Which integrations are available for this server?

Enables interaction with Apache Kafka topics, allowing read and write operations such as publishing messages to topics and consuming messages from topics in a Kafka instance.

How do I use Kafka MCP Server?

1. Click on "Install Server". 2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state. 3. In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Kafka MCP Server publish a test message to the orders topic" That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed. Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.

Kafka MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server implementation for Apache Kafka. Enabling MCP client to interact with topics hosted in a Kafka instance.

Running locally with the Claude desktop app

Manual Installation

Clone this repository.
Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json file:

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
    "mcpServers": {
      "kafka": {
        "command": "uv",
        "args": [
            "--directory",
            "/path/to/repo/mcp-kafka",
            "run",
            "mcp-server-kafka",
            "--kafka-bootstrap-servers",
            "<comma_separated_bootstrap_servers ex. localhost:9092,otherhost:9092>",
            # Add other Kafka connection arguments as needed (e.g., security protocol, SASL mechanism, username, password)
            # Example for SASL_SSL:
            # "--kafka-security-protocol", "SASL_SSL",
            # "--kafka-sasl-mechanism", "PLAIN",
            # "--kafka-sasl-plain-username", "<your_username>",
            # "--kafka-sasl-plain-password", "<your_password>"
        ]
      }
    }
}

Install and open the Claude desktop app.
Try asking Claude to do a read/write operation of some sort to confirm the setup (e.g. ask it to publish a message to a topic or read messages from a topic). If there are issues, use the Debugging tools provided in the MCP documentation here.