kibana mcp for VS Code
io.github.mshegolev/kibana-mcp
Kibana/Elasticsearch MCP — log search, aggregations, index discovery, dashboards.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:pypi
Install kibana mcp in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "kibana-url",
"description": "KIBANA_URL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "elasticsearch-url",
"description": "ELASTICSEARCH_URL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "kibana-api-key",
"description": "KIBANA_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "kibana-username",
"description": "KIBANA_USERNAME",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "kibana-password",
"description": "KIBANA_PASSWORD",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "kibana-ssl-verify",
"description": "KIBANA_SSL_VERIFY",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"kibana-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"kibana-mcp"
],
"env": {
"KIBANA_URL": "${input:kibana-url}",
"ELASTICSEARCH_URL": "${input:elasticsearch-url}",
"KIBANA_API_KEY": "${input:kibana-api-key}",
"KIBANA_USERNAME": "${input:kibana-username}",
"KIBANA_PASSWORD": "${input:kibana-password}",
"KIBANA_SSL_VERIFY": "${input:kibana-ssl-verify}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs