Kibana MCP Server

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/tools/index.ts:219-234 (handler)

  MCP tool request handler for 'export_dashboard' which calls the Kibana client to export the dashboard.

  case 'export_dashboard': {
    const { id, includeReferences = true } = args as { id: string; includeReferences?: boolean };
    const exported = await kibanaClient.exportDashboard(
      id,
      includeReferences
    );
  
    return {
      content: [
        {
          type: 'text' as const,
          text: JSON.stringify(exported, null, 2),
        },
      ],
    };
  }

• src/kibana/client.ts:100-130 (handler)

  Actual implementation of the dashboard export logic, making an HTTP POST request to Kibana's API.

  async exportDashboard(
    dashboardId: string,
    includeReferencesDeep = true
  ): Promise<any> {
    const exportParams: ExportDashboardParams = {
      objects: [
        {
          type: 'dashboard',
          id: dashboardId,
        },
      ],
      includeReferencesDeep,
    };
  
    const response = await this.axiosInstance.post(
      '/api/saved_objects/_export',
      exportParams,
      {
        responseType: 'arraybuffer',
      }
    );
  
    // Parse NDJSON response
    const text = Buffer.from(response.data).toString('utf-8');
    const objects = text
      .split('\n')
      .filter((line) => line.trim())
      .map((line) => JSON.parse(line));
  
    return objects;
  }

• src/tools/index.ts:59-78 (registration)

  Tool definition for 'export_dashboard' including input schema.

    name: 'export_dashboard',
    description:
      'Export a dashboard with all its dependencies (visualizations, data views, etc.)',
    inputSchema: {
      type: 'object',
      properties: {
        id: {
          type: 'string',
          description: 'Dashboard ID to export',
        },
        includeReferences: {
          type: 'boolean',
          description:
            'Include all referenced objects (default: true)',
          default: true,
        },
      },
      required: ['id'],
    },
  },