - query:
+          name: "node_cpu_usage"
+          promql: "sum(rate(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode!='idle'}[1m])) by (instance)"
+`)
+}
+
+func init() {
+	err := service.RegisterBatchInput("prometheus", prometheusInputConfig(), func(conf *service.ParsedConfig, mgr *service.Resources) (service.BatchInput, error) {
+		return newPrometheusInput(conf, mgr.Logger())
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
+type PromQuery struct {
+	Name   string `json:"name"`
+	PromQL string `json:"promql"`
+}
+
+type QueryResult struct {
+	Name      string       `json:"name"`
+	Query     string       `json:"query"`
+	Timestamp time.Time    `json:"timestamp"`
+	Values    model.Vector `json:"values"`
+}
+
+var _ service.BatchInput = (*prometheusInput)(nil)
+
+type prometheusInput struct {
+	logger    *service.Logger
+	client    v1.API
+	queries   []PromQuery
+	interval  time.Duration
+	schedule  string
+	scheduler gocron.Scheduler
+	store     map[time.Time][]QueryResult
+	mu        sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func newPrometheusInput(conf *service.ParsedConfig, logger *service.Logger) (*prometheusInput, error) {
+	url, err := conf.FieldString(fieldPrometheusURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	schedule, err := conf.FieldString(fieldPrometheusSchedule)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Parse queries
+	queriesConf, err := conf.FieldObjectList(fieldPrometheusQueries)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	queries := make([]PromQuery, len(queriesConf))
+	for i, queryConf := range queriesConf {
+		// Get the name field directly from the query object
+		name, err := queryConf.FieldString("query", "name")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// Get the promql field directly from the query object
+		promql, err := queryConf.FieldString("query", "promql")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		queries[i] = PromQuery{
+			Name:   name,
+			PromQL: promql,
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Calculate interval from schedule
+	var interval time.Duration
+	{
+		// Create a cron scheduler
+		parser := cron.NewParser(cron.Second | cron.Minute | cron.Hour | cron.Dom | cron.Month | cron.Dow | cron.Descriptor)
+		cronSchedule, err := parser.Parse(schedule)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// Get current time
+		now := time.Now()
+
+		// Get next two occurrences
+		nextRun := cronSchedule.Next(now)
+		secondRun := cronSchedule.Next(nextRun)
+
+		// Calculate the duration between runs
+		interval = secondRun.Sub(nextRun)
+	}
+
+	// Create Prometheus client
+	client, err := api.NewClient(api.Config{
+		Address: url,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	scheduler, err := gocron.NewScheduler()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &prometheusInput{
+		logger:    logger,
+		client:    v1.NewAPI(client),
+		queries:   queries,
+		interval:  interval,
+		schedule:  schedule,
+		scheduler: scheduler,
+		store:     make(map[time.Time][]QueryResult),
+		mu:        sync.Mutex{},
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// scrape executes the PromQL queries and stores the results.
+func (in *prometheusInput) scrape(ctx context.Context, t time.Time) error {
+	in.logger.Debugf("executing PromQL queries at %s", t.Format(time.RFC3339))
+
+	results := make([]QueryResult, 0, len(in.queries))
+
+	for _, query := range in.queries {
+		in.logger.Tracef("executing query: %s", query.PromQL)
+
+		// Execute the PromQL query
+		result, warnings, err := in.client.Query(ctx, query.PromQL, t)
+		if err != nil {
+			in.logger.Errorf("error executing query %s: %v", query.PromQL, err)
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if len(warnings) > 0 {
+			for _, warning := range warnings {
+				in.logger.Warnf("warning for query %s: %s", query.PromQL, warning)
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Convert to vector
+		vector, ok := result.(model.Vector)
+		if !ok {
+			in.logger.Warnf("result for query %s is not a vector, skipping", query.PromQL)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		results = append(results, QueryResult{
+			Name:      query.Name,
+			Query:     query.PromQL,
+			Timestamp: t,
+			Values:    vector,
+		})
+	}
+
+	in.mu.Lock()
+	in.store[t] = results
+	in.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (in *prometheusInput) Connect(ctx context.Context) error {
+	// Add a job to the scheduler
+	_, err := in.scheduler.NewJob(
+		gocron.CronJob(in.schedule, true),
+		gocron.NewTask(
+			func(ctx context.Context) error {
+				t := time.Now()
+				err := in.scrape(ctx, t)
+				if err != nil {
+					in.logger.Errorf("error executing PromQL queries: %v", err)
+					return err
+				}
+
+				return nil
+			},
+		),
+		gocron.WithContext(ctx),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Start the scheduler
+	in.scheduler.Start()
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (in *prometheusInput) ReadBatch(ctx context.Context) (service.MessageBatch, service.AckFunc, error) {
+	if len(in.store) == 0 {
+		return nil, func(context.Context, error) error { return nil }, nil
+	}
+
+	in.mu.Lock()
+	defer in.mu.Unlock()
+
+	processing := make(map[time.Time][]QueryResult)
+	batch := make([]*service.Message, 0)
+
+	for t, results := range in.store {
+		in.logger.Tracef("reading metrics from %s", t.Format(time.RFC3339))
+
+		for _, result := range results {
+			encoded, err := json.Marshal(result)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, func(context.Context, error) error { return nil }, err
+			}
+
+			msg := service.NewMessage(encoded)
+			msg.MetaSet("scrape_time", t.Format(time.RFC3339))
+			msg.MetaSet("scrape_interval", in.interval.String())
+			msg.MetaSet("query_name", result.Name)
+			batch = append(batch, msg)
+		}
+
+		processing[t] = results
+		delete(in.store, t)
+	}
+
+	in.logger.Debugf("read %d metric results", len(batch))
+
+	return batch, func(ctx context.Context, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			in.mu.Lock()
+			defer in.mu.Unlock()
+
+			for t := range processing {
+				in.logger.Tracef("nack received, readding unprocessed metrics to store: %s", t.Format(time.RFC3339))
+				in.store[t] = processing[t]
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		in.logger.Tracef("ack received, discarding processed metrics")
+
+		return nil
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (in *prometheusInput) Close(ctx context.Context) error {
+	err := in.scheduler.StopJobs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/collector/benthos/input/run_ai.go b/collector/benthos/input/run_ai.go
index d08dae4de..b9422ef22 100644
--- a/collector/benthos/input/run_ai.go
+++ b/collector/benthos/input/run_ai.go
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ input:
       - POD_COUNT
       - RUNNING_POD_COUNT
     http:
-      timeout: "${RUNAI_HTTP_TIMEOUT:30s}"
-      retry_count: "${RUNAI_HTTP_RETRY_COUNT:1}"
-      retry_wait_time: "${RUNAI_HTTP_RETRY_WAIT_TIME:100ms}"
-      retry_max_wait_time: "${RUNAI_HTTP_RETRY_MAX_WAIT_TIME:1s}"
+      timeout: 30s
+      retry_count: 1
+      retry_wait_time: 100ms
+      retry_max_wait_time: 1s
 `)
 }