K8gentS — Kubernetes RCA MCP Server MCP Server

Name: K8gentS — Kubernetes RCA MCP Server MCP Server
Author: io.github.JDoornink

io.github.JDoornink/k8gents

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What is the K8gentS — Kubernetes RCA MCP Server MCP server?

Kubernetes RCA agent that sandboxes its own AI with OPA Gatekeeper. MCP-ready for any client.

How to install K8gentS — Kubernetes RCA MCP Server

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

AI_API_KEY
required
secret
Google Gemini API key for LLM-powered root cause analysis
AI_MODEL
Gemini model to use (default: gemini-2.5-pro)
KUBECONFIG
Path to kubeconfig file. Omit to use in-cluster config or ~/.kube/config automatically.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "k8gents": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/jdoornink/k8gents:0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AI_API_KEY>",
        "AI_MODEL": "<YOUR_AI_MODEL>",
        "KUBECONFIG": "<YOUR_KUBECONFIG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "k8gents": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/jdoornink/k8gents:0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AI_API_KEY>",
        "AI_MODEL": "<YOUR_AI_MODEL>",
        "KUBECONFIG": "<YOUR_KUBECONFIG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "k8gents": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/jdoornink/k8gents:0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AI_API_KEY>",
        "AI_MODEL": "<YOUR_AI_MODEL>",
        "KUBECONFIG": "<YOUR_KUBECONFIG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "k8gents": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/jdoornink/k8gents:0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AI_API_KEY>",
        "AI_MODEL": "<YOUR_AI_MODEL>",
        "KUBECONFIG": "<YOUR_KUBECONFIG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add k8gents --env AI_API_KEY=<YOUR_AI_API_KEY> --env AI_MODEL=<YOUR_AI_MODEL> --env KUBECONFIG=<YOUR_KUBECONFIG> -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/jdoornink/k8gents:0.1.1