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kubernetes-mcp-server
MCP server that lets agents manage Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters
- Stars
- 2.2k
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- Oct 2026
- Last release
- Oct 2026
- Language
- Go
1,409 on 10 Apr 20262,212 on 30 Oct 2026
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Overview
A Go MCP server that talks directly to the Kubernetes API server instead of shelling out to kubectl or helm. It offers generic CRUD on any resource, plus pod logs, exec, top and events, with optional toolsets for Helm, Tekton, KubeVirt, Kiali and observability backends. It ships as a native binary, npm and PyPI packages, and a container image.
Who it is for: Platform engineers connecting coding agents to Kubernetes or OpenShift
Strengths
- Native Go binary for Linux, macOS and Windows; no kubectl, helm, Node or Python needed
- Toolsets are opt-in, which keeps tool context small for the LLM
- read_only mode and denied_resources (e.g. Secrets) restrict what agents can touch
- Multi-cluster via kubeconfig contexts; optional OTEL tracing and OAuth/OIDC in HTTP mode
Weaknesses
- Requires access to a Kubernetes cluster; nothing to try without one
- Runtime settings moved from CLI flags to TOML, so older flag-based setups need migration
- Exec, delete and Helm install tools can change a live cluster unless read_only is set
- Some toolsets (kiali, netobserv, kubevirt) need matching components in the cluster
What it needs
- no GPU
- Docker
- Needs Kubernetes or OpenShift cluster, kubeconfig or in-cluster config
Quick answers
Is kubernetes-mcp-server open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license.
Can you run kubernetes-mcp-server with Docker?
Yes. Its repository has a Docker setup: a Dockerfile, a Compose file or a published image.
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