⚡ Pulse Score 85/100
Kubernetes Cluster Pods, Deployments & kubectl Diagnostics MCP
Diagnose Kubernetes cluster health: list CrashLoopBackOff pods, inspect deployment rollouts, fetch container logs, and describe K8s events.
⚡ 1-Click Agent & Developer Install
Zero Auth · Ready for Grok Bot, Claude Code & Cursorclaude mcp add k8s -- npx -y mcp-server-kubernetes
Copy-Paste System Prompt / Routine Blueprint:
Connect to the Kubernetes Cluster Pods, Deployments & kubectl Diagnostics MCP (kubernetes-mcp) MCP server using `claude mcp add k8s -- npx -y mcp-server-kubernetes`. First run a read-only discovery check invoking `k8s_get_pods` to verify connectivity and credentials, then summarize the structured response and ask before executing any state-modifying tool calls.
Synthesized Engineering Blueprint & Setup Guide
### Server Architecture & Capability Summary
**Kubernetes Cluster Pods, Deployments & kubectl Diagnostics MCP** (`kubernetes-mcp`) is a verified **STDIO** Model Context Protocol (MCP) server curated with **@steipete** for Grok Bot, Claude Code, and Cursor.
Diagnose Kubernetes cluster health: list CrashLoopBackOff pods, inspect deployment rollouts, fetch container logs, and describe K8s events.
### 1-Click CLI Installation
Run the command below to register `kubernetes-mcp` in Claude Code or your MCP client:
```bash
claude mcp add k8s -- npx -y mcp-server-kubernetes
```
### Standard `mcpServers` JSON Configuration (`.cursor/mcp.json` / `claude_desktop_config.json`)
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kubernetes-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-server-kubernetes"
],
"env": {
"KUBECONFIG": "~/.kube/config"
}
}
}
}
```
### Exposed MCP Tools
- `k8s_get_pods` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `kubernetes-mcp`.
- `k8s_describe_resource` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `kubernetes-mcp`.
- `k8s_get_pod_logs` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `kubernetes-mcp`.
- `k8s_get_events` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `kubernetes-mcp`.
### Authentication & Environment Variables
- **Transport Protocol:** `stdio`
- **Auth Mechanism:** `kubeconfig`
- `KUBECONFIG`: `~/.kube/config`
- **Documentation / Source:** [https://github.com/Flux159/mcp-server-kubernetes](https://github.com/Flux159/mcp-server-kubernetes)
Tags: #kubernetes-mcp#stdio#engineering#mcp-server#k8s-get-pods#k8s-describe-resource
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