# Does Redpanda have an MCP server?

**Yes — Official.** Redpanda maintains an official MCP server.

## Facts

- Verdict: Official (Yes)
- Access: Built into the product — Ships inside the vendor's own app or CLI rather than as a standalone download.
- Endpoint: `Built into the rpk CLI — rpk cloud mcp install sets up the local Redpanda Cloud Management MCP server`
- Category: [Data Platforms](https://mcpyet.com/category/data-platforms/)
- Verified against vendor docs: 2026-09-29
- GitHub data refreshed: 2026-09-29 (re-checked every 6 hours)

## The receipts

- **In-product:** Built into the rpk CLI — rpk cloud mcp install sets up the local Redpanda Cloud Management MCP server — ships inside Redpanda's own product rather than as a standalone server. Documented at <https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform/develop/cloud-mcp/overview/>.

## How to connect it

Ships inside the vendor's own app or CLI rather than as a standalone download.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add redpanda -- npx -y <package-from-readme>
```

Swap in the exact package and flags from the repo README — most servers need an API key passed as an environment variable. Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project.

### Claude Desktop

Open **Settings → Developer → Edit Config** and add the server to `claude_desktop_config.json`, then restart Claude Desktop:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "redpanda": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "<package-from-readme>"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "…"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Cursor

Add to `.cursor/mcp.json` in your project, or `~/.cursor/mcp.json` for every project:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "redpanda": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "<package-from-readme>"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "…"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

Add to `.vscode/mcp.json`, then pick the server from Copilot's agent-mode tools menu:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "redpanda": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "<package-from-readme>"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### ChatGPT

ChatGPT connects to **remote servers only**, and this one runs on your machine. Either expose it through an MCP gateway that gives it a public URL, or use a client with native local support (Claude or Cursor).

## How we know

Redpanda's docs describe the Cloud Management MCP server that ships in the rpk CLI (rpk cloud mcp install / stdio) for managing clusters and topics; separately, Redpanda publishes a no-auth docs server to the MCP Registry under its verified namespace com.redpanda at docs.redpanda.com/mcp, which answers MCP initialize as "Redpanda Docs MCP".

- GitHub data refreshed 2026-09-29, then every 6 hours.
- Vendor docs verified on 2026-09-29.
- Corrections: hello@mcpyet.com.

## Also in Data Platforms

- [Tableau](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/tableau.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Databricks](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/databricks.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Power BI](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/power-bi.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Looker](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/looker.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Metabase](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/metabase.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Amplitude](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/amplitude.md) — Official (Yes)

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Source: https://mcpyet.com/mcp/redpanda/ — data refreshed 2026-09-29