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DimensionKibanaMCP server to access and manage Kibana instances with natural languageNPM Sentinel MCP ServerAI-powered NPM package analysis MCP server
FMRS51 / 100 · D79 / 100 · B
Reliability6 / 2012 / 20
Security and permissions8 / 2016 / 20
Maintenance10 / 2018 / 20
Documentation14 / 2018 / 20
Setup experience13 / 2015 / 20
Best for
  • Teams using Kibana for log analysis, monitoring, and visualization
  • Users who want to manage Kibana resources within AI assistants like Claude
  • Developers integrating Elastic Stack workflows
  • Developers auditing NPM dependencies within AI workflows
  • Teams performing supply chain security assessments
  • Users of Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code
Not for
  • Not for direct Elasticsearch data operations (a companion Elasticsearch MCP server exists)
  • Not an official Elastic product; community-maintained, not for mission-critical production use without support
  • Projects outside the NPM ecosystem (e.g., pure Python/Go)
  • Environments without network access to deps.dev, OSV.dev, and the npm registry
  • Scenarios requiring maintenance by an official upstream vendor
Required permissions
  • Requires access to the Kibana server (KIBANA_URL)
  • Needs authentication credentials (API Key, username/password, or cookies) to perform operations
  • In HTTP mode, requires opening a network port (default 3000)
  • Network access to the NPM registry and external services (deps.dev, OSV.dev, OpenSSF, npms.io, GitHub)
  • Read access to workspace lockfiles (pnpm-lock.yaml, package-lock., yarn.lock) for cache invalidation
Risks and side effects
  • Misconfiguration could lead to unauthorized access or data leakage
  • Executing API requests may modify or delete saved objects, risking data loss
  • SSL verification disablement (NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0) may expose to man-in-the-middle attacks
  • Community-maintained, no official support, updates may carry risks
  • Third-party READMEs and changelogs are untrusted external content; they are wrapped in tags with _meta flags but should still be handled cautiously
  • Depends on availability and accuracy of external services
  • Batch requests are capped at 25 packages to prevent registry enumeration; larger sets require batching
  • Third-party open source project, not officially maintained by NPM or Anthropic
Supported clientsClaude DesktopClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor
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