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MCP Server Kubernetes

MCP Server Kubernetes is an MCP server that adds cloud and DevOps tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. MCP Server for kubernetes management commands. It has 1,608 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y mcp-server-kubernetes.

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Install MCP Server Kubernetes

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

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-kubernetes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-kubernetes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALLOW_ONLY_NON_DESTRUCTIVE_TOOLS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env ALLOW_ONLY_NON_DESTRUCTIVE_TOOLS=your-value --transport stdio mcp-server-kubernetes -- npx -y mcp-server-kubernetes

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-kubernetes": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-kubernetes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALLOW_ONLY_NON_DESTRUCTIVE_TOOLS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-server-kubernetes": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-kubernetes"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALLOW_ONLY_NON_DESTRUCTIVE_TOOLS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
ALLOW_ONLY_NON_DESTRUCTIVE_TOOLSNoShown in the README's example configuration.

About MCP Server Kubernetes

MCP Server that can connect to a Kubernetes cluster and manage it. Supports loading kubeconfig from multiple sources in priority order.

  • infrastructure
  • kubernetes
  • mcp
  • server

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How do I install the MCP Server Kubernetes MCP server?

Add the command npx -y mcp-server-kubernetes 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 Server Kubernetes free?

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

Is MCP Server Kubernetes actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 14, 2026. The latest release is v4.1.9, published Oct 2, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.