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K8sCortex MCP

A governed multi-cloud Kubernetes MCP server providing 75 tools for GKE, EKS, AKS, and OpenShift. It features SSO, role tiers, per-cluster policies, dry-run safety, and structured audit logging, acting as a secure gateway between AI agents and Kubernetes clusters.

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K8sCortex MCP logo, by apatilgtnCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by apatilgtn
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What you can do with it

  • Manage workloads and deployments across GKE, EKS, AKS, and OpenShift
  • Enforce per-cluster policies and role-based access control via SSO
  • Perform dry-run simulations for destructive tools to ensure safety
  • Audit all tool calls with caller identity, arguments, and outcomes

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.1.3MIT
mcp-registry: io.github.apatilgtn/k8scortex-mcp@1.1.3Source repository
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Latest release
v1.1.3
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Packages and installation

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ghcr.io/apatilgtn/k8scortex-mcp:1.1.3

ocidocker
ghcr.io/apatilgtn/k8scortex-mcp:1.1.3 package definition
{
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "ghcr.io/apatilgtn/k8scortex-mcp:1.1.3",
  "runtimeHint": "docker",
  "registryType": "oci",
  "packageArguments": [
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "node"
    },
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "dist/stdio.js"
    }
  ],
  "runtimeArguments": [
    {
      "name": "--volume",
      "type": "named",
      "value": "{kube_dir}:/home/node/.kube:ro",
      "variables": {
        "kube_dir": {
          "format": "filepath",
          "isRequired": true,
          "description": "Directory containing your kubeconfig, e.g. /home/you/.kube"
        }
      },
      "description": "Mount your kubeconfig directory read-only. Contexts that use exec plugins (gke-gcloud-auth-plugin, aws eks get-token) need the gke/eks providers via CLUSTERS_CONFIG instead."
    }
  ],
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Roles for the session, e.g. developer for read-only tools. Defaults to platform-engineer."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "k8scortex-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES=<YOUR_K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES>",
        "ghcr.io/apatilgtn/k8scortex-mcp:1.1.3",
        "node",
        "dist/stdio.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES": "<YOUR_K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "k8scortex-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES=<YOUR_K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES>",
        "ghcr.io/apatilgtn/k8scortex-mcp:1.1.3",
        "node",
        "dist/stdio.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES": "<YOUR_K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "k8scortex-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES=<YOUR_K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES>",
        "ghcr.io/apatilgtn/k8scortex-mcp:1.1.3",
        "node",
        "dist/stdio.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES": "<YOUR_K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "k8scortex-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES=<YOUR_K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES>",
        "ghcr.io/apatilgtn/k8scortex-mcp:1.1.3",
        "node",
        "dist/stdio.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES": "<YOUR_K8SCORTEX_STDIO_ROLES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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