Kubernetes MCP Server

MCP server for interacting with Kubernetes clusters via kubectl

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  • AddedAugust 2026

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

- [x] Connect to a Kubernetes cluster

- [x] 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.

Tools

  • 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

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