Kafka MCP: Manage Apache Kafka From Your AI Assistant
This video illustrates the content of the blog post https://aiven.io/blog/kafka-mcp (publishing 2026-07-07)
The Aiven MCP connects Claude, Cursor, and VS Code to Apache Kafka. Inspect topics, track consumer lag, stream a database in with CDC, and manage your cluster.
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