Kong Gateway MCP
Manage Kong API Gateway with AI via MCP. Configure routes, services, plugins, and consumers. Monitor API traffic and performance.
What is Kong Gateway MCP?
Kong Gateway MCP is a Model Context Protocol server for Kong, the world's most popular open-source API gateway. Kong processes billions of API requests daily for companies from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises.
API Management Intelligence
Configure routes, apply plugins, manage consumers, and monitor API traffic — all through AI-powered conversations. Kong MCP understands Kong's declarative configuration model and plugin ecosystem.
Plugin Configuration
Kong's 100+ plugins cover authentication, rate limiting, transformation, logging, and security. AI models can help select and configure the right plugins for your API requirements.
Configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"kong": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["kong-mcp"],
"env": {
"KONG_ADMIN_URL": "http://localhost:8001",
"KONG_ADMIN_TOKEN": "your_admin_token"
}
}
}
}Use Cases
Kong MCP serves API platform teams, DevOps engineers managing API infrastructure, and organizations implementing API governance with AI-assisted configuration and monitoring.
Key Features
- Configure routes, services, and upstreams
- Manage Kong plugins (auth, rate limiting, etc.)
- Monitor API traffic and latency metrics
- Manage consumer credentials and ACLs
- Configure load balancing and health checks
- Deploy across Kong Gateway and Konnect
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