# rpk connect mcp-server

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title: rpk connect mcp-server
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description: Execute an MCP server against a suite of Redpanda Connect resources. Each resource will be exposed as a tool that AI can interact with.
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/current/reference/rpk/rpk-connect/rpk-connect-mcp-server.md -->

Execute an MCP server against a suite of Redpanda Connect resources. Each resource will be exposed as a tool that AI can interact with.

> ❗ **IMPORTANT**
>
> This command is experimental and subject to change.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk connect mcp-server [flags]
```

## [](#subcommands)Subcommands

| Command | Description |
| --- | --- |
| rpk connect mcp-server init | Initialize an MCP server project. Files that already exist will not be overwritten. |
| rpk connect mcp-server lint | Lint MCP server resources. Exits with a status code 1 if any linting errors are detected in the specified directory. |

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --address | string | An optional address to bind the MCP server to instead of running in stdio mode. |
| --observability-address | string | Address to bind the observability server (metrics, pprof) to. If not set, observability server is disabled. Only applies when --address is set. |
| --tag | strings | Optionally limit the resources that this command runs by providing one or more regular expressions. Resources that do not contain a match within the field meta.tags for each tag regular expression specified will be ignored. |
| --secrets | strings | Attempt to load secrets from a provided URN. If more than one entry is specified they will be attempted in order until a value is found. Environment variable lookups are specified with the URN env:, which by default is the only entry. In order to disable all secret lookups specify a single entry of none:. |
| -e, --env-file | strings | import environment variables from a dotenv file. |
| --redpanda-license | string | Provide an explicit Redpanda License, which enables enterprise functionality. By default licenses found at the path /etc/redpanda/redpanda.license are applied. |
| --chroot | string | Chroot into the provided directory after parsing configuration. Common /etc/ files are copied to the chroot directory, and the directory is made read-only. This flag is only supported on Linux. |
| --chroot-passthrough | strings | Specify additional files to be copied into the chroot directory. This flag can be used multiple times. It is only supported when --chroot is used. |

## [](#global-flags)Global flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --config | string | Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are ~/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml. |
| -X, --config-opt | stringArray | Override rpk configuration settings; -X help for detail or -X list for terser detail. |
| --ignore-profile | bool | Ignore rpk.yaml and redpanda.yaml; use default settings. |
| --profile | string | rpk profile to use. |
| -v, --verbose | bool | Enable verbose logging. |