Kestra MCP Server (Official)

Official Kestra MCP server enabling AI agents to interact with Kestra's workflow orchestration platform — triggering flows, monitoring executions, managing namespaces, and integrating data pipeline workflows into agent-driven automation.

Evaluated Mar 06, 2026 (0d ago) vcurrent

Homepage ↗ Repo ↗ Other kestra workflow-orchestration mcp-server official data-pipeline etl automation

⚙ Agent Friendliness

/ 100

Can an agent use this?

🔒 Security

/ 100

Is it safe for agents?

⚡ Reliability

/ 100

Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality

Documentation

Error Messages

Auth Simplicity

Rate Limits

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement

Auth Strength

Scope Granularity

Dep. Hygiene

Secret Handling

HTTPS for Cloud. API key auth. SOC 2, GDPR. Self-hosted gives data control.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA

Version Stability

Breaking Changes

Error Recovery

Best When

An agent needs to manage or trigger data workflows in a Kestra-powered orchestration environment.

Avoid When

You're using Airflow, Prefect, or Dagster for data orchestration.

Use Cases

• Triggering Kestra flows from data pipeline agents
• Monitoring flow execution status and logs from ops agents
• Managing namespaces and flow definitions from DevOps agents
• Querying execution history for debugging and analytics agents
• Creating and updating flow YAML definitions from workflow agents
• Scaling data pipeline orchestration from automated workload agents

Not For

• Teams using Airflow, Prefect, or Dagster for orchestration
• Simple task scheduling without complex workflow needs
• Real-time stream processing (Kestra is batch/micro-batch oriented)

Interface

REST API

Yes

GraphQL

gRPC

MCP Server

Yes ↗

SDK

Webhooks

Yes

OpenAPI Spec ↗

Authentication

Methods: api_key basic_auth

OAuth: No Scopes: No

Kestra API keys or basic auth. Kestra Cloud uses tenant-scoped API keys. Self-hosted uses basic auth. Limited scope granularity.

Pricing

Model: usage-based

Free tier: Yes

Requires CC: No

Kestra is fully open source. Self-hosted is always free. Kestra Cloud managed service available with free tier. MCP server is open source.

Agent Metadata

Pagination

cursor

Idempotent

Partial

Retry Guidance

Not documented

Known Gotchas

⚠ Namespace and flow ID required for execution triggers
⚠ Flow definitions are YAML — agents must understand Kestra YAML schema
⚠ Executions are async — agents must poll for completion
⚠ Kestra Cloud vs self-hosted have different API base URLs
⚠ Tenant ID required for Kestra Cloud multi-tenant setups
⚠ Flow revisions — triggering specific revision vs latest

Alternatives

airflow-mcp prefect-mcp dagster-mcp

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.