Read-only Kafka observability for AI agents — MCP server
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add kafka-sentinel --env KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP='<KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP>' --env KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD='<KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD>' -- uvx kafka-sentinel-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.kafka-sentinel]
command = "uvx"
args = ["kafka-sentinel-mcp"]
env = { KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP = "<KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP>", KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD = "<KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD>" }
# codex mcp add kafka-sentinel --env KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP='<KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP>' --env KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD='<KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD>' -- uvx kafka-sentinel-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kafka-sentinel": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"kafka-sentinel-mcp"
],
"env": {
"KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP": "<KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP>",
"KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD": "<KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"kafka-sentinel": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"kafka-sentinel-mcp"
],
"env": {
"KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP": "<KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP>",
"KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD": "<KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kafka-sentinel": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"kafka-sentinel-mcp"
],
"env": {
"KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP": "<KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP>",
"KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD": "<KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kafka-sentinel": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"kafka-sentinel-mcp"
],
"env": {
"KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP": "<KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP>",
"KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD": "<KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kafka-sentinel": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"kafka-sentinel-mcp"
],
"env": {
"KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP": "<KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP>",
"KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD": "<KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
KAFKA_BOOTSTRAPKAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.