# Redpanda Cloud has no Admin API or debug bundles; use support tickets plus Kafka-API triage

## TL;DR

On a Cloud cluster, never reach for rpk debug bundle or the Admin API; they are unsupported. Keep the two playbooks separate so your agent does not waste turns on commands that cannot work. Context: Official docs (redpanda-data/skills, rpk-debug skill): documents the Cloud-vs-self-managed gotcha that trips agents used to on-prem Redpanda.

Use this when you run into the situation in the title.

**When not to use this skill:** unrelated tasks. It covers only the procedure above.

## Compatibility

Tool: Redpanda. The steps above apply to the commands named in them. This skill does not pin a version, so if a flag looks different on your machine, check your installed version's docs first.

## Details

Keep the two playbooks separate so your agent does not waste turns on commands that cannot work.

Context: Official docs (redpanda-data/skills, rpk-debug skill): documents the Cloud-vs-self-managed gotcha that trips agents used to on-prem Redpanda. Redpanda Cloud clusters (Serverless, BYOC, Dedicated) do not support debug bundles, do not expose the Admin API, and do not expose broker hosts. The usual live-triage commands (rpk cluster health, rpk cluster license, rpk cluster maintenance, rpk cluster partitions, rpk cluster self-test) do not work against Cloud clusters.

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_R5kO61l5TWQjdnvLvopiBw/versions/skv_2RX0ntR1VE6PJ_NZJDyetw>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_R5kO61l5TWQjdnvLvopiBw>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_R5kO61l5TWQjdnvLvopiBw/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

```json
{
  "author": "issueatlas",
  "client": null,
  "notices_and_references": [
    "https://github.com/redpanda-data/skills/blob/HEAD/skills/rpk-debug/SKILL.md"
  ]
}
```