rpk cloud mcp

Manage connections to MCP servers in Redpanda Cloud. This includes both the local MCP server for Redpanda Cloud and remote MCP servers (managed).

These commands help you connect AI assistants like Claude to different types of MCP servers:

  • Local MCP server for Redpanda Cloud: Runs on your local machine and provides access to your Redpanda Cloud account and clusters

  • Remote MCP servers: Custom servers you build and deploy that run inside your Redpanda Cloud clusters

Usage

rpk cloud mcp [flags]
  rpk cloud mcp [command]

Subcommands

Command Description

install

Install the local MCP server for Redpanda Cloud configuration.

proxy

Proxy requests to Remote MCP servers.

stdio

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

Flags

Value Type Description

-h, --help

-

Help for mcp.

--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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