Kubernetes Troubleshoot MCP

A read-only MCP server exposing 16 diagnostic tools over stdio to let an AI assistant diagnose a Kubernetes cluster. It queries the Kubernetes API using a scoped ServiceAccount token with get/list/watch permissions only. Tools include getting pod status, logs, events, listing pods and nodes, and checking node conditions. It is designed to connect to clients like Claude Desktop, VS Code, or Kiro.

Package and access

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by NanaGyamfiPrempeh30

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What you can do with it

Diagnose why a pod is crash-looping
Retrieve recent log lines from a pod container
Identify nodes that are not Ready and their taints
Check if an HPA is scaling and view current metrics

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0MIT

mcp-registry: io.github.NanaGyamfiPrempeh30/k8s-troubleshoot-mcp@1.0.0 Source repository Project website

Last repository push: Aug 25, 2026, 1:17 AM UTC
Maintenance checked: Nov 2, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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docker.io/yawgyamfiprem32/k8s-troubleshoot-mcp:1.0.0

ocidocker

docker.io/yawgyamfiprem32/k8s-troubleshoot-mcp:1.0.0 package definition

{
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "docker.io/yawgyamfiprem32/k8s-troubleshoot-mcp:1.0.0",
  "runtimeHint": "docker",
  "registryType": "oci",
  "runtimeArguments": [
    {
      "name": "--mount",
      "type": "named",
      "value": "type=bind,src={kubeconfig_path},dst=/kubeconfig,readonly",
      "variables": {
        "kubeconfig_path": {
          "format": "filepath",
          "isRequired": true,
          "description": "Absolute path on the host to a kubeconfig scoped to the diagnostic ServiceAccount. Generate it with scripts/generate-kubeconfig.sh — do not mount an admin kubeconfig. The file must be readable by UID 10001, which the container runs as."
        }
      },
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Mount the kubeconfig read-only. This server performs no writes of any kind, so a writable mount would grant privilege it has no use for."
    }
  ],
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "KUBECONFIG",
      "default": "/kubeconfig",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Path to the kubeconfig inside the container. Must match the mount destination. There is no fallback to ~/.kube/config and no in-cluster config: a missing, unreadable or malformed file is a startup failure rather than a silent downgrade to an ambient credential."
    },
    {
      "name": "ALLOWED_NAMESPACES",
      "format": "string",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Comma-separated namespaces the server may read, e.g. staging,production. Wildcards (* and all) are rejected at startup, and kube-system and kube-public are stripped even if listed. This is defense-in-depth, not the security boundary — the boundary is the ServiceAccount's RBAC bindings."
    },
    {
      "name": "LOG_LEVEL",
      "default": "INFO",
      "description": "DEBUG, INFO, WARNING or ERROR. All logging goes to stderr; stdout carries the JSON-RPC stream exclusively."
    },
    {
      "name": "API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS",
      "default": "30",
      "description": "Kubernetes API request timeout. Must be a positive integer."
    },
    {
      "name": "MAX_LOG_LINES",
      "default": "200",
      "description": "Maximum log lines any single get_pod_logs call may return. Must be a positive integer; clamped to a hard ceiling of 1000 with a warning."
    }
  ]
}

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Nov 2, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
Nov 2, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kubernetes-troubleshoot-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "KUBECONFIG=<YOUR_KUBECONFIG>",
        "-e",
        "ALLOWED_NAMESPACES=<YOUR_ALLOWED_NAMESPACES>",
        "-e",
        "LOG_LEVEL=<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "-e",
        "API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=<YOUR_API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "-e",
        "MAX_LOG_LINES=<YOUR_MAX_LOG_LINES>",
        "docker.io/yawgyamfiprem32/k8s-troubleshoot-mcp:1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KUBECONFIG": "<YOUR_KUBECONFIG>",
        "ALLOWED_NAMESPACES": "<YOUR_ALLOWED_NAMESPACES>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<YOUR_API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "MAX_LOG_LINES": "<YOUR_MAX_LOG_LINES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kubernetes-troubleshoot-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "KUBECONFIG=<YOUR_KUBECONFIG>",
        "-e",
        "ALLOWED_NAMESPACES=<YOUR_ALLOWED_NAMESPACES>",
        "-e",
        "LOG_LEVEL=<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "-e",
        "API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=<YOUR_API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "-e",
        "MAX_LOG_LINES=<YOUR_MAX_LOG_LINES>",
        "docker.io/yawgyamfiprem32/k8s-troubleshoot-mcp:1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KUBECONFIG": "<YOUR_KUBECONFIG>",
        "ALLOWED_NAMESPACES": "<YOUR_ALLOWED_NAMESPACES>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<YOUR_API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "MAX_LOG_LINES": "<YOUR_MAX_LOG_LINES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "kubernetes-troubleshoot-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "KUBECONFIG=<YOUR_KUBECONFIG>",
        "-e",
        "ALLOWED_NAMESPACES=<YOUR_ALLOWED_NAMESPACES>",
        "-e",
        "LOG_LEVEL=<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "-e",
        "API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=<YOUR_API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "-e",
        "MAX_LOG_LINES=<YOUR_MAX_LOG_LINES>",
        "docker.io/yawgyamfiprem32/k8s-troubleshoot-mcp:1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KUBECONFIG": "<YOUR_KUBECONFIG>",
        "ALLOWED_NAMESPACES": "<YOUR_ALLOWED_NAMESPACES>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<YOUR_API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "MAX_LOG_LINES": "<YOUR_MAX_LOG_LINES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kubernetes-troubleshoot-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "KUBECONFIG=<YOUR_KUBECONFIG>",
        "-e",
        "ALLOWED_NAMESPACES=<YOUR_ALLOWED_NAMESPACES>",
        "-e",
        "LOG_LEVEL=<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "-e",
        "API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=<YOUR_API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "-e",
        "MAX_LOG_LINES=<YOUR_MAX_LOG_LINES>",
        "docker.io/yawgyamfiprem32/k8s-troubleshoot-mcp:1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KUBECONFIG": "<YOUR_KUBECONFIG>",
        "ALLOWED_NAMESPACES": "<YOUR_ALLOWED_NAMESPACES>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<YOUR_API_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "MAX_LOG_LINES": "<YOUR_MAX_LOG_LINES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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