# Kentik

> Use this tool when you need to monitor and analyze network traffic, optimize capacity, and troubleshoot issues with comprehensive insights. It provides access to over 30 tools for device management, flow data queries, and synthetic monitoring, with inputs including network data and outputs including traffic analysis and utilization thresholds. Ideal for use cases such as querying top talkers, comparing traffic across sites, and interacting with AI-powered network advisors.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/awlx-kentik  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/awlx-kentik

## Description

Provides comprehensive access to Kentik's network observability platform through over 30 tools covering device management, flow data queries, synthetic monitoring, and traffic analysis. Supports querying top talkers, comparing traffic across sites, capacity planning with utilization thresholds, and interacting with Kentik's AI Advisor for natural language network insights. Covers both Kentik V5 REST APIs and V6 gRPC-gateway APIs including synthetic test results and traceroute data.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.96
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** monitoring
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/awlx-kentik)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/awlx/kentik-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "awlx-kentik"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/awlx-kentik` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/awlx-kentik/pull`

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