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kubernetes-mcp-server

Spec Support Unverified Community Confidence: Good (0.85)

kubernetes-mcp-server is an MCP server published by containers; its MCP spec-revision support has not been verified yet. It is a community implementation. Last verified 2026-08-25.

Does kubernetes-mcp-server support the current MCP specification (2026-07-28)?

Undetermined. We have not verified which MCP specification revision kubernetes-mcp-server supports (as of 2026-08-25).

Is kubernetes-mcp-server a first-party (official) MCP server?

No. kubernetes-mcp-server is a community-published MCP server from containers, not a first-party vendor server (last verified 2026-08-25).

How do I connect to kubernetes-mcp-server?

kubernetes-mcp-server is available via the package npm:kubernetes-mcp-server, the official MCP Registry under io.github.containers/kubernetes-mcp-server, the source repository at https://github.com/containers/kubernetes-mcp-server. Authentication: unknown. Transports: stdio.

When were kubernetes-mcp-server's facts last verified?

2026-08-25. Each fact on this page links to the sources used to verify it.

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Kubernetes and OpenShift

How widely adopted is kubernetes-mcp-server?

Ranked #42 in The MCP 500 with Adoption Index 63.02 (snapshot , methodology v1).

Measurement Value Source
Official MCP Registry yes API ·
Docker MCP Catalog no API ·
npm downloads (weekly) 5,646 API ·
GitHub stars 2,089 API ·
GitHub forks 437 API ·
Last push 2026-09-15T01:05:08Z API ·
Repository archived no API ·

Repository and package signals for kubernetes-mcp-server

Measured directly from the source registries, not asserted from a document. Each figure carries the date it was read; none of it affects the verified spec status above.

Repository as of

Created
Open issues
91
Primary language
Go
License (repository)
Apache-2.0
Continuous integration
Present
Tests
Present
Security policy
Present

Declared topics: containers, context, kubernetes, kubernetes-mcp, mcp, model, modelcontextprotocol, openshift, protocol — author-declared on the repository, not our taxonomy.

Package (npm) as of

Latest version
0.0.66
Last published
First published
Releases
61
License (package)
Apache-2.0
Maintainers
1
Direct dependencies
0
Unpacked size
82 KB
Registry signature
Signed
Build provenance
Attested

How was this verified, and what are the sources?

Verified · method: registry-record · confidence 0.85 (Good).

  1. Official MCP Registry record for io.github.containers/kubernetes-mcp-server at version 0.0.66 - lists package npm:kubernetes-mcp-server and repository https://github.com/containers/kubernetes-mcp-server - accessed
  2. GitHub organization containers hosts kubernetes-mcp-server (1963 stars) fronting Kubernetes and OpenShift; the containers org is not the Kubernetes project, so the relationship is community - accessed
  3. containers/kubernetes-mcp-server README - "Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Kubernetes and OpenShift", a Go-native implementation, not a kubectl wrapper; no MCP revision named in README or docs - accessed
  4. containers/kubernetes-mcp-server go.mod - depends on github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk v1.7.0 - accessed