Kubernetes MCP server: 75 tools for GKE, AKS, EKS, RBAC, audit logging, GitOps, multi-cluster.
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claude mcp add k8scortex-mcp -e KUBECONFIG=<KUBECONFIG> -e CLUSTERS_CONFIG=<CLUSTERS_CONFIG> -e K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES=<K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES> -- npx -y [email protected]{
"mcpServers": {
"k8scortex-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"KUBECONFIG": "<KUBECONFIG>",
"CLUSTERS_CONFIG": "<CLUSTERS_CONFIG>",
"K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES": "<K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"k8scortex-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"KUBECONFIG": "<KUBECONFIG>",
"CLUSTERS_CONFIG": "<CLUSTERS_CONFIG>",
"K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES": "<K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"k8scortex-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"KUBECONFIG": "<KUBECONFIG>",
"CLUSTERS_CONFIG": "<CLUSTERS_CONFIG>",
"K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES": "<K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.
Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
KUBECONFIGOptional | Path to your kubeconfig file. Each context becomes a cluster. Defaults to ~/.kube/config. |
CLUSTERS_CONFIGOptional | Optional path to a cluster registry JSON file mixing kubeconfig, EKS, GKE and Key Vault clusters. |
K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLESOptional | Roles for the local session, e.g. 'developer' for read-only tools. Defaults to platform-engineer. |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| Package | ghcr.io/apatilgtn/k8scortex-mcp:1.1.3 (OCI, stdio) |
| First published | 27 Oct 2026 |
| Last updated | 27 Oct 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.apatilgtn/k8scortex-mcp |
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