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| Evidence field | Kong Konnect MCPShortlist candidate | Azure MCP ServerMCP100 Recommended |
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| Provenance | ||
| Provenance details | First-party MCP Kong · Publisher source ↗ | First-party MCP Microsoft · Publisher source ↗ |
| Maintenance | ||
| Maintenance details | Repo: Not documented Package: Not documented | Repo: Not documented Package: Not documented |
| Popularity evidence | ||
| Package downloads / 30 days | No reliable download data | 537,523 package downloads / 30 days · checked 2026-09-24T18:01:10.773000Z |
| Shared repository stars | 6 Shared repository stars (not MCP-specific) · checked 2026-10-20 | 3,708 Shared repository stars (not MCP-specific) · checked 2026-09-24T18:01:37.573000Z |
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| Client coverage details | Not documented | Claude Code✓ Local stdio Claude Desktop✓ Local stdio Codex✓ Local stdio VS Code✓ Local stdio Cursor✓ Local stdio OpenCode✓ Local stdio |
| Client coverage note | Local stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server. | |
| Access and data | ||
| Authentication | Browser-based authentication, Personal Access Token (PAT), or System Account Access Token (SPAT) for automated workflows. | The local server uses Azure's established authentication chain, commonly Azure CLI sign-in or other Microsoft identity credentials. No credential should be embedded in MCP JSON; use a dedicated least-privilege identity or subscription context. |
| Cost | No separate Konnect MCP fee was documented in the reviewed MCP page. Underlying Kong/Konnect products and gateways have paid plans and usage-based charges depending on deployment and features. | The MIT-licensed server has no separately documented MCP charge. Azure resources created or queried, network usage, logs, and the AI client remain subject to their normal plans and charges. |
| Permissions | Every MCP query respects Konnect RBAC and regional data boundaries associated with the authenticated user, PAT, or SPAT. Tool access follows the user's permission level. | Tools invoke Azure operations using the current Azure authentication context, and Azure RBAC determines effective access. Depending on enabled services and roles, the server can read, create, update, or delete cloud resources and retrieve logs or configuration. |
| Data handling | Kong states that no user data is sent to LLM providers through the MCP server unless KAi is enabled. When KAi is enabled, its KnowledgeBase tool creates embeddings from queries; Kong states those queries are not used to train models. | Azure resource identifiers, configuration, logs, command inputs, and results may be returned to the MCP client. Microsoft documents optional usage telemetry that can be disabled with AZURE_MCP_COLLECT_TELEMETRY=false; normal Azure service requests remain visible to Azure. |
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| Risk context | The small visible tool set includes dynamic API execution, so the effective action surface can be much broader than the MCP tool count and can modify gateway configuration within the authenticated RBAC scope. | A broadly privileged Azure identity can make the agent an infrastructure administrator. Use a non-production subscription for evaluation, least-privilege RBAC, explicit subscription/resource-group targeting, telemetry choice, activity logs, budgets, and confirmation before every mutation. This review does not claim MCP100 execution testing. |
| Evidence date | ||
| Editorial review | 2026-10-19 | 2026-07-24 |
| Candidate evidence | 2026-10-19 | 2026-09-24T04:25:05.554391Z |
Popularity, maintenance, fit, permissions, and client support are independent evidence fields.
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