K8s Mcp Server

Name: K8s Mcp Server
Author: alexei-led

by alexei-led

K8s-mcp-server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants like Claude to securely execute Kubernetes commands. It provides a bridge between language models and essential Kubernetes CLI tools including kubectl, helm, istioctl, and argocd, allowing AI systems to assist with cluster management, troubleshooting, and deployments

209 4 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

MIT license

Maintained

Last commit 81d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

4 tools · ~295 tok

Grade A · 0.1% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kubernetes": {
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-v",
        "/Users/YOUR_USER_NAME/.kube:/home/appuser/.kube:ro",
        "-e",
        "K8S_CONTEXT=production-cluster",
        "-e",
        "K8S_NAMESPACE=my-application",
        "-e",
        "K8S_MCP_TIMEOUT=600",
        "ghcr.io/alexei-led/k8s-mcp-server:latest"
      ],
      "command": "docker"
    }
  }
}

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What K8s Mcp Server does

K8s MCP Server is a Docker-based server implementing Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) that enables Claude to run Kubernetes CLI tools (kubectl, istioctl, helm, argocd) in a secure, containerized environment.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is K8s Mcp Server safe to use?: K8s Mcp Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install K8s Mcp Server?: K8s Mcp Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can K8s Mcp Server do?: K8s Mcp Server provides 4 tools: kubectl, helm, istioctl, argocd. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with K8s Mcp Server?: K8s Mcp Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is K8s Mcp Server actively maintained?: K8s Mcp Server is recently maintained — last commit was 81 days ago. It has 209 GitHub stars.

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{ "mcpServers": { "kubernetes": { "args": [ "run", "-i", "--rm", "-v", "/Users/YOUR_USER_NAME/.kube:/home/appuser/.kube:ro", "-e", "K8S_CONTEXT=production-cluster", "-e", "K8S_NAMESPACE=my-application", "-e", "K8S_MCP_TIMEOUT=600", "ghcr.io/alexei-led/k8s-mcp-server:latest" ], "command": "docker" } } }

Demo: Deploy and Troubleshoot WordPress

Session 1: Using k8s-mcp-server and Helm CLI to deploy a WordPress application in the claude-demo namespace, then intentionally breaking it by scaling the MariaDB StatefulSet to zero.

Session 2: Troubleshooting session where we use k8s-mcp-server to diagnose the broken WordPress site through kubectl commands, identify the missing database issue, and fix it by scaling up the StatefulSet and configuring ingress access..

How It Works

Claude can help users by:

Explaining complex Kubernetes concepts

Running commands against your cluster

Troubleshooting issues

Suggesting optimizations

Crafting Kubernetes manifests

Quick Start with Claude Desktop

Get Claude helping with your Kubernetes clusters in under 2 minutes:

Create or update your Claude Desktop configuration file:

macOS: Edit $HOME/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: Edit %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Linux: Edit $HOME/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kubernetes": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-v",
        "/Users/YOUR_USER_NAME/.kube:/home/appuser/.kube:ro",
        "ghcr.io/alexei-led/k8s-mcp-server:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop

After restart, you'll see the Tools i

Frequently Asked Questions

Is K8s Mcp Server safe to use?

K8s Mcp Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install K8s Mcp Server?

K8s Mcp Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can K8s Mcp Server do?

K8s Mcp Server provides 4 tools: kubectl, helm, istioctl, argocd. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with K8s Mcp Server?

K8s Mcp Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is K8s Mcp Server actively maintained?

K8s Mcp Server is recently maintained — last commit was 81 days ago. It has 209 GitHub stars.

K8s MCP Server

K8s MCP Server is a Docker-based server implementing Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) that enables Claude to run Kubernetes CLI tools (kubectl, istioctl, helm, argocd) in a secure, containerized environment.