# Kong Konnect MCP server
> Inspect and manage Kong Konnect gateways, services, routes, plugins and API analytics, and search Kong docs from your assistant.
- Listing: https://mcp.tc/i/kong-konnect
- Connect: use the server's own URL `https://global.mcp.konghq.com/` (OAuth sign-in at the server); clients connect to it directly. The listing link is a page, not an MCP endpoint.
- Type: remote (Streamable HTTP)
- Auth: OAuth sign-in
- Category: [Cloud & DevOps](https://mcp.tc/c/cloud-devops)
- Vendor: Kong
- Homepage:
## About
Connects an AI assistant to Kong Konnect. You can query control planes, services, routes, consumers, consumer groups, plugins and vaults, query API request analytics with filters, and create debug sessions with active tracing to investigate performance problems. It can also search Kong documentation and create, edit and publish Dev Portal pages, snippets and Markdown Components.
The server is hosted at https://global.mcp.konghq.com/ over streamable HTTP, with regional endpoints for us, eu, au and in. Users sign in with OAuth (scopes konnect:read and konnect:write). A Konnect personal access token is also accepted. Nothing needs to be installed locally.
## What it can do
- Query control planes, services, routes, consumers and plugins
- Inspect consumer groups and vaults
- Query API request analytics by time, status code, consumer, service and route
- Create debug sessions with active tracing
- Search Kong documentation for configuration help
- Create, edit and publish Dev Portal pages and snippets
## Example prompts
- "List the routes on my production control plane in Konnect"
- "Show 5xx errors for the checkout service over the last 24 hours"
- "Start a debug session with tracing on the orders route"
- "Search Kong docs for how to configure rate limiting"
## Install
### Claude Code
1. Run this in a terminal, in your project folder:
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http kong-konnect https://global.mcp.konghq.com/
```
2. Start Claude Code, type `/mcp`, pick **kong-konnect** and choose **Authenticate**. A browser window opens for the Kong sign-in.
Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project, not just this one.
### Claude Desktop
1. Open **Settings → Connectors** and click **Add custom connector**.
2. Name it **Kong Konnect** and paste this URL:
```url
https://global.mcp.konghq.com/
```
3. Click **Add**, then **Connect**, and sign in when Kong asks.
Claude Desktop’s JSON config file only starts local servers. Remote servers go through Connectors, and connectors you add on claude.ai show up here too.
### claude.ai
1. Open the connector form on claude.ai. This button fills in the name and URL for you:
[Add to claude.ai]() (opens connector settings)
2. Check that the URL reads `https://global.mcp.konghq.com/` and click **Add**.
3. Click **Connect** and sign in when Kong asks.
Free plans allow one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under **Organization settings → Connectors**.
### ChatGPT
1. On chatgpt.com, open **Settings → Security and login** and turn on **Developer mode**.
2. Go to `chatgpt.com/plugins` and click **+** to create an app for a remote MCP server.
3. Paste `https://global.mcp.konghq.com/` as the server URL and choose **OAuth**. ChatGPT sends you to Kong to sign in.
Developer mode is available on the web for Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Education accounts.
### Cursor
[Add to Cursor]() (opens Cursor)
Or add it by hand to `~/.cursor/mcp.json` (all projects) or `.cursor/mcp.json` (this project):
`mcp.json`:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kong-konnect": {
"url": "https://global.mcp.konghq.com/"
}
}
}
```
Cursor shows **Needs login** next to the server. Click it to sign in.
### VS Code
[Install in VS Code]() (opens VS Code)
Or from a terminal:
```bash
code --add-mcp '{"name":"kong-konnect","type":"http","url":"https://global.mcp.konghq.com/"}'
```
Or commit it to the repo in `.vscode/mcp.json`:
`.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
"servers": {
"kong-konnect": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://global.mcp.konghq.com/"
}
}
}
```
VS Code asks you to sign in the first time the server starts.
### Devin Desktop
1. Add it to `~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json` (macOS and Linux) or `%APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json` (Windows):
`mcp_config.json`:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kong-konnect": {
"serverUrl": "https://global.mcp.konghq.com/"
}
}
}
```
2. Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade and sign in when asked.
Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf. It reads `serverUrl` (or `url`) for remote servers.
### Codex
```bash
codex mcp add kong-konnect --url https://global.mcp.konghq.com/
codex mcp login kong-konnect
```
Or edit `~/.codex/config.toml` directly:
`config.toml`:
```toml
[mcp_servers.kong-konnect]
url = "https://global.mcp.konghq.com/"
```
### Gemini CLI
```bash
gemini mcp add --transport http kong-konnect https://global.mcp.konghq.com/
```
Then, inside Gemini CLI, run `/mcp auth kong-konnect` to sign in.
This adds it to the current project. Add `-s user` to use it everywhere.
### Any client
Most clients accept this shape. Some name the URL field differently: `serverUrl` in Devin Desktop, `httpUrl` in Gemini CLI’s settings file.
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kong-konnect": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://global.mcp.konghq.com/"
}
}
}
```
Zed puts servers under `context_servers` in its settings. Cline needs `"type": "streamableHttp"`, or it assumes SSE.
Client only starts local servers? Bridge it with `npx -y mcp-remote https://global.mcp.konghq.com/`.
## Details
- Server version: 1.0.0
- Last checked: 2026-10-03 (reachable, asks for credentials)
- Listed: 2026-10-03
- Updated: 2026-10-03
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