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Why kMCP?

Prototyping MCP services in isolation is quick and fun, but production adoption introduces many challenges:

• Ad-hoc scaffolding - Configuring the MCP server, integrating it in Kubernetes, and operating it at enterprise scale
• Transport fragmentation – Supporting multiple protocols (HTTP, WebSocket, SSE, etc.) requires custom maintenance
• Disconnected context - Enforcing consistent security, observability, and governance for agent-to-tool communication

We believe teams who have build MCP services should not experience friction when bringing those services to production. kMCP is designed to make MCP connectivity simple.

Getting Started

Install the kmcp CLI on your local machine.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kagent-dev/kmcp/refs/heads/main/scripts/get-kmcp.sh | bash

Verify that the kmcp CLI is installed.

kmcp --help

You're ready to go! Continue on to From Prototype to Production or explore our docs at kagent.dev/docs/kmcp

From Prototype to Production

MCP connectivity affects everyone in an organization. Below are some common quickstart journeys that you may experience:

• Your first MCP service prototype
• AI/ML Engineer packaging an existing prototype
• DevOps engineer building MCP infrastructure in Kubernetes

Technical Details

kmcp is a comprehensive toolkit for building, deploying, and managing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. For a more detailed breakdown of using kmcp in your workflow, check out our achitecture overview.

Core Components

• CLI is your primary tool for development. It allows you to scaffold new MCP projects, manage tools, build container images, and run your MCP server locally for testing and development.
• Controller: Manages the lifecycle of your MCP server deployments in your Kubernetes cluster. It uses a Custom Resource Definition (CRD) to define MCP servers as native Kubernetes objects, allowing you to manage them with familiar kubectl commands.
• Transport Adapater - Fronts the MCP server and provides features such as external traffic routing for your MCP server with support for multiple transport protocols without requiring any changes to your code.

Core Principles

• ✨ Rapid scaffolding with support for FastMCP (Python) and MCP Go SDK
• 🚀 One-command deployment to Kubernetes with pre-configured Transport Adapters
• 🔄 Consistent workflow from local development to production
• 🌐 Built-in transport support for HTTP, WebSocket, and Server-Sent Events
• ☸️ Kubernetes-native using Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs)
• 🔐 Secrets management integrated with Kubernetes secrets

Get Involved

We welcome contributions! Contributors are expected to respect the kagent Code of Conduct

There are many ways to get involved:

• 🐛 Report bugs and issues
• 💡 Suggest new features
• 📖 Improve documentation
• 🔧 Submit pull requests
• ⭐ Star the repository
• 💬 Help others in Discord
• 💬 Join the kagent community meetings
• 🤝 Share tips in the CNCF #kagent slack channel
• 🔒 Report security concerns

Thanks to all contributors!

Reference

Resources

• kMCP documentation

Ecosystem Resources

• Model Context Protocol Specification
• MCP Documentation
• Anthropic's MCP Announcement
• FastMCP Python Documentation
• MCP Go SDK

License

This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.

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