testkube-mcp

io.github.kubeshop/testkube-mcp

5/5 checks passed
Local or hosted
1 secret
★ 1.7k GitHub stars
Updated 2026-10-19
Health score 75

About testkube-mcp

testkube-mcp is an MCP server published by the GitHub account kubeshop. MCP server for Testkube - Manage test workflows, executions, and artifacts via AI assistants

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the Docker (OCI) package docker.io/kubeshop/mcp-server:2.14.2, with no version pinned, or you can connect to the hosted version instead.

It asks for one secret: TK_ACCESS_TOKEN. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

It also needs TK_ORG_ID and TK_ENV_ID set before it starts.

Version 2.14.2 was published on 19 October 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on registry metadata: 5 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 4 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`TK_ACCESS_TOKEN`	Yes	Yes	Testkube access token for authentication
`TK_ORG_ID`	Yes	No	Testkube organization ID
`TK_ENV_ID`	Yes	No	Testkube environment ID
`TK_CONTROL_PLANE_URL`	No	No	Testkube Control Plane URL (default: https://api.testkube.io)
`TK_DASHBOARD_URL`	No	No	Testkube Dashboard URL
`TK_DEBUG`	No	No	Enable debug mode (default: false)
`TK_MCP_TRANSPORT`	No	No	MCP transport type: stdio or shttp (default: stdio)
`TK_MCP_SHTTP_HOST`	No	No	SHTTP host when using shttp transport
`TK_MCP_SHTTP_PORT`	No	No	SHTTP port when using shttp transport

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/kubeshop/testkube
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Remote uses HTTPS	Pass	All remote endpoints use https://
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 1 secret: TK_ACCESS_TOKEN
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account kubeshop
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Code red flags	Info	oci packages are not read yet
Tool descriptions read	Info	Needs sign-in before it lists its tools, so they could not be read

Popularity & health: 75 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity15 / 40

1,677 GitHub stars, no download count, 0 Hacker News posts (0 points). Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity25 / 25

Last push 2026-10-28, last release 2026-10-29, 436 commits in 90 days.

Issue health15 / 15

1,999 closed of 2,018 issues.

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

180 forks, 4,505 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

No Hacker News threads link to its source code.

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.kubeshop/testkube-mcp`
Publisher	GitHub account kubeshop
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account kubeshop. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local package and a hosted remote
Packages	oci `docker.io/kubeshop/mcp-server:2.14.2` no version given (stdio)
Remote endpoints	streamable-http https://api.testkube.io/organizations/{organization_id}/environments/{environment_id}/mcp
Version	2.14.2
Published	2026-10-19
Last updated	2026-10-19
Source repository	https://github.com/kubeshop/testkube
Website	None linked
Category	Productivity & notes (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · Docker image

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "testkube-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TK_ACCESS_TOKEN",
        "-e",
        "TK_ORG_ID",
        "-e",
        "TK_ENV_ID",
        "docker.io/kubeshop/mcp-server:2.14.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TK_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<your value>",
        "TK_ORG_ID": "<your value>",
        "TK_ENV_ID": "<your value>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code · hosted

claude mcp add --transport http testkube-mcp https://api.testkube.io/organizations/{organization_id}/environments/{environment_id}/mcp

What these checks don't cover

We did not run this server, so we don't know what it does when it runs. We could not read its code or its tool descriptions, which is where tool poisoning hides. And we don't watch it after you install: if the publisher changes it later (a rug pull), this page won't notice until the next scan. Treat a pass as "nothing found", not as "safe".

For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/io-github-kubeshop-testkube-mcp.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.