MCP CheckMCP servers for Kubernetes
Every Kubernetes server in the official MCP Registry, 41 in all, ranked by how closely it fits. 32 work without an API key and 2 come from the company itself. Each row shows the security checks, the secrets asked for and an install command.
Kubernetes MCP servers 41
Now showing are unlisted. These entries didn't pass our listing filter: no source repo, a very short or duplicated description, or a publisher with 100+ servers. Same automated checks, shown as-is. How we check
| Type | Secrets | Version | Actions | ||||
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★ 3.9k io.github.skyhook-io/radar Kubernetes MCP server for diagnosis, resource management, GitOps, and RBAC-enforced operations. | 4/4All passed | 84health of 100 | DockerRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 1.18.2 | ||
★ 2.2k io.github.containers/kubernetes-mcp-server A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Kubernetes and OpenShift | 7/7All passed | 90health of 100 | npmRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.0.67 | ||
★ 18 io.github.sergelogvinov/mimiops-mcp MimiOps is an opinionated MCP server for Kubernetes | 4/4All passed | 61health of 100 | DockerRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.5.0 | ||
★ 2 io.github.dockndevai/mcp-kubernetes Kubernetes monitoring & ops for AI agents — safe-by-default access modes and guards. | 7/7All passed | 55health of 100 | npmRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.3.3 | ||
★ 2 io.github.kaneg/k8s-mcp-go Safe Kubernetes access for AI agents via MCP. Read-only by default, with explicit permission modes. | 5/61 warning | 36health of 100 | MCPBRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.4.6 | ||
★ 1 io.github.your-ko/mcp-k8s-ro Read-only Kubernetes MCP server: inspect resources, logs, events, and metrics. Secrets are masked. | 4/4All passed | 55health of 100 | DockerRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 1.2.1 | ||
★ 1 io.github.JDoornink/k8gents Kubernetes RCA agent that sandboxes its own AI with OPA Gatekeeper. MCP-ready for any client. | 4/4All passed | 39health of 100 | DockerRuns locally | 1secret asked | 0.1.1 | ||
★ 12k io.github.kubeshark/mcp Real-time Kubernetes network traffic visibility and API analysis for HTTP, gRPC, Redis, Kafka, DNS. | 3/41 warning | 75health of 100 | MCPBRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 53.6.0 | ||
★ 4.2k io.github.txn2/kubefwd Kubernetes port forwarding for local development with automatic /etc/hosts entries. | 3/41 warning | 65health of 100 | MCPBRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 1.25.18 | ||
★ 339 io.github.vfarcic/dot-ai AI-powered development platform for Kubernetes deployments and intelligent automation | 7/7All passed | 80health of 100 | npmRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.112.0 | ||
★ 164 io.github.devantler-tech/ksail SDK for creating, managing, and operating Kubernetes clusters and workloads with ease. | 4/4All passed | 59health of 100 | DockerRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 7.206.34 | ||
★ 91 io.github.SystemCraftsman/strimzi-kafka-cli Manage Apache Kafka on Kubernetes via Strimzi. Clusters, topics, users, connectors, MM2. | 7/7All passed | 70health of 100 | PyPIRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 1.0.0b11 | ||
★ 59 io.github.solomon2773/nora Operate self-hosted OpenClaw and Hermes agent fleets on Docker or Kubernetes from MCP clients. | 7/7All passed | 72health of 100 | npmRuns locally | 1secret asked | 0.1.4 | ||
★ 46 io.github.kubently/kubently Troubleshoot Kubernetes agentically: natural-language cluster diagnosis via ask_kubently | 7/7All passed | 72health of 100 | npmRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 2.3.1 | ||
 ★ 43 io.github.Azure/containerization-assist Official Microsoft TypeScript MCP server for AI-powered containerization workflows with Docker and Kubernetes support | 6/71 warning | 64health of 100 | npmRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 1.5.0 | ||
 ★ 19 io.github.chaandannn/finops-mcp Local-first FinOps copilot: ask AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes and SaaS cost questions in your editor. | 6/71 warning | 64health of 100 | PyPIRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.8.176 | ||
★ 16 io.github.ocm-mcp-server/ocm-mcp-server Guardrailed fleet ops for AI agents: multi-cluster Kubernetes via OCM with policy, approval, audit. | 6/71 warning | 60health of 100 | PyPIRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.6.0 | ||
★ 13 io.github.luisgf/infrabroker SSH & Kubernetes access broker for AI agents; the model never touches a credential. | 4/4All passed | 70health of 100 | DockerRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 3.1.3 | ||
★ 11 io.github.geored/lumino AI-powered SRE observability for Kubernetes/OpenShift with 40+ Tekton debugging tools | 7/7All passed | 51health of 100 | PyPIRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.9.2 | ||
 ★ 6 io.github.Sagargupta16/orrery Architecture diagrams with official AWS, Azure, GCP and Kubernetes icons, to SVG, PNG and draw.io | 6/71 warning | 60health of 100 | npmRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.12.1 | ||
★ 5 io.github.zyvorai/netra eBPF network observability and safe emergency control for Linux and Kubernetes. | 4/4All passed | 50health of 100 | DockerRuns locally | 1secret asked | 0.32.0 | ||
★ 5 io.github.vmware-skills/vmware-vks vSphere with Tanzu (VKS): Namespace and TanzuKubernetesCluster lifecycle. Requires vSphere 8.x+. | 7/7All passed | 65health of 100 | PyPIRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 3.4.1 | ||
★ 5 io.github.mikhae1/kubeview Read-only Model Context Protocol MCP server enabling code-driven AI analysis of Kubernetes clusters. | 7/7All passed | 55health of 100 | npmRuns locally | 1secret asked | 2.3.0 | ||
★ 5 io.github.zw008/vmware-vks vSphere with Tanzu (VKS): Namespace and TanzuKubernetesCluster lifecycle. Requires vSphere 8.x+. | 7/7All passed | 65health of 100 | PyPIRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 1.8.8 | ||
★ 4 io.github.NotHarshhaa/devops-mcp Unified MCP server for Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Prometheus, PagerDuty, and Loki | 7/81 warning | 52health of 100 | npmRuns locally | 4secrets asked | 2.1.1 | ||
★ 4 io.github.Runewardd/runeward Governed execution cells for AI agents: Docker/K8s sandboxes with policy, audit, and approvals. | 4/4All passed | 59health of 100 | DockerRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.1.4 | ||
★ 3 io.github.zyvorai/paqtra Read-only Cilium and Hubble network observability and flow investigation for Kubernetes. | 4/4All passed | 58health of 100 | DockerRuns locally | 2secrets asked | 2.2.3 | ||
★ 2 io.github.kubestellar/kubestellar-mcp AI-powered Kubernetes diagnostics, RBAC analysis, security checks, and app deployment via MCP | 4/4All passed | 64health of 100 | DockerRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.9.21-nightly.20261027 | ||
★ 2 io.github.vmware-skills/vmware-avi VMware AVI (NSX ALB) load balancer plus AKO Kubernetes ops — 28 MCP tools. | 7/7All passed | 64health of 100 | PyPIRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 2.4.0 | ||
★ 2 io.github.nogoo9/no-crd Dynamic pod spawner & proxy for ephemeral AI agent workspaces on Kubernetes without CRDs | 7/81 warning | 48health of 100 | npmRuns locally | 5secrets asked | 0.18.0 | ||
★ 2 io.github.zw008/vmware-avi VMware AVI (NSX ALB) load balancer plus AKO Kubernetes ops — 29 MCP tools. | 7/7All passed | 64health of 100 | PyPIRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 1.8.8 | ||
★ 1 io.github.apatilgtn/k8scortex-mcp Kubernetes MCP server: 75 tools for GKE, AKS, EKS, RBAC, audit logging, GitOps, multi-cluster. | 7/7All passed | 61health of 100 | npmRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 1.1.3 | ||
 ★ 1 io.github.LupusMalusDeviant/whiskers Governed Docker and Kubernetes operations for AI agents: scoped keys, guardrails, human approvals. | 4/4All passed | 55health of 100 | DockerRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.15.0 | ||
★ 1 io.github.dockndevai/mcp-percona-pg Manage Percona PostgreSQL + PgBouncer on Kubernetes — safe-by-default access modes and guards. | 7/7All passed | 60health of 100 | npmRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.3.3 | ||
★ 1 io.github.rex/rancher-mcp Capability-aware MCP server for Rancher-managed Kubernetes: discovery, resources, workflows. | 7/7All passed | 57health of 100 | PyPIRuns locally | 2secrets asked | 1.59.0 | ||
★ 1 io.github.sanjaypsachdev/mcp-server-openshift OpenShift/Kubernetes cluster management via the oc CLI for MCP clients | 7/7All passed | 56health of 100 | npmRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 1.2.0 | ||
★ 1 io.github.kubeleash/kubeleash Kubernetes MCP server with RBAC-style, context-scoped guardrails for AI agents. | 4/4All passed | 39health of 100 | DockerRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.3.0 | ||
io.github.aashishmahajan/kube-noob Kubernetes, OpenShift, ROSA HCP, Helm and RHACS audit, debugging and cited docs. No AI inside. | 7/7All passed | 64health of 100 | PyPIRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.4.0 | ||
io.github.dockndevai/mcp-openshift Safe-by-default MCP for OpenShift / Kubernetes: projects, pods, logs, deployments, routes. | 7/7All passed | 54health of 100 | npmRuns locally | 2secrets asked | 0.2.0 | ||
io.github.tonylchang/janus-mcp Secure Kubernetes MCP server: scoped, redacted diagnostics and human-approved writes | 7/7All passed | 56health of 100 | PyPIRuns locally | Noneno keys asked | 0.4.1 | ||
 com.googleapis.container/mcp Official Google, hosted Unlisted Provides read access to your GKE and Kubernetes resources. | 3/41 warning | No data | RemoteHosted | Noneno keys asked | 1.0.0 |
Showing 1 to 41 of 41. These are the most recently updated; search or pick a category for the rest.
Kubernetes MCP servers: common questions
What's the most popular MCP server for Kubernetes?
Start with the official one, Containerization Assist, since it comes from the company itself. Among community builds, the most-starred on GitHub are Radar Kubernetes MCP Server (★ 3.9k), kubernetes-mcp-server (★ 2.2k) and MimiOps mcp server for Kubernetes (★ 18). If you want one that passed every check, Radar Kubernetes MCP Server did.
Can I trust these Kubernetes MCP servers?
On registry checks, 31 of 41 come out clean. We also read the code or live tool list of 27 of them without running anything, and 3 raised a warning worth reading, such as an install script or text aimed at the AI. Treat a pass as "nothing found", and give any server the least access that works.
Is a Claude skill better than an MCP server for Kubernetes?
An MCP server gives the AI new tools, such as reaching Kubernetes itself. A skill only teaches it how to do a task with tools it already has. There are 197 Claude skills for Kubernetes if that fits better.
How fresh are these Kubernetes MCP servers?
17 of the 41 were updated in the 30 days before 31 Oct 2026. The latest was KSail, on 28 October.
Which Kubernetes MCP servers need no API key?
32 of the 41 list no secrets, including Radar Kubernetes MCP Server, kubernetes-mcp-server and MimiOps mcp server for Kubernetes. Some still ask you to sign in once they run.
Does Kubernetes make its own MCP server?
Yes. Containerization Assist and com.googleapis.container/mcp are published under a namespace the official MCP Registry verified to the company. The other 39 come from 35 independent publishers.
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