Docs MCP Server

com.redpanda/docs-mcp

answering

Docs MCP is answering right now. Last checked 4 min ago. It exposes 5 tools. Last commit 3 Aug 2026.

Get authoritative answers about Redpanda documentation and search API references.

Uptime history 43 hours of history

43 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

298 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 3 Aug 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 4 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add docs-mcp --transport http https://docs.redpanda.com/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docs-mcp": {
      "url": "https://docs.redpanda.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.docs-mcp]
url = "https://docs.redpanda.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docs-mcp": {
      "url": "https://docs.redpanda.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docs-mcp": {
      "url": "https://docs.redpanda.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 5

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

api

get_api_reference_content

Retrieve full content of API reference pages by URL. Returns complete endpoint details including parameters, request/response schemas, and examples. Use this after finding pages via list_api_reference_pages or search_api_reference. Pass the URLs from those results directly. Returns up to 10 pages per request. URLs must be from docs.redpanda.com/api/doc/*.

list_api_reference_pages

List pages in Redpanda API reference documentation. Returns endpoints, schemas, and topic pages with URL, title, type, and description. SCOPING (important for accurate results): - api="all" or omit: Lists all available APIs - api="admin": Cluster management operations (brokers, partitions, configs, users) - api="cloud-controlplane": Redpanda Cloud resource management (clusters, networks, namespaces) - api="cloud-dataplane": Cloud cluster data operations (topics, ACLs, connectors) - api="http-proxy": Kafka operations over HTTP (produce, consume, offsets) - api="schema-registry": Schema management (register, retrieve, compatibility) Use this to browse API structure. For general Redpanda docs, use ask_redpanda_question instead.

search_api_reference

Search Redpanda API reference documentation by keyword. Returns up to 20 matching endpoints, schemas, or topics with URL, title, and text excerpts. SCOPING (important for accurate results): - api="all" or omit: Search across ALL APIs at once - useful when unsure which API contains the endpoint - api="admin": Search only cluster management (brokers, partitions, configs, users, maintenance) - api="cloud-controlplane": Search only Cloud resource management (clusters, networks, namespaces) - api="cloud-dataplane": Search only Cloud data operations (topics, ACLs, connectors) - api="http-proxy": Search only HTTP Proxy (produce, consume, offsets over HTTP) - api="schema-registry": Search only Schema Registry (register, retrieve, compatibility) WHEN TO USE WHICH: - User asks "broker endpoints" → api="admin" (brokers are cluster management) - User asks "create topic API" → api="all" (topics exist in admin AND cloud-dataplane) - User asks "Cloud cluster API" → api="cloud-controlplane" - User asks about Redpanda APIs generally → api="all" or omit For general Redpanda questions (not API-specific), use ask_redpanda_question instead.

ask

ask_redpanda_question

Search the official Redpanda documentation and return the most relevant sections from it for a user query. Each returned section includes the url and its actual content in markdown. Use this tool for all queries that require Redpanda knowledge. Results are ordered by relevance, with the most relevant result returned first.

get_more_tools

Check for additional tools whenever your task might benefit from specialized capabilities - even if existing tools could work as a fallback.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://docs.redpanda.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	269 ms	4 min ago

Docs MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Docs MCP do?

It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: ask_redpanda_question, get_api_reference_content, get_more_tools, list_api_reference_pages, search_api_reference. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Docs MCP working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 298 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Docs MCP?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Docs MCP need an API key?

No. Docs MCP completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Docs MCP?

It answers our handshake in 298 ms on average, which is faster than 47% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Docs MCP open source?

Yes — written in JavaScript and 1 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.