Kubernetes MCP Server
MCP server for interacting with Kubernetes clusters via kubectl
Add to Claude (opens in new tab)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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