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Kubeview MCP Server

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Kubeview runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 381 installs a week from npm. Last commit 2 Sep 2026.

Read-only Model Context Protocol MCP server enabling code-driven AI analysis of Kubernetes clusters.

Installs per day peak 169 · avg 25 · -18% w/w
a month agotoday
381
Installs / week
npm · kubeview-mcp
5
Stars
0 open issues
2 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 19 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

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Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] src/version.ts:1
этот файл ставится пользователю, но в репозитории его нет
Builds a file path from a variable bin/setup.js:96, [пакет] bin/setup.js:96
    return path.join(platformPaths[platform][appName], configFileName);

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We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Kubeview and you get told the day something new turns up.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add kubeview -- npx -y kubeview-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kubeview": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kubeview-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.kubeview]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "kubeview-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kubeview": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kubeview-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kubeview": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kubeview-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: KUBECONFIG (Path to kubeconfig file; defaults to ~/.kube/config if unset.), MCP_TRANSPORT (Transport mode: 'stdio' (default) or 'http'. The published package metadata still targets stdio by default.), MCP_MODE (Server mode: 'code' (default), compatibility alias 'all', or direct 'tools'.), MCP_CODE_MODE_DISABLED_TOOLS (Comma-separated configurable denials inside run_code. Environment overrides JSON; an empty value enables all configurable capabilities.), MCP_ARGO_TOOLS (Argo Workflows capability override: auto, on, or off. Auto uses Kubernetes API discovery.), MCP_ARGOCD_TOOLS (Argo CD capability override: auto, on, or off. Auto uses Kubernetes API discovery or explicit remote configuration.), MCP_LOG_LEVEL (Logging level: 'error', 'warn', 'info' (default), or 'debug'.), MCP_KUBE_CONTEXT (Kubernetes context name to use. If unset, uses the current context from kubeconfig.), MCP_K8S_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY (Skip TLS certificate verification for Kubernetes API (use 'true' or '1'). Not recommended for production.), MCP_HIDE_SENSITIVE (Enable global sensitive data masking. Set to 'true' or '1' to mask sensitive values in responses.), MCP_TIMEOUT (Default timeout in milliseconds for operations. If unset, uses plugin-specific defaults.), MCP_HTTP_HOST (HTTP bind host when MCP_TRANSPORT=http. Defaults to 127.0.0.1.), MCP_HTTP_PORT (HTTP port when MCP_TRANSPORT=http. Defaults to 3000.), MCP_HTTP_PATH (HTTP endpoint path when MCP_TRANSPORT=http. Defaults to /mcp.), MCP_HTTP_JSON_RESPONSE (Prefer JSON responses over SSE in HTTP mode. Set to 'true' or '1' to enable.), MCP_APPROVAL_STATE_SECRET (Shared secret of at least 32 bytes for signing approval state. Required in HTTP mode and identical across replicas.), MCP_APPROVAL_REPLAY_DIR (Absolute directory on writable storage shared by every HTTP replica, used to atomically prevent approval replay.), MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS (Comma-separated Host allowlist for HTTP mode. Required when binding to 0.0.0.0 or ::.), MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS (Comma-separated Origin allowlist for HTTP mode.), KUBE_MCP_FORCE_VM_SANDBOX (Force the standalone code-mode runtime to use node:vm instead of isolated-vm. Set to '1' to enable.), MCP_DISABLE_KUBERNETES_PLUGIN (Disable Kubernetes plugin. Set to 'true' or '1' to disable.), MCP_DISABLE_HELM_PLUGIN (Disable Helm plugin. Set to 'true' or '1' to disable.), MCP_DISABLE_ARGO_PLUGIN (Deprecated alias for MCP_ARGO_TOOLS=off.), MCP_DISABLE_ARGOCD_PLUGIN (Deprecated alias for MCP_ARGOCD_TOOLS=off.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Kubeview — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Kubeview?
Kubeview runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package kubeview-mcp was installed 381 times last week.
How do I connect Kubeview?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls kubeview-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Kubeview?
The npm package kubeview-mcp was installed 381 times in the last week. Week over week that is -18%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Kubeview open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 5 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.