install/) if it's not installed yet and add it to your PATH, e.g. ```bash curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash ```
Config your MCP servers in [Claude Desktop](https://claude.ai/download), [Cursor](https://www.cursor.com/), [ChatGPT Copilot](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=feiskyer.chatgpt-copilot), [Github Copilot](https://github.com/features/copilot) and other supported AI clients, e.g. ```json { "mcpServers": { "kubernetes": { "command": "", "args": [ "--transport", "stdio" ], "env": { "KUBECONFIG": "" } } } } ``` ### Options Environment variables: - `KUBECONFIG`: Path to your kubeconfig file, e.g. `/home//.kube/config`. Command line arguments: ```sh Usage of ./mcp-kubernetes: --additional-tools string Comma-separated list of additional tools to support (kubectl is always enabled). Available: helm,cilium --allow-namespaces string Comma-separated list of namespaces to allow (empty means all allowed) --host string Host to listen for the server (only used with transport sse or streamable-http) (default "127.0.0.1") --port int Port to listen for the server (only used with transport sse or streamable-http) (default 8000) --readonly Enable read-only mode (prevents write operations) --timeout int Timeout for command execution in seconds, default is 60s (default 60) --transport string Transport mechanism to use (stdio, sse or streamable-http) (default "stdio") ``` ## Usage Ask any questions about Kubernetes cluster in your AI client, e.g. ```txt What is the status of my Kubernetes cluster? What is wrong with my nginx pod? ``` ## Available Tools The mcp-kubernetes server provides the following tools for interacting with Kubernetes clusters:

Read-Only Tools

#### Read-Only Tools - `kubectl_get`: Get Kubernetes resources - `kubectl_describe`: Show detailed information about Kubernetes resources - `kubectl_explain`: Get documentation for Kubernetes resources - `kubectl_logs`: Print logs from containers in pods - `kubectl_api_resources`: List available API resources - `kubectl_api_versions`: List available API versions - `kubectl_diff`: Show differences between current state and applied changes - `kubectl_cluster_info`: Display cluster information - `kubectl_top`: Display resource usage (CPU/Memory) - `kubectl_events`: List events in the cluster - `kubectl_auth`: Inspect authorization settings

Read-Write Tools

#### Read-Write Tools - `kubectl_create`: Create Kubernetes resources - `kubectl_delete`: Delete Kubernetes resources - `kubectl_apply`: Apply configurations to resources - `kubectl_expose`: Expose a resource as a new Kubernetes service - `kubectl_run`: Run a particular image in the cluster - `kubectl_set`: Set specific features on objects - `kubectl_rollout`: Manage rollouts of deployments - `kubectl_scale`: Scale deployments, statefulsets, and replicasets - `kubectl_autoscale`: Auto-scale deployments, statefulsets, and replicasets - `kubectl_label`: Update labels on resources - `kubectl_annotate`: Update annotations on resources - `kubectl_patch`: Update fields of resources using strategic merge patch - `kubectl_replace`: Replace existing resources - `kubectl_cp`: Copy files between containers and local filesystems - `kubectl_exec`: Execute commands in containers

Admin Tools

#### Admin Tools - `kubectl_cordon`: Mark node as unschedulable - `kubectl_uncordon`: Mark node as schedulable - `kubectl_drain`: Drain node for maintenance - `kubectl_taint`: Update taints on nodes - `kubectl_certificate`: Modify certificate resources

Helm Tools

#### Helm Tools - **Run-helm-command**: Run helm commands and get results

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