Kafka Connect · Agentic Access

Kafka Connect Agentic Access

x-agentic-access generated

Kafka Connect exposes 22 API operations that an AI agent could call, of which 12 are state-changing ‘acting’ operations. This is a recommended x-agentic-access execution contract — the scope, audience, consequence tier, short-lived token constraints, and escalation each action should carry before it is handed to an autonomous agent.

By consequence: 10 read, 9 write, and 3 safety-critical.

3 operations are classed safety-critical and should require human-in-the-loop approval at runtime.

Contracts are classified heuristically from the provider’s OpenAPI and refresh on every APIs.io network build; audience is bound per deployment. The model follows Curity’s Access Intelligence (apidays Munich 2026). Browse every provider’s agent contracts at agentic-access.apis.io.

Apache KafkaConnectorsData IntegrationETLStreaming
Operations: 22 Acting: 12 Human-in-the-loop: 3 Method: generated

By consequence

read 10 write 9 safety-critical 3

Highest-consequence actions

The physical and safety-critical operations an agent could invoke — the ones that most warrant scoped tokens, tight TTLs, and escalation. Full per-operation contracts are in the source below.

MethodPathConsequenceHuman-in-loop
DELETE /connectors/{connector}/offsets safety-critical required
PUT /connectors/{name}/stop safety-critical required
PUT /connectors/{name}/topics/reset safety-critical required

Source

Agentic Access

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-15'
method: generated
source: openapi/kafka-connect-openapi.yml
description: Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts, classified heuristically from
  the OpenAPI. A governance starting point for exposing this API to AI agents — review and bind
  audience per deployment. See research/curity/agentic-governance/.
summary:
  operations: 22
  by_action_class:
    connected: 10
    acting: 12
  by_consequence:
    read: 10
    write: 9
    safety-critical: 3
  human_in_the_loop_required: 3
operations:
- path: /
  method: get
  operationId: getRoot
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /connectors
  method: get
  operationId: listConnectors
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /connectors
  method: post
  operationId: createConnector
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /connectors/{name}
  method: get
  operationId: getConnector
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /connectors/{name}
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteConnector
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /connectors/{name}/config
  method: get
  operationId: getConnectorConfig
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /connectors/{name}/config
  method: put
  operationId: putConnectorConfig
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /connectors/{name}/status
  method: get
  operationId: getConnectorStatus
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /connectors/{name}/restart
  method: post
  operationId: restartConnector
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /connectors/{name}/pause
  method: put
  operationId: pauseConnector
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /connectors/{name}/resume
  method: put
  operationId: resumeConnector
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /connectors/{name}/stop
  method: put
  operationId: stopConnector
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /connectors/{name}/tasks
  method: get
  operationId: listConnectorTasks
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /connectors/{name}/tasks/{taskid}/status
  method: get
  operationId: getTaskStatus
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /connectors/{name}/tasks/{taskid}/restart
  method: post
  operationId: restartTask
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /connectors/{name}/topics
  method: get
  operationId: getConnectorTopics
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /connectors/{name}/topics/reset
  method: put
  operationId: resetConnectorTopics
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /connectors/{connector}/offsets
  method: get
  operationId: getConnectorOffsets
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /connectors/{connector}/offsets
  method: patch
  operationId: alterConnectorOffsets
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /connectors/{connector}/offsets
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteConnectorOffsets
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /connector-plugins
  method: get
  operationId: listConnectorPlugins
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /connector-plugins/{name}/config/validate
  method: put
  operationId: validateConnectorConfig
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required