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Kubernetes MCP Server MCP Server

MCP Server that can connect to a Kubernetes cluster and manage it.

By default, the server loads kubeconfig from ~/.kube/config.

The server will automatically connect to your current kubectl context. Make sure you have:

  1. kubectl installed and in your PATH
  2. A valid kubeconfig file with contexts configured
  3. Access to a Kubernetes cluster configured for kubectl (e.g. minikube, Rancher Desktop, GKE, etc.)
  4. Optional: Helm v3 installed and in your PATH.

You can verify your connection by asking Claude to list your pods or create a test deployment.

If you have errors open up a standard terminal and run kubectl get pods to see if you can connect to your cluster without credentials issues.

Features

  • Connect to a Kubernetes cluster
  • Unified kubectl API for managing resources
  • Get or list resources with kubectl_get
  • Describe resources with kubectl_describe
  • List resources with kubectl_get
  • Create resources with kubectl_create
  • Apply YAML manifests with kubectl_apply
  • Delete resources with kubectl_delete
  • Get logs with kubectl_logs
  • and more.

Publisher claimed. 22 tools reported by the publisher. Pod has not connected to this server, so nothing here is verified.

Status

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Tools

Its publisher lists 22 tools. Pod has not verified these against the live server yet.

  • ping
  • cleanup
  • kubectl_get
  • kubectl_describe
  • kubectl_apply
  • kubectl_delete
  • kubectl_create
  • kubectl_logs
  • kubectl_patch
  • kubectl_rollout
  • kubectl_scale
  • kubectl_context
  • kubectl_generic
  • install_helm_chart
  • upgrade_helm_chart
  • uninstall_helm_chart
  • explain_resource
  • list_api_resources
  • node_management
  • exec_in_pod
  • port_forward
  • stop_port_forward

Connect

Firsthand observations

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