Backstage · Capability
Backstage Developer Portal
Unified developer portal workflow combining the Backstage Software Catalog, Scaffolder, TechDocs, Search, Auth, and Permissions APIs. Serves platform engineers and developers managing internal developer platforms.
What You Can Do
GET
List entities
— List all catalog entities
/v1/entities
GET
List locations
— List catalog locations
/v1/locations
POST
Create location
— Register a new catalog location
/v1/locations
MCP Tools
list-catalog-entities
List all entities in the Backstage software catalog including components, APIs, resources, systems, and users
read-only
get-catalog-entity
Get a specific catalog entity by kind, namespace, and name
read-only
register-catalog-location
Register a new catalog location (GitHub repo URL, YAML file) to ingest entities
list-catalog-locations
List all registered catalog locations
read-only
delete-catalog-entity
Delete an entity from the software catalog
APIs Used
backstage-catalog