kubeview

io.github.mikhae1/kubeview

7/7 checks passed
Runs locally
1 secret
★ 5 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-10-17
Health score 55

About kubeview

kubeview is an MCP server published by the GitHub account mikhae1. Read-only Model Context Protocol MCP server enabling code-driven AI analysis of Kubernetes clusters.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the npm package kubeview-mcp at version 2.3.0.

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

Version 2.3.0 was published on 17 October 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 2 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`KUBECONFIG`	No	No	Path to kubeconfig file; defaults to ~/.kube/config if unset.
`MCP_TRANSPORT`	No	No	Transport mode: 'stdio' (default) or 'http'. The published package metadata still targets stdio by default.
`MCP_MODE`	No	No	Server mode: 'code' (default), compatibility alias 'all', or direct 'tools'.
`MCP_CODE_MODE_DISABLED_TOOLS`	No	No	Comma-separated configurable denials inside run_code. Environment overrides JSON; an empty value enables all configurable capabilities.
`MCP_ARGO_TOOLS`	No	No	Argo Workflows capability override: auto, on, or off. Auto uses Kubernetes API discovery.
`MCP_ARGOCD_TOOLS`	No	No	Argo CD capability override: auto, on, or off. Auto uses Kubernetes API discovery or explicit remote configuration.
`MCP_LOG_LEVEL`	No	No	Logging level: 'error', 'warn', 'info' (default), or 'debug'.
`MCP_KUBE_CONTEXT`	No	No	Kubernetes context name to use. If unset, uses the current context from kubeconfig.
`MCP_K8S_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY`	No	No	Skip TLS certificate verification for Kubernetes API (use 'true' or '1'). Not recommended for production.
`MCP_HIDE_SENSITIVE`	No	No	Enable global sensitive data masking. Set to 'true' or '1' to mask sensitive values in responses.
`MCP_TIMEOUT`	No	No	Default timeout in milliseconds for operations. If unset, uses plugin-specific defaults.
`MCP_HTTP_HOST`	No	No	HTTP bind host when MCP_TRANSPORT=http. Defaults to 127.0.0.1.
`MCP_HTTP_PORT`	No	No	HTTP port when MCP_TRANSPORT=http. Defaults to 3000.
`MCP_HTTP_PATH`	No	No	HTTP endpoint path when MCP_TRANSPORT=http. Defaults to /mcp.
`MCP_HTTP_JSON_RESPONSE`	No	No	Prefer JSON responses over SSE in HTTP mode. Set to 'true' or '1' to enable.
`MCP_APPROVAL_STATE_SECRET`	No	Yes	Shared secret of at least 32 bytes for signing approval state. Required in HTTP mode and identical across replicas.
`MCP_APPROVAL_REPLAY_DIR`	No	No	Absolute directory on writable storage shared by every HTTP replica, used to atomically prevent approval replay.
`MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS`	No	No	Comma-separated Host allowlist for HTTP mode. Required when binding to 0.0.0.0 or ::.
`MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS`	No	No	Comma-separated Origin allowlist for HTTP mode.
`KUBE_MCP_FORCE_VM_SANDBOX`	No	No	Force the standalone code-mode runtime to use node:vm instead of isolated-vm. Set to '1' to enable.
`MCP_DISABLE_KUBERNETES_PLUGIN`	No	No	Disable Kubernetes plugin. Set to 'true' or '1' to disable.
`MCP_DISABLE_HELM_PLUGIN`	No	No	Disable Helm plugin. Set to 'true' or '1' to disable.
`MCP_DISABLE_ARGO_PLUGIN`	No	No	Deprecated alias for MCP_ARGO_TOOLS=off.
`MCP_DISABLE_ARGOCD_PLUGIN`	No	No	Deprecated alias for MCP_ARGOCD_TOOLS=off.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/mikhae1/kubeview-mcp
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 1 secret: MCP_APPROVAL_STATE_SECRET
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account mikhae1
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	kubeview-mcp@2.3.0 runs nothing at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 420 files in kubeview-mcp@2.3.0: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 420 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 55 / 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.

Popularity13 / 40

5 GitHub stars, 286 downloads last week, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity15 / 25

Last push 2026-10-17, no GitHub release, 0 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

0 closed of 0 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

2 forks, 2 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.mikhae1/kubeview`
Publisher	GitHub account mikhae1
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account mikhae1. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	npm `kubeview-mcp` 2.3.0 (stdio)
Version	2.3.0
Published	2026-10-17
Last updated	2026-10-17
Source repository	https://github.com/mikhae1/kubeview-mcp
Website	https://github.com/mikhae1/kubeview-mcp
Category	Cloud & infrastructure (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · npm package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kubeview": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kubeview-mcp@2.3.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

We did not run this server, so we don't know what it does when it runs. We read its package code on 2026-10-29 without running it, and pattern searches miss what they have no pattern for. Tool descriptions built at run time were not seen. 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-mikhae1-kubeview.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.