Cloud

rpk cloud mcp stdio

Communicate with the local MCP server for Redpanda Cloud using the stdio protocol.

This command provides a direct stdio interface for communicating with the local MCP server for Redpanda Cloud. The local MCP server runs on your machine and provides tools for managing your Redpanda Cloud account and clusters. It’s typically used as the transport mechanism when your MCP client is configured to use rpk as the stdio server process.

Most users should use rpk cloud mcp install instead, which automatically configures your MCP client.

Usage

rpk cloud mcp stdio [flags]

Examples

Start the local MCP server for Redpanda Cloud using the stdio protocol:

rpk cloud mcp stdio

Flags

Value Type Description

--allow-delete

-

Allow delete operations (RPCs). Off by default.

-h, --help

-

Help for stdio.

--config

string

Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are /var/lib/redpanda/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml.

-X, --config-opt

stringArray

Override rpk configuration settings. See rpk -X or execute rpk -X help for inline detail or rpk -X list for terser detail.

--profile

string

Profile to use. See rpk profile for more details.

-v, --verbose

-

Enable verbose logging.

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