MCP K8S Go
by strowk
MCP K8S Go is a Golang-based MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects to Kubernetes. It allows users to interact with Kubernetes resources through a standardized protocol, enabling integration with tools like Claude and Inspector.
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Features
MCP 💬 prompt 🗂️ resource 🤖 tool
- 🗂️🤖 List Kubernetes contexts
- 💬🤖 List Kubernetes namespaces
- 🤖 List and get any Kubernetes resources
- includes custom mappings for resources like pods, services, deployments, but any resource can be listed and retrieved
- 🤖 List Kubernetes nodes
- 💬 List Kubernetes pods
- 🤖 Get Kubernetes events
- 🤖 Get Kubernetes pod logs
- 🤖 Run command in Kubernetes pod
Browse With Inspector
To use latest published version with Inspector you can run this:
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector npx @strowk/mcp-k8s
Use With Claude
<details><summary><b> Demo Usage </b></summary>Following chat with Claude Desktop demonstrates how it looks when selected particular context as a resource and then asked to check pod logs for errors in kube-system namespace:
Claude Desktop
To use this MCP server with Claude Desktop (or any other client) you might need to choose which way of installation to use.
You have multiple options:
| | <a href="#using-smithery">Smithery</a> | <a href="#using-mcp-get">mcp-get</a> | <a href="#prebuilt-from-npm">Pre-built NPM</a> | <a href="#from-github-releases">Pre-built in Github</a> | <a href="#building-from-source">From sources</a> | <a href="#using-docker">Using Docker</a> | | ------------ | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------- | | Claude Setup | Auto | Auto | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual | | Prerequisite | Node.js | Node.js | Node.js | None | Golang | Docker |
Using Smithery
To install MCP K8S Go for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @strowk/mcp-k8s --client claude
Using mcp-get
To install MCP K8S Go for Claude Desktop automatically via mcp-get:
npx @michaellatman/mcp-get@latest install @strowk/mcp-k8s
Manually with prebuilt binaries
Prebuilt from npm
Use this if you have npm installed and want to use pre-built binaries:
npm install -g @strowk/mcp-k8s
Then check version by running mcp-k8s --version and if this printed installed version, you can proceed to add configuration to claude_desktop_config.json file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp_k8s": {
"command": "mcp-k8s",
"args": []
}
}
}
, or using npx with any client:
npx @strowk/mcp-k8s
For example for Claude:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp_k8s": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@strowk/mcp-k8s"
]
}
}
}
From GitHub releases
Head to GitHub releases and download the latest release for your platform.
Unpack the archive, which would contain binary named mcp-k8s-go, put that binary somewhere in your PATH and then add the following configuration to the claude_desktop_config.json file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp_k8s": {
"command": "mcp-k8s-go",
"args": []
}
}
}
Building from source
You would need Golang installed to build this project:
go get github.com/strowk/mcp-k8s-go
go install github.com/strowk/mcp-k8s-go
, and then add the following configuration to the claude_desktop_config.json file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp_k8s_go": {
"command": "mcp-k8s-go",
"args": []
}
}
}
Using Docker
This server is built and published to Docker Hub since 0.3.1-beta.2 release with multi-arch images available for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64 architectures.
You can use latest tag f.e like this:
docker run -i -v ~/.kube/config:/home/nonroot/.kube/config --rm mcpk8s/server:latest
Windows users might need to replace ~/.kube/config with //c/Users/<username>/.kube/config at least in Git Bash.
For Claude:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp_k8s_go": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"-v",
"~/.kube/config:/home/nonroot/.kube/config",
"--rm",
"mcpk8s/server:latest"
]
}
}
}
Environment Variables and Command-line Options
The following environment variables are used by the MCP server:
KUBECONFIG: Path to your Kubernetes configuration file (optional, defaults to ~/.kube/config)
The following command-line options are supported:
--allowed-contexts=<ctx1,ctx2,...>: Comma-separated list of allowed Kubernetes contexts that users can access. If not specified, all contexts are allowed.--help: Display help information--version: Display version information