Kong Launches MCP Registry in Kong Konnect to Power AI Connectivity for Agent Discovery and Governance

Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is introducing Kong MCP Registry, a new enterprise directory within the Kong Konnect Catalog designed to register, discover, and govern MCP servers and AI native tools for agentic applications.

According to the company, Kong MCP Registry integrates with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem while remaining compliant with the broader AI Alliance Interoperability Framework (AAIF) standard, enabling Kong Konnect to serve as a centralized system of record for approved internal and external tools used by AI agents.

Because Kong Konnect already serves as the system of record for enterprise APIs, MCP Registry operates as an extension of Kong's existing API Catalog.

This enables organizations to govern MCP servers in full operational context, including their underlying API dependencies, ownership, blast radius, and inherited policies. By linking MCP servers directly to the APIs that they are built on, Kong enables enterprises to manage agent tools with the same rigor applied to mission-critical application infrastructure. This provides deeper visibility, stronger governance, and tighter control that any standalone registries can provide, the company said.

“With Kong MCP Registry, we are extending the Konnect Service Catalog to give enterprises a secure and scalable way to operationalize MCP, ensuring agents can safely discover and use approved tools while maintaining enterprise grade governance, visibility and control,” said Marco Palladino, co-founder and chief technology officer at Kong. “This builds on Kong’s AI Gateway and other AI connectivity capabilities in Konnect, giving enterprises the infrastructure they need to move from fragmented AI experiments to production-ready, governed AI systems that can securely connect models, agents, APIs and tools at scale.”

With Kong MCP Registry, enterprises can centrally register and govern the MCP servers that power these tools, enabling agents to dynamically discover approved capabilities while maintaining consistent security, ownership, and policy controls across the full AI data path.

With MCP Registry, Konnect becomes a unified API and AI platform capable of managing the full lifecycle of AI connectivity, from LLM routing and AI gateway traffic to multi-agent communication and centralized discovery for MCP-native tools, the company said.

Kong MCP Registry is designed to help enterprises move faster with AI while reducing operational risk and improving reliability and cost efficiency.

Kong MCP Registry establishes Konnect as the enterprise system of record for AI tool discovery and governance.

Kong MCP Registry will be available in tech preview as part of Kong Konnect beginning this month, with additional Dev Portal and secure access capabilities expected to follow.

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