Kentik MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides LLM access to the Kentik network observability platform.

Disclaimer: This is an unofficial, community-maintained project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by Kentik, Inc. "Kentik" is a trademark of Kentik, Inc. This project uses the name solely to describe its compatibility with Kentik's publicly documented APIs.

Features

Prerequisites

• Go 1.21+
• A Kentik account with API access
• Your Kentik email and API token (found in User Profile → Authentication)

Installation

go install github.com/awlx/kentik-mcp@latest

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/awlx/kentik-mcp.git
cd kentik-mcp
go build -o kentik-mcp .

Configuration

Set the following environment variables:

export KENTIK_EMAIL=user@example.com
export KENTIK_API_TOKEN=your_api_token_here
export KENTIK_REGION=US

Usage

With VS Code / GitHub Copilot

Add to your .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "kentik": {
      "command": "kentik-mcp",
      "env": {
        "KENTIK_EMAIL": "user@example.com",
        "KENTIK_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here",
        "KENTIK_REGION": "US"
      }
    }
  }
}

With Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kentik": {
      "command": "kentik-mcp",
      "env": {
        "KENTIK_EMAIL": "user@example.com",
        "KENTIK_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here",
        "KENTIK_REGION": "US"
      }
    }
  }
}

Standalone (stdio)

./kentik-mcp

The server communicates over stdio using the MCP protocol.

Example Queries

Once connected, you can ask your LLM things like:

• "Search for border routers in the NYC site"
• "Show me the top 10 destination ASNs by traffic on PNI links in the last 24 hours"
• "What's the traffic breakdown by port on external links?"
• "Query flows per second by destination port, filtered to transit links"
• "What synthetic tests are configured?"
• "Ask Kentik AI: How are my devices doing?"
• "Which sites have the most devices?"

API Coverage

This MCP server covers:

• V5 REST APIs: Devices, interfaces, users, sites, labels, tags, and flow data queries
• V6 gRPC-gateway APIs: Synthetic monitoring (tests, agents, results, traces) and AI Advisor

For full Kentik API documentation, see: https://kb.kentik.com/docs/apis-overview

Rate Limits

Kentik applies rate limits per customer. Key limits:

AI Advisor has additional limits: 4 requests/min for create/update, 60 requests/min for polling.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

This project is not affiliated with Kentik, Inc.