Kibana
Let your agent discover and drive Kibana APIs for dashboards, Elastic Stack workflows, and live operational analytics.
Overview
Kibana MCP is an MCP server for the Grow phase that gives agents dynamic, OpenAPI-backed access to Kibana and Elastic Stack analytics APIs.
What is this MCP server?
- OpenAPI-based Kibana MCP with dynamic API discovery across Kibana endpoints
- Elastic Stack integration alongside Elasticsearch-oriented operations
- stdio and HTTP transports; npm @tocharianou/mcp-server-kibana v0.7.3
- Auth via KIBANA_URL plus API key or KIBANA_USERNAME and KIBANA_PASSWORD
- Suited to agents that need current Kibana feature surface without hand-maintained tool lists
- Package version 0.7.3
- OpenAPI-based dynamic API discovery
- Transports: stdio and http
Community signal: 71 GitHub stars.
What problem does it solve?
You have rich data in Elastic Stack but your agent cannot safely navigate Kibana’s large API surface to answer analytics questions.
Who is it for?
Launched products already on Elasticsearch and Kibana who want agent-assisted analytics and dashboard operations.
Skip if: Greenfield projects with no Kibana deployment or teams forbidding agent access to production analytics tenants.
What do I get? / Deliverables
Registered MCP tools let your agent discover and call relevant Kibana APIs for dashboards and stack workflows without custom scripts each time.
- Dynamically discovered Kibana MCP tools tied to your instance APIs
- Agent-driven Elastic Stack analytics and dashboard operations
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Journey fit
Dashboards and trend analysis compound after launch, so Kibana MCP maps cleanly to Grow analytics even though it touches Operate monitoring. analytics is where you interpret saved searches, dashboards, and discovered Kibana HTTP APIs to decide what to improve next.
How it compares
Kibana API discovery MCP, not a standalone product analytics SaaS.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is Kibana MCP for?
Solo builders and small teams on Elastic Stack who want MCP agents to work with Kibana dashboards and APIs for growth and ops insights.
When should I use Kibana MCP?
Use it in Grow when reviewing metrics and in Operate when investigating incidents via Kibana after your app is live.
How do I add Kibana MCP to my agent?
Install @tocharianou/mcp-server-kibana, set KIBANA_URL and KIBANA_API_KEY or username/password, configure stdio or HTTP MCP, and reload tools.