MCP in Redpanda Cloud

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Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a way to give AI assistants like Claude access to tools and data they wouldn’t normally have. Instead of just chatting with your AI assistant, you can ask it to perform real tasks on your behalf.

Why use MCP with Redpanda Cloud?

With MCP, you can have natural conversations with your AI assistant about your streaming data infrastructure. Rather than remembering command-line syntax or navigating through web interfaces, you describe what you want in plain language and your AI assistant handles the technical details.

MCP options in Redpanda Cloud

In Redpanda Cloud, there are two complementary options to use MCP:

Redpanda Cloud MCP Server Remote MCP

Description

A server that gives your AI assistant access to your Redpanda Cloud account and clusters.

Your own MCP server built with Redpanda Connect and hosted inside your Redpanda Cloud cluster.

Where it runs

Your computer

In your Redpanda Cloud cluster (managed by Redpanda)

Who builds it

Redpanda

You, with Redpanda Connect

Example use cases (prompts you might ask)

  • Create a new cluster called dev-analytics for testing.

  • List all topics in my production cluster.

  • Analyze the last 100 orders and show me the top product categories.

  • Generate a summary of user activity from the events stream.
The Redpanda documentation site includes a read-only MCP server that gives you access to Redpanda documentation and code examples through AI assistants like Claude Desktop. This server only provides access to public documentation content. It cannot access your Redpanda Cloud account, clusters, or any private data. This is useful for getting help with Redpanda concepts and examples without connecting your actual Redpanda environment. For setup instructions, see MCP Server for Redpanda Documentation.

Which should I use?

Use the Redpanda Cloud MCP Server to operate your Redpanda Cloud account quickly from your laptop.

Use the Remote MCP to provide reusable tools for your team, running inside the cluster, authored with Redpanda Connect.

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