# MCP Confluent (MCP server)

> MCP Confluent is an MCP server that enables AI assistants to interact with Confluent Cloud, Confluent Platform, and standalone Apache Kafka deployments through natural language. It has 168 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @confluentinc/mcp-confluent.

An open-source MCP server that enables AI assistants to interact with Confluent Cloud, Confluent Platform, and standalone Apache Kafka deployments through natural language. It provides 50+ tools across Kafka, Flink SQL, Schema Registry, Connectors, Tableflow, and more -- usable from any MCP-compatible client including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Goose, and Gemini CLI.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/confluentinc/mcp-confluent |
| GitHub stars | 168 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | npm: @confluentinc/mcp-confluent |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Developer tools |
| Latest release | v1.6.0 (Sep 23, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-confluent": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@confluentinc/mcp-confluent"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-confluent -- npx -y @confluentinc/mcp-confluent
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-confluent": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@confluentinc/mcp-confluent"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-confluent": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@confluentinc/mcp-confluent"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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