mcp-debezium

A Model Context Protocol server for Debezium (via the Kafka Connect REST API). It lets an MCP-capable client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, etc.) monitor and manage change-data-capture connectors — status, config, restarts, lifecycle — with behaviour controlled entirely by flags.

Safe by default: it starts read-only, can be scoped to an allowlist of connectors, protects critical connectors from mutation, redacts credentials in connector configs, and gates deletion behind an explicit opt-in.

Features

• Monitoring — worker/cluster info, connector list, plugins, per-connector config, status (with failed-task traces), and topics.
• Management — create/update, pause/resume, restart connector or a single task.
• Lifecycle — delete connectors (admin).
• Access modes — read-only → read-write → admin, layered so a mode never exposes tools above its level.
• Credential redaction — database.password and other secret-shaped config values are replaced with ***REDACTED*** before results are returned.
• Security flags — connector allowlist, protected connectors, delete gating, dry-run, and JSON audit logging (see below).

Security model

| Concern | Flag | Default | Effect | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | What can the server do? | DEBEZIUM_MODE | read-only | read-only exposes monitoring only; read-write adds lifecycle management; admin adds delete. Tools above the mode are never registered. | | Which connectors are in scope? | DEBEZIUM_CONNECTOR_ALLOWLIST | (all) | When set, operations on other connectors are refused. | | Which connectors are read-only forever? | DEBEZIUM_PROTECTED_CONNECTORS | (none) | Inspectable but never paused/reconfigured/deleted. | | Can it delete? | DEBEZIUM_ALLOW_DELETE | false | delete_connector needs this and admin mode. | | Preview without touching Connect | DEBEZIUM_DRY_RUN | false | Write/admin tools validate + log intent, then return. | | Audit trail | DEBEZIUM_AUDIT_LOG | true | Emits a JSON line to stderr per guarded operation. | | Interactive confirmation | (automatic) | — | Destructive & high-impact actions prompt the human to approve via MCP elicitation before running; clients without elicitation fall back to the *_ALLOW_* gate. | | Credential redaction | (always on) | — | Secret-shaped config values are redacted before return. |

Tools

Read (read-only+): cluster_info, list_connectors, list_connector_plugins, get_connector, get_connector_config, get_connector_status, get_connector_topics

Write (read-write+): create_connector, update_connector_config, pause_connector, resume_connector, restart_connector, restart_task

Admin (admin): delete_connector (needs DEBEZIUM_ALLOW_DELETE)

Quickstart — add to your agent

Published on npm as @dockndevai/mcp-debezium. No clone or build needed — your MCP client runs it on demand with npx. Start in read-only mode; see .env.example for every variable and docs/CLIENTS.md for the full per-client guide.

Claude Code (CLI)

claude mcp add debezium -e CONNECT_URL="http://localhost:8083" -e DEBEZIUM_MODE="read-only" -- npx -y @dockndevai/mcp-debezium

Claude Desktop · Cursor · Windsurf — same block in claude_desktop_config.json, .cursor/mcp.json, or ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "debezium": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dockndevai/mcp-debezium"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CONNECT_URL": "http://localhost:8083",
        "DEBEZIUM_MODE": "read-only"
      }
    }
  }
}

OpenAI Codex CLI — in ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.debezium]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@dockndevai/mcp-debezium"]
env = { CONNECT_URL = "http://localhost:8083", DEBEZIUM_MODE = "read-only" }

VS Code (GitHub Copilot, Agent mode) — in .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "debezium": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dockndevai/mcp-debezium"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CONNECT_URL": "http://localhost:8083",
        "DEBEZIUM_MODE": "read-only"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example prompts

• "Which connectors are FAILED, and why?"
• "Restart the failed task on pg-orders." (needs read-write)
• "Show the config for mysql-inventory." (credentials come back redacted)

Run from source (development)

Prefer the published package above. To run from a clone:

npm install
npm run build
node dist/index.js   # with the environment variables set

Develop

npm run dev
npm test          # security policy + config redaction
npm run typecheck

Publishing

This server ships a server.json for the official MCP registry and an mcpName for npm ownership validation. See PUBLISHING.md for publishing to npm and listing on the MCP registry, Smithery, Glama, Cursor, and PulseMCP.

License

MIT