Kong Gateway

Kong Gateway MCP Connector for Claude

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Manage your API Gateway infrastructure — list services, configure routes, and manage consumers or plugins directly from any AI agent.

40 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Connect your Kong Gateway Admin API to any AI agent and take full control of your API management lifecycle through natural conversation.

What you can do

  • Services & Routes — List, create, and update upstream services and their associated routing rules to manage traffic flow.
  • Consumer Management — Query and manage API consumers, allowing you to track users and applications interacting with your gateway.
  • Plugin Configuration — Inspect and manage plugins for authentication, rate limiting, and logging across your services and routes.
  • Upstreams & Targets — Configure load balancing by managing upstreams and their health-checked targets.
  • SSL/TLS Management — List and update certificates and SNIs to ensure secure communication across your endpoints.
  • System Health — Retrieve real-time status and information about your Kong instance to monitor performance.

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. Enter your Kong Admin URL (and optional Admin Token)
  3. Start managing your API infrastructure from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

No more manual cURL commands or navigating complex dashboards to check a route configuration. Your AI acts as a dedicated DevOps engineer or API Architect.

Who is this for?

  • DevOps Engineers — quickly check gateway status, list plugins, and verify upstream health without leaving the terminal or IDE.
  • Backend Developers — create and test new services and routes instantly during the development cycle.
  • API Architects — audit consumer access and plugin configurations to ensure security and compliance across the organization.
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40 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

create_certificate

Create a new Kong Certificate

create_consumer

Create a new Kong Consumer

create_plugin

Create a new Kong Plugin

create_route

Create a new Kong Route

create_service

Create a new Kong Service

create_sni

Create a new Kong SNI

create_target

Create a new Target for an Upstream

create_upstream

Create a new Kong Upstream

delete_certificate

Delete a Kong Certificate

delete_consumer

Delete a Kong Consumer

delete_plugin

Delete a Kong Plugin

delete_route

Delete a Kong Route

delete_service

Delete a Kong Service

delete_sni

Delete a Kong SNI

delete_target

Delete a Target from an Upstream

delete_upstream

Delete a Kong Upstream

get_certificate

Get details for a specific Kong Certificate

get_consumer

Get details for a specific Kong Consumer

get_info

Retrieve general information about the Kong node

get_plugin

Get details for a specific Kong Plugin

get_route

Get details for a specific Kong Route

get_service

Get details for a specific Kong Service

get_sni

Get details for a specific Kong SNI

get_status

Retrieve the status of the Kong node

get_upstream

Get details for a specific Kong Upstream

list_certificates

List all Kong Certificates

list_consumers

List all Kong Consumers

list_plugins

List all Kong Plugins

list_routes

List all Kong Routes

list_services

List all Kong Services

list_snis

List all Kong SNIs

list_targets

List all Targets for an Upstream

list_upstreams

List all Kong Upstreams

update_certificate

Update an existing Kong Certificate

update_consumer

Update an existing Kong Consumer

update_plugin

Update an existing Kong Plugin

update_route

Update an existing Kong Route

update_service

Update an existing Kong Service

update_sni

Update an existing Kong SNI

update_upstream

Update an existing Kong Upstream

See how to talk to your AI agent using Kong Gateway.

List all services currently configured in Kong.

I've retrieved the services. You have 3 services configured: 'billing-api', 'users-service', and 'inventory-proxy'. Would you like to see the details for any of them?

Create a new service named 'auth-api' pointing to 'http://auth.internal'.

Service 'auth-api' has been successfully created with ID '8273-abc-123'. It is configured to point to 'http://auth.internal' on port 80. Should I create a route for this service now?

What is the current status of my Kong Gateway node?

The Kong node is healthy. Database is reachable, and there are currently 124 active connections. The server has been up for 14 days.

You can use the `get_status` tool. It will return the current status of the Kong node, including database connectivity and server metrics.

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