kubectl-mcp-server

Configure Kubernetes autoscaling with HPA, VPA, and KEDA. Use for horizontal/vertical pod autoscaling, event-driven scaling, and capacity management.

Kubernetes backup and restore with Velero. Use when creating backups, restoring applications, managing disaster recovery, or migrating workloads between clusters.

Browser automation for Kubernetes dashboards and web UIs. Use when interacting with Kubernetes Dashboard, Grafana, ArgoCD UI, or other web interfaces. Requires MCP_BROWSER_ENABLED=true.

Cluster API lifecycle management for provisioning, scaling, and upgrading Kubernetes clusters. Use when managing cluster infrastructure or multi-cluster operations.

Kubernetes certificate management with cert-manager. Use when managing TLS certificates, configuring issuers, or troubleshooting certificate issues.

Cilium and Hubble network observability for Kubernetes. Use when managing network policies, observing traffic flows, or troubleshooting connectivity with eBPF-based networking.

kubectl-mcp-server CLI commands for tool discovery, direct invocation, and diagnostics. Use when exploring available tools, calling tools from command line, or checking server health.

Core Kubernetes resource management for pods, namespaces, configmaps, secrets, and nodes. Use when listing, inspecting, or managing fundamental K8s objects.

Optimize Kubernetes costs through resource right-sizing, unused resource detection, and cluster efficiency analysis. Use for cost optimization, resource analysis, and capacity planning.

Deploy and manage Kubernetes workloads with progressive delivery. Use for deployments, rollouts, blue-green, canary releases, scaling, and release management.

Kubernetes diagnostics for metrics, health checks, resource comparisons, and cluster analysis. Use when analyzing cluster health, comparing environments, or gathering diagnostic data.

Manage GitOps workflows with Flux and ArgoCD. Use for sync status, reconciliation, app management, source management, and GitOps troubleshooting.

Manage Helm charts, releases, and repositories. Use for Helm installations, upgrades, rollbacks, chart development, and release management.

Respond to Kubernetes incidents with runbooks and diagnostics. Use for outages, pod failures, node issues, network problems, and emergency response.

Manage kind (Kubernetes IN Docker) local clusters. Use when creating, testing, or developing with local Kubernetes clusters in Docker containers.

Virtual machine management with KubeVirt on Kubernetes. Use when creating, managing, or troubleshooting VMs running on Kubernetes clusters.

Manage multiple Kubernetes clusters, switch contexts, and perform cross-cluster operations. Use when working with multiple clusters, comparing environments, or managing cluster lifecycle.

Kubernetes networking management for services, ingresses, endpoints, and network policies. Use when configuring connectivity, load balancing, or network isolation.

kubectl operations for applying, patching, deleting, and executing commands on Kubernetes resources. Use when modifying resources, running commands in pods, or managing resource lifecycle.

Kubernetes policy management with Kyverno and Gatekeeper. Use when enforcing security policies, validating resources, or auditing policy compliance.

Progressive delivery with Argo Rollouts and Flagger. Use when implementing canary deployments, blue-green deployments, or traffic shifting strategies.

Audit Kubernetes RBAC, enforce policies, and manage secrets. Use for security reviews, permission audits, policy enforcement with Kyverno/Gatekeeper, and secret management.

Manage Istio service mesh for traffic management, security, and observability. Use for traffic shifting, canary releases, mTLS, and service mesh troubleshooting.

Kubernetes storage management for PVCs, storage classes, and persistent volumes. Use when provisioning storage, managing volumes, or troubleshooting storage issues.

Debug Kubernetes pods, nodes, and workloads. Use when pods are failing, containers crash, nodes are unhealthy, or users mention debugging, troubleshooting, or diagnosing Kubernetes issues.

Manage vCluster (virtual Kubernetes clusters) instances using vind. Use when creating, managing, or operating lightweight virtual clusters for development, testing, or multi-tenancy.