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MCP K8s

MCP K8s is an MCP server that adds cloud and DevOps tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. A Kubernetes MCP (Model Control Protocol) server that enables interaction with Kubernetes clusters through MCP… It has 152 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/silenceper/mcp-k8s.

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Install MCP K8s

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-k8s": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/silenceper/mcp-k8s"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-k8s -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/silenceper/mcp-k8s

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-k8s": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/silenceper/mcp-k8s"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-k8s": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/silenceper/mcp-k8s"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About MCP K8s

A Kubernetes MCP (Model Control Protocol) server that enables interaction with Kubernetes clusters through MCP tools. An stdio-based MCP server that connects to Kubernetes clusters and provides the following capabilities: - Query Kubernetes resource types (including built-in resources and CRDs) - CRUD operations on Kubernetes resources (with configurable write operations) - Helm operations for release and repository management

  • debug
  • kubernetes
  • mcp
  • mcp-server

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How do I install the MCP K8s MCP server?

Add the command docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/silenceper/mcp-k8s to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is MCP K8s free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is MCP K8s actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 26, 2026. The latest release is v2.0.1, published Jan 15, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.