Kibana runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 2 357 installs a week from npm. Last commit 11 Oct 2026.
Kibana MCP Server with dynamic API discovery and comprehensive Elastic Stack integration
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add kibana -e 'MCP_TRANSPORT=<MCP_TRANSPORT>' -e 'KIBANA_URL=<KIBANA_URL>' -- npx -y @tocharianou/mcp-server-kibana{
"mcpServers": {
"kibana": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@tocharianou/mcp-server-kibana"
],
"env": {
"KIBANA_URL": "<KIBANA_URL>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.kibana]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@tocharianou/mcp-server-kibana"]
env = { MCP_TRANSPORT = "<MCP_TRANSPORT>", KIBANA_URL = "<KIBANA_URL>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"kibana": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@tocharianou/mcp-server-kibana"
],
"env": {
"KIBANA_URL": "<KIBANA_URL>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"kibana": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@tocharianou/mcp-server-kibana"
],
"env": {
"KIBANA_URL": "<KIBANA_URL>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<MCP_TRANSPORT> (Transport mode selection), <KIBANA_URL> (Your Kibana instance URL).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
MCP_HTTP_PORT (HTTP server port), MCP_BEARER_TOKEN (Bearer token required on /mcp requests (recommended for any non-localhost bind)), KIBANA_API_KEY (Kibana API key for authentication), KIBANA_USERNAME (Kibana username), KIBANA_PASSWORD (Kibana password).
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