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kagent mcp build

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Build MCP server as a Docker image
Build an MCP server from the current project.
This command will detect the project type and build the appropriate
MCP server Docker image.
kagent mcp build [flags]
Flags:
  • -h, --help - help for build
  • --kind-load - Load image into kind cluster (requires kind)
  • --kind-load-cluster string - Name of the kind cluster to load image into (default: current cluster)
  • --platform string - Target platform (e.g., linux/amd64,linux/arm64)
  • -d, --project-dir string - Build directory (default: current directory)
  • --push - Push Docker image to registry
  • -t, --tag string - Docker image tag (alias for –output)
Global Flags:
  • --config string - config file (default is $HOME/.kagent/config.yaml) (default “$HOME/.kagent/config.yaml”)
  • --kagent-grpc-ca-file string - CA certificate file for KAgent gRPC
  • --kagent-grpc-server-name string - TLS server name for KAgent gRPC
  • --kagent-grpc-tls - Use TLS for KAgent gRPC
  • --kagent-grpc-url string - KAgent gRPC target (default “localhost:8084”)
  • --kagent-url string - KAgent REST URL (default “http://localhost:8083”)
  • -n, --namespace string - Namespace (default “kagent”)
  • -o, --output-format string - Output format (default “table”)
  • --timeout duration - Timeout (default 5m0s)
  • -v, --verbose - Verbose output
Example

kagent mcp build                    # Build Docker image from current directory
kagent mcp build --project-dir ./my-project  # Build Docker image from specific directory
kagent mcp add-toolkagent mcp deploy