Run Kubernetes and DevOps tasks with an AI assistant
DevOps servers connect an assistant to the tools that run your services. Kubernetes servers can list pods, describe failing deployments, tail logs, and explain events, while Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD servers cover containers, infrastructure plans, and pipelines. That makes the first pass at an incident much faster: the agent gathers the state, and you decide what to change. Most use your existing kubeconfig or CLI credentials, so they inherit whatever access you have. Point them at a staging context first, and keep destructive commands behind a confirmation step.
Example prompts
Paste one into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client once a matching server is installed.
Why is the api deployment in the staging namespace not ready?
Show the last 100 log lines from pods that restarted in the past hour.
Explain what this Terraform plan will change before I apply it.
List running Docker containers and their memory usage.
MCP servers for Kubernetes & DevOps
The 12 strongest of 261 matching servers. Servers that name the topic directly come first.
- 76Trust score 76 of 100, Good
kubernetes-mcp-server
by containers · Go
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Kubernetes and OpenShift
Registry - 72Trust score 72 of 100, Good
Read-only Model Context Protocol MCP server enabling code-driven AI analysis of Kubernetes clusters.
Registry - 71Trust score 71 of 100, Good
devops-status-mcp-server
by cyanheads · TypeScript
Vendor status pages, TLS cert inspection, DNS propagation checks, and incident-response playbooks.
RegistryRemote - 68Trust score 68 of 100, Good
Dockerhub
by pipeworx-io · JavaScript
Docker Hub MCP — wraps the Docker Hub v2 API (free, no auth required for public data)
RegistryRemote - 68Trust score 68 of 100, Good
kitsune-mcp
by kaiser-data · Python
Hot-reload for MCP servers + mount any community server mid-session, Docker optional. No restarts.
Registry - 67Trust score 67 of 100, Good
mcp-kubernetes
by dockndevai · TypeScript
Kubernetes monitoring & ops for AI agents — safe-by-default access modes and guards.
Registry - 66Trust score 66 of 100, Good
Terraform CWD MCP Server
by yawlabs · TypeScript
Terraform working-dir truth: pinned provider schemas, plans, state, modules, upgrade impact
Registry - 65Trust score 65 of 100, Good
Purgatory (p7y)
by p7y-dev · TypeScript
Self-hosted Docker sandboxes for agents: create one, deploy a compose stack, read its files and URLs
RegistryRemote - 64Trust score 64 of 100, Good
Stealthy Auto Browse
by psyb0t · Python
Self-hosted MCP server for stealth browser automation with human-like OS-level input.
Registry - 64Trust score 64 of 100, Good
mcp-azure-devops
by dockndevai · TypeScript
Azure DevOps boards, repos, pipelines & projects for AI agents — governed.
Registry - 63Trust score 63 of 100, Good
mcp-k8s-ro
by your-ko · Go
Read-only Kubernetes MCP server: inspect resources, logs, events, and metrics. Secrets are masked.
Registry - 62Trust score 62 of 100, Good
Self-hosted MCP server exposing Claude Code as an agentic AI tool over streamable HTTP.
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How to set it up
- Pick a server. kubernetes-mcp-server is the strongest match. Check its tools and the API keys it needs on its page.
- Copy the config for your client. Open the install guide for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, or VS Code, and paste the generated block into the client's config file. The client guides show where each config file lives.
- Restart and try a prompt. Restart the client so it loads the server, then paste one of the example prompts above.
Questions about Kubernetes & DevOps
What is the best MCP server for Kubernetes & DevOps?
kubernetes-mcp-server ranks first here with a trust score of 76/100, followed by kubeview (72) and devops-status-mcp-server (71). Servers that name the topic directly come first, each group ordered by the public trust score, which nobody can pay for. See the methodology for how it is calculated.
How do I set up kubernetes-mcp-server in Claude or Cursor?
Open the install guide for Claude Desktop or Cursor, copy the generated config into the client's config file, add any API keys the server asks for, then restart the client. The client guides cover VS Code, Claude Code, Windsurf, and more.
Can I use a hosted server instead of installing one locally?
3 of the 12 servers listed here can connect remotely over HTTP, so there is nothing to run on your machine: devops-status-mcp-server, Dockerhub, Purgatory (p7y). The rest run locally over stdio.
How many MCP servers can do this?
MCPpedia lists 261 published servers that match this use case. This page shows the 12 strongest matches; thin and duplicate listings are left out.