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Confluent MCP
by confluentinc · confluentinc/mcp-confluent
Inspect Kafka, Flink SQL, Schema Registry, and connectors across Confluent Cloud and self-managed deployments.
Install from the author’s instructions
Before connecting
- Use Node.js 22.19.0 or higher.
- Generate config.yaml and supply the connection details for the services you need.
Create the author config skeleton
npx @confluentinc/mcp-confluent --init-configSources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-14.
Claude Desktop · author npx definition
{
"mcpServers": {
"confluent": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@confluentinc/mcp-confluent",
"--config",
"/path/to/confluent-mcp-server/config.yaml"
]
}
}
}Sources: Official setup guide · Checked 2026-10-14.
Generate and edit config.yaml before using the client definition. Tool availability depends on its service blocks. The project is community-supported by the vendor repository; the managed Confluent Cloud server is a separate option.
Sources: Author README · Official setup guide · Checked 2026-10-14.
Tools and capabilities
| Capability | What it does |
|---|---|
| list-topics | Discover Kafka topics. |
| get-consumer-group-lag | Investigate consumer lag. |
| get-connector-status | Inspect connector state. |
| explain-disabled-tools | Explain missing tools from the connection configuration. |
Sources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-14.
Workflow examples
Suggested prompts for your own client. These are examples, not recorded tool executions.
Prompt 1
Inspect lag for the consumer group I select and correlate it with topic configuration.Prompt 2
Explain why a connector tool is unavailable, then show the configuration changes needed to enable it.Sources and verification
Official documentation and repository metadata reviewed; no third-party software installed and no MCP or hosted service executed.
Recent activity refers to the repository push timestamp. It does not establish the product’s original release date. Stars are a dated snapshot of the entire repository.
- GitHub repository metadataVerified 2026-10-14
- Author READMEVerified 2026-10-14
- Official setup guideVerified 2026-10-14