MCP server

Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

POST /api/agent_builder/mcp
POST /s/{space_id}/api/agent_builder/mcp

Auth

Warning

This endpoint is designed for MCP clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, etc.) and should not be used directly via REST APIs. Use MCP Inspector or native MCP clients instead.

To learn more about the Agent Builder MCP server, refer to the MCP documentation.

Required privileges

Privileges agentBuilder:read

Path parameters

space_id string optional: An identifier for the space. If space_id is not provided in the URL, the default space is used. Refer to Spaces for more information.

Query parameters

namespace string: Comma-separated list of namespaces to filter tools. Only tools matching the specified namespaces will be returned.

Request body

Type: object

Response

200

Indicates a successful response

application/json

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Base URL: https://{kibana_url}

Examples

Request Console 1 / 2 languages

Warning

DO NOT USE THIS ENDPOINT VIA REST API. These examples are auto-generated and should not be run. Integrate with MCP using MCP Inspector or native MCP clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) instead.

Console Kibana Dev Tools

POST kbn:/api/agent_builder/mcp
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "initialize",
  "params": {
    "capabilities": {},
    "clientInfo": {
      "name": "test-client",
      "version": "1.0.0"
    },
    "protocolVersion": "2024-11-05"
  }
}

Generated from the API spec

curl Shell

curl -X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/agent_builder/mcp" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "initialize",
    "params": {
      "capabilities": {},
      "clientInfo": {
        "name": "test-client",
        "version": "1.0.0"
      },
      "protocolVersion": "2024-11-05"
    }
  }'

Generated from the API spec

Response

Example response showing the successful result of communication initialisation over MCP protocol

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "capabilities": {
      "tools": {
        "listChanged": true
      }
    },
    "protocolVersion": "2024-11-05",
    "serverInfo": {
      "name": "elastic-mcp-server",
      "version": "0.0.1"
    }
  }
}