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MCP server · File & docs

com.redpanda/docs-mcp

Get authoritative answers about Redpanda documentation and search API references.

Checks passed
13 / 22

1 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
1522 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
11

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Responded

The server completed its last measured handshake. This is an observation, not a guarantee.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
400
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
312

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 1522 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-06-18, serverInfo.name Redpanda Docs MCP.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 11 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-06-18. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 1522 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 1522 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Pass
    Parameters documented

    65 of 65 parameters have a description (100%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Fail
    Website matches publisher

    The website host does not match the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Pass
    Source repo linked

    A repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-09-07T14:01:27.449448Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    The GitHub licence lookup has not returned an OSI result yet.

Start using com.redpanda/docs-mcp

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http com-redpanda-docs-mcp https://docs.redpanda.com/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 11

ask_redpanda_question

Search the official Redpanda documentation and return the most relevant sections from it for a user query. Each returned section includes the url and its actual content in markdown. Use this tool for all queries that require Redpanda knowledge. Results are ordered by relevance, with the most relevant result returned first. If you know the user's deployment platform, pass "platform" so results from the other platform's docs are excluded. Note that "platform" filters the sections already retrieved rather than re-running the search, so it can return substantially fewer sections: on a broker-level question where most matches come from the other platform's docs, it can cut a 15-section response to 1 or 2. Omit "platform" if you would rather have more context and judge platform relevance yourself from each section's url. If you know which Redpanda version the user runs, pass "version" (use 'current' for the latest release; its release number is also accepted). Unlike "platform", "version" is applied during retrieval, so it does not shrink the result set: it stops the same page being returned once per indexed version, which is otherwise most of the response. Version-neutral docs (Cloud, Connect, Agentic Data Plane, API reference) are always included. Omitting "version" searches the latest release.

Discovered
get_api_reference_content

Retrieve full content of API reference pages by URL. Returns complete endpoint details including parameters, request/response schemas, and examples. Use this after finding pages via list_api_reference_pages or search_api_reference. Pass the URLs from those results directly. Returns up to 10 pages per request. URLs must be from docs.redpanda.com/api/doc/*.

Discovered
get_config_property

Look up one Redpanda configuration property (cluster, broker, or topic) by exact name and return its documented type, default, description, restart and enterprise flags, Redpanda Cloud availability, related properties, and docs URL. Deterministic: it reads the generated property dataset for the requested docs version, so a property that does not exist returns found=false with close-name suggestions instead of a guess, and no LLM or search is involved. Use this before ask_redpanda_question for any question about a specific property's default, type, or availability. Pass platform='cloud' to learn whether the property is supported or editable in Redpanda Cloud.

Discovered
get_connect_component

Look up one Redpanda Connect component (input, output, processor, cache, buffer, rate_limit, metric, tracer, scanner) by type and name. Returns its status, summary, description, categories, Redpanda Cloud support, docs URL, and every configuration field as a row (path, type, default, one-line summary, advanced/optional/deprecated flags). Pass field to get one field in full: description, examples, options, child fields. Deterministic and read from the generated component schema for the published Connect release: a name that does not exist returns found=false and says whether the same name exists under another type (the redpanda input vs the redpanda output). Use this before ask_redpanda_question for any question about a specific component or field.

Discovered
get_rpk_command

Look up one rpk CLI command by its full name (for example 'rpk topic create') and return its usage, help text, flags with types and defaults, aliases, subcommands, platform and Redpanda Cloud scoping, the plugin and release it ships with, and the docs page URL. Deterministic: it reads the published rpk command tree for the requested docs version (the same data the rpk reference pages are rendered from), so a command that does not exist returns found=false with close-name suggestions instead of a guess, and no LLM or search is involved. The name may omit the leading 'rpk', use command aliases at any level ('rpk topic ls', 'rpk sr schema list'), or be the page name ('rpk-topic-create'). A deprecated command returns its deprecation note and replacement, even when it is hidden and not found. Use this before ask_redpanda_question for any question about a specific rpk command's flags, defaults, or existence in a release.

Discovered
give_feedback

Report a concrete problem to the Redpanda docs team: documentation that is missing, unclear, outdated, or wrong, a docs tool that returned something wrong or unhelpful, or a Redpanda product issue you ran into. Call it when you notice the problem, with enough detail to fix it, including the page URL when you know it. Do not call it to test the tool. It records the report and returns a short confirmation; it does not return documentation. Reports do not include the user's name or email: never include credentials, tokens, or personal data.

Discovered
list_api_reference_pages

List pages in Redpanda API reference documentation. Returns endpoints, schemas, and topic pages with URL, title, type, and description. SCOPING (important for accurate results): - api="all" or omit: Lists all available APIs - api="admin": Cluster management operations (brokers, partitions, configs, users) - api="cloud-controlplane": Redpanda Cloud resource management (clusters, networks, namespaces) - api="cloud-dataplane": Cloud cluster data operations (topics, ACLs, connectors) - api="http-proxy": Kafka operations over HTTP (produce, consume, offsets) - api="schema-registry": Schema management (register, retrieve, compatibility) Use this to browse API structure. For general Redpanda docs, use ask_redpanda_question instead.

Discovered
list_config_properties

Search Redpanda configuration properties by a keyword in their name or description, and filter by scope (cluster, broker, topic), platform, or enterprise flag. Returns compact rows: name, scope, type, default, one-line summary, Cloud support, docs URL. Name matches rank above description matches; deprecated properties are hidden unless include_deprecated is true. Use it to find the right property name before get_config_property, or to answer 'which properties control X'. total=0 means nothing matches in that version; it never falls back to a guess.

Discovered
list_connect_components

List or search Redpanda Connect components by type, keyword (matched against name, categories, and summary), status, or Redpanda Cloud support. Returns compact rows with docs URLs. Name matches rank above category and summary matches. Use it to discover what exists (for example every 'Services' input, or every output available in Cloud) before get_connect_component. total=0 means nothing matches.

Discovered
list_rpk_commands

List or search rpk CLI commands for a docs version. Filter by a keyword matched against command names and help text, by parent command (for example parent='rpk topic' lists its direct subcommands), or by plugin (connect, ai, k8s, check). Returns compact rows: name, usage, one-line summary, subcommand and flag counts, Cloud scoping, plugin, docs URL. Name matches rank above help-text matches; deprecated commands are hidden unless include_deprecated is true. Use it to find the right command name before get_rpk_command, or to answer 'which rpk commands do X'. total=0 means nothing matches in that version; it never falls back to a guess.

Discovered
search_api_reference

Search Redpanda API reference documentation by keyword. Returns up to 20 matching endpoints, schemas, or topics with URL, title, and text excerpts. SCOPING (important for accurate results): - api="all" or omit: Search across ALL APIs at once - useful when unsure which API contains the endpoint - api="admin": Search only cluster management (brokers, partitions, configs, users, maintenance) - api="cloud-controlplane": Search only Cloud resource management (clusters, networks, namespaces) - api="cloud-dataplane": Search only Cloud data operations (topics, ACLs, connectors) - api="http-proxy": Search only HTTP Proxy (produce, consume, offsets over HTTP) - api="schema-registry": Search only Schema Registry (register, retrieve, compatibility) WHEN TO USE WHICH: - User asks "broker endpoints" → api="admin" (brokers are cluster management) - User asks "create topic API" → api="all" (topics exist in admin AND cloud-dataplane) - User asks "Cloud cluster API" → api="cloud-controlplane" - User asks about Redpanda APIs generally → api="all" or omit For general Redpanda questions (not API-specific), use ask_redpanda_question instead.

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected1522 ms11