mcp kafka for VS Code
io.github.dockndevai/mcp-kafka
Apache Kafka monitoring & management for AI agents (with consumer lag) — governed.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install mcp kafka in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "kafka-brokers",
"description": "KAFKA_BROKERS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "kafka-mode",
"description": "KAFKA_MODE",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"mcp-kafka": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@dockndevai/mcp-kafka"
],
"env": {
"KAFKA_BROKERS": "${input:kafka-brokers}",
"KAFKA_MODE": "${input:kafka-mode}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs