Golang-based MCP server connecting to Kubernetes

MCP K8S Go

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## Features MCP 💬 prompt 🗂️ resource 🤖 tool - 🗂️🤖 List Kubernetes contexts - 💬🤖 List Kubernetes namespaces - 🤖 List, get, create and modify any Kubernetes resources - includes custom mappings for resources like pods, services, deployments - 🤖 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: ```bash npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector npx @strowk/mcp-k8s ``` ## Use With Claude

Demo Usage

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](docs/images/claude-desktop-logs.png)

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: | | Smithery | mcp-get | Pre-built NPM | Pre-built in Github | From sources | Using Docker | | ------------ | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------- | | 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](https://smithery.ai/server/@strowk/mcp-k8s): ```bash 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](https://mcp-get.com/packages/%40strowk%2Fmcp-k8s): ```bash 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: ```bash 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: ```json { "mcpServers": { "mcp_k8s": { "command": "mcp-k8s", "args": [] } } } ``` , or using `npx` with any client: ```bash npx @strowk/mcp-k8s ``` For example for Claude: ```json { "mcpServers": { "mcp_k8s": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "@strowk/mcp-k8s" ] } } } ``` #### From GitHub releases Head to [GitHub releases](https://github.com/strowk/mcp-k8s-go/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: ```json { "mcpServers": { "mcp_k8s": { "command": "mcp-k8s-go", "args": [] } } } ``` ### Building from source You would need Golang installed to build this project: ```bash 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: ```json { "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: ```bash 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//.kube/config` at least in Git Bash. For Claude: ```json { "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=`: Comma-separated list of allowed Kubernetes contexts that users can access. If not specified, all contexts are allowed. - `--readonly`: Disables any tool which can write changes to the cluster - `--help`: Display help information - `--version`: Display version information - `--mask-secrets`: Mask secrets in the output (default: true). Use `--mask-secrets=false` to disable masking For example if you are configuring Claude Desktop, you can add the following configuration to `claude_desktop_config.json` file: ```json { "mcpServers": { "mcp_k8s": { "command": "mcp-k8s", "args": [ "--allowed-contexts=dev,prod", "--readonly" ] } } } ``` , which would allow only `dev` and `prod` contexts to be used and would disable any tool which can write changes to the cluster.