generated: '2026-09-17'
method: derived
source: openapi/buildpacks-io-search-api-openapi.yml, openapi/buildpacks-io-buildpacks-api-openapi.yml
status: candidate
searched:
- query: Cloud Native Buildpacks MCP server model context protocol
  finding: no first-party or community MCP server for buildpacks.io or the buildpack registry
- url: https://buildpacks.io/.well-known/ai-plugin.json
  status: 404
- url: https://registry.buildpacks.io/.well-known/ai-plugin.json
  status: 404
note: >-
  Cloud Native Buildpacks publishes no MCP server. The tools below are a CANDIDATE surface derived
  from the three real, unauthenticated registry operations — nothing is deployed and no endpoint
  exists. Do not read this as an agent surface the project ships.
deployment:
  mode: none
  endpoint:
  install:
  package:
  auth: none
  verified: derived
server:
  name: buildpacks-registry
  description: Read-only access to the public Cloud Native Buildpacks registry index.
  transport: not deployed
tools:
- name: search_buildpacks
  description: Search the public buildpack registry by keyword.
  backing_operation: searchBuildpacks
  method: GET
  path: /search
  inputSchema:
    type: object
    properties:
      matches:
        type: string
        description: One or more space-separated keywords.
    required:
    - matches
- name: list_buildpack_versions
  description: List every published version of a namespaced buildpack.
  backing_operation: listBuildpackVersions
  method: GET
  path: /buildpacks/{namespace}/{name}
  inputSchema:
    type: object
    properties:
      namespace:
        type: string
      name:
        type: string
    required:
    - namespace
    - name
- name: get_buildpack_version
  description: Get the registry record for one version of a buildpack, including its OCI image digest.
  backing_operation: getBuildpackVersion
  method: GET
  path: /buildpacks/{namespace}/{name}/{version}
  inputSchema:
    type: object
    properties:
      namespace:
        type: string
      name:
        type: string
      version:
        type: string
    required:
    - namespace
    - name
    - version