Add MCP (Model Context Protocol) server

[ravjotbrar]

Expose Valkey Admin capabilities as MCP tools so AI agents (Claude, Copilot, etc.) can programmatically interact with clusters.

Tools to expose:

• Connect/disconnect to a cluster
• Get cluster topology
• Scan big keys / hot keys
• Query command logs (slowlog/commandlog)
• Send commands
• Get node metrics (memory, CPU, ops/sec)

Architecture:

• Node.js MCP server that reuses existing server-side action logic
• Auth: determine how agents authenticate to the MCP server and pass Valkey credentials
• Can run alongside the existing server or as a standalone process

Depends on: MCP SDK for Node.js

[kjaymiller]

not sure if +1's are appreciated but +1...

[ravjotbrar]

+1's are always appreciated @kjaymiller! Ultimately we'd love more community feedback and contributions to help guide valkey-admin.

[kjaymiller]

@ravjotbrar is the plan to host the MCP Server alongside valkey-admin? Meaning that if I build valkey-admin the MCP server is included?

The alternative would be a separate repo that allows for you to create one MCP server that can interact with multiple admin instances.