Follow the dedicated Claude Code getting started guide in our user documentation.

For a secure production setup with dedicated ServiceAccount and read-only access, also review the Kubernetes setup guide.

• configuration_contexts_list - List all available context names and associated server urls from the kubeconfig file

• targets_list - List all available targets

• configuration_view - Get the current Kubernetes configuration content as a kubeconfig YAML

  • minified (boolean) - Return a minified version of the configuration. If set to true, keeps only the current-context and the relevant pieces of the configuration for that context. If set to false, all contexts, clusters, auth-infos, and users are returned in the configuration. (Optional, default true)

• events_list - List Kubernetes events (warnings, errors, state changes) for debugging and troubleshooting in the current cluster from all namespaces

  • namespace (string) - Optional Namespace to retrieve the events from. If not provided, will list events from all namespaces

• namespaces_list - List all the Kubernetes namespaces in the current cluster

• projects_list - List all the OpenShift projects in the current cluster

• nodes_log - Get logs from a Kubernetes node (kubelet, kube-proxy, or other system logs). This accesses node logs through the Kubernetes API proxy to the kubelet

  • name (string) (required) - Name of the node to get logs from
  • query (string) (required) - query specifies services(s) or files from which to return logs (required). Example: "kubelet" to fetch kubelet logs, "/" to fetch a specific log file from the node (e.g., "/var/log/kubelet.log" or "/var/log/kube-proxy.log")
  • tailLines (integer) - Number of lines to retrieve from the end of the logs (Optional, 0 means all logs)

• nodes_stats_summary - Get detailed resource usage statistics from a Kubernetes node via the kubelet's Summary API. Provides comprehensive metrics including CPU, memory, filesystem, and network usage at the node, pod, and container levels. On systems with cgroup v2 and kernel 4.20+, also includes PSI (Pressure Stall Information) metrics that show resource pressure for CPU, memory, and I/O. See https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/instrumentation/understand-psi-metrics/ for details on PSI metrics

  • name (string) (required) - Name of the node to get stats from

• nodes_top - List the resource consumption (CPU and memory) as recorded by the Kubernetes Metrics Server for the specified Kubernetes Nodes or all nodes in the cluster

  • label_selector (string) - Kubernetes label selector (e.g. 'node-role.kubernetes.io/worker=') to filter nodes by label (Optional, only applicable when name is not provided)
  • name (string) - Name of the Node to get the resource consumption from (Optional, all Nodes if not provided)

• pods_list - List all the Kubernetes pods in the current cluster from all namespaces

  • fieldSelector (string) - Optional Kubernetes field selector to filter pods by field values (e.g. 'status.phase=Running', 'spec.nodeName=node1'). Supported fields: metadata.name, metadata.namespace, spec.nodeName, spec.restartPolicy, spec.schedulerName, spec.serviceAccountName, status.phase (Pending/Running/Succeeded/Failed/Unknown), status.podIP, status.nominatedNodeName. Note: CrashLoopBackOff is a container state, not a pod phase, so it cannot be filtered directly. See https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/field-selectors/
  • labelSelector (string) - Optional Kubernetes label selector (e.g. 'app=myapp,env=prod' or 'app in (myapp,yourapp)'), use this option when you want to filter the pods by label

• pods_list_in_namespace - List all the Kubernetes pods in the specified namespace in the current cluster

  • fieldSelector (string) - Optional Kubernetes field selector to filter pods by field values (e.g. 'status.phase=Running', 'spec.nodeName=node1'). Supported fields: metadata.name, metadata.namespace, spec.nodeName, spec.restartPolicy, spec.schedulerName, spec.serviceAccountName, status.phase (Pending/Running/Succeeded/Failed/Unknown), status.podIP, status.nominatedNodeName. Note: CrashLoopBackOff is a container state, not a pod phase, so it cannot be filtered directly. See https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/field-selectors/
  • labelSelector (string) - Optional Kubernetes label selector (e.g. 'app=myapp,env=prod' or 'app in (myapp,yourapp)'), use this option when you want to filter the pods by label
  • namespace (string) (required) - Namespace to list pods from

• pods_get - Get a Kubernetes Pod in the current or provided namespace with the provided name

  • name (string) (required) - Name of the Pod
  • namespace (string) - Namespace to get the Pod from

• pods_delete - Delete a Kubernetes Pod in the current or provided namespace with the provided name

  • name (string) (required) - Name of the Pod to delete
  • namespace (string) - Namespace to delete the Pod from

• pods_top - List the resource consumption (CPU and memory) as recorded by the Kubernetes Metrics Server for the specified Kubernetes Pods in the all namespaces, the provided namespace, or the current namespace

  • all_namespaces (boolean) - If true, list the resource consumption for all Pods in all namespaces. If false, list the resource consumption for Pods in the provided namespace or the current namespace
  • label_selector (string) - Kubernetes label selector (e.g. 'app=myapp,env=prod' or 'app in (myapp,yourapp)'), use this option when you want to filter the pods by label (Optional, only applicable when name is not provided)
  • name (string) - Name of the Pod to get the resource consumption from (Optional, all Pods in the namespace if not provided)
  • namespace (string) - Namespace to get the Pods resource consumption from (Optional, current namespace if not provided and all_namespaces is false)

• pods_exec - Execute a command in a Kubernetes Pod (shell access, run commands in container) in the current or provided namespace with the provided name and command

  • command (array) (required) - Command to execute in the Pod container. The first item is the command to be run, and the rest are the arguments to that command. Example: ["ls", "-l", "/tmp"]
  • container (string) - Name of the Pod container where the command will be executed (Optional)
  • name (string) (required) - Name of the Pod where the command will be executed
  • namespace (string) - Namespace of the Pod where the command will be executed

• pods_log - Get the logs of a Kubernetes Pod in the current or provided namespace with the provided name

  • container (string) - Name of the Pod container to get the logs from (Optional)
  • name (string) (required) - Name of the Pod to get the logs from
  • namespace (string) - Namespace to get the Pod logs from
  • previous (boolean) - Return previous terminated container logs (Optional)
  • tail (integer) - Number of lines to retrieve from the end of the logs (Optional, default: 100)

• pods_run - Run a Kubernetes Pod in the current or provided namespace with the provided container image and optional name

  • image (string) (required) - Container Image to run in the Pod
  • name (string) - Name of the Pod (Optional, random name if not provided)
  • namespace (string) - Namespace to run the Pod in
  • port (number) - TCP/IP port to expose from the Pod container (Optional, no port exposed if not provided)

• resources_list - List Kubernetes resources and objects in the current cluster by providing their apiVersion and kind and optionally the namespace and label selector (common apiVersion and kind include: v1 Pod, v1 Service, v1 Node, apps/v1 Deployment, networking.k8s.io/v1 Ingress, route.openshift.io/v1 Route)

  • apiVersion (string) (required) - apiVersion of the resources (examples of valid apiVersion are: v1, apps/v1, networking.k8s.io/v1)
  • fieldSelector (string) - Optional Kubernetes field selector to filter resources by field values (e.g. 'status.phase=Running', 'metadata.name=myresource'). Supported fields vary by resource type. For Pods: metadata.name, metadata.namespace, spec.nodeName, spec.restartPolicy, spec.schedulerName, spec.serviceAccountName, status.phase (Pending/Running/Succeeded/Failed/Unknown), status.podIP, status.nominatedNodeName. See https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/field-selectors/
  • kind (string) (required) - kind of the resources (examples of valid kind are: Pod, Service, Deployment, Ingress)
  • labelSelector (string) - Optional Kubernetes label selector (e.g. 'app=myapp,env=prod' or 'app in (myapp,yourapp)'), use this option when you want to filter the resources by label
  • namespace (string) - Optional Namespace to retrieve the namespaced resources from (ignored in case of cluster scoped resources). If not provided, will list resources from all namespaces

• resources_get - Get a Kubernetes resource in the current cluster by providing its apiVersion, kind, optionally the namespace, and its name (common apiVersion and kind include: v1 Pod, v1 Service, v1 Node, apps/v1 Deployment, networking.k8s.io/v1 Ingress, route.openshift.io/v1 Route)

  • apiVersion (string) (required) - apiVersion of the resource (examples of valid apiVersion are: v1, apps/v1, networking.k8s.io/v1)
  • kind (string) (required) - kind of the resource (examples of valid kind are: Pod, Service, Deployment, Ingress)
  • name (string) (required) - Name of the resource
  • namespace (string) - Optional Namespace to retrieve the namespaced resource from (ignored in case of cluster scoped resources). If not provided, will get resource from configured namespace

• resources_create_or_update - Create or update a Kubernetes resource in the current cluster by providing a YAML or JSON representation of the resource (common apiVersion and kind include: v1 Pod, v1 Service, v1 Node, apps/v1 Deployment, networking.k8s.io/v1 Ingress, route.openshift.io/v1 Route)

  • resource (string) (required) - A JSON or YAML containing a representation of the Kubernetes resource. Should include top-level fields such as apiVersion,kind,metadata, and spec

• resources_delete - Delete a Kubernetes resource in the current cluster by providing its apiVersion, kind, optionally the namespace, and its name (common apiVersion and kind include: v1 Pod, v1 Service, v1 Node, apps/v1 Deployment, networking.k8s.io/v1 Ingress, route.openshift.io/v1 Route)

  • apiVersion (string) (required) - apiVersion of the resource (examples of valid apiVersion are: v1, apps/v1, networking.k8s.io/v1)
  • gracePeriodSeconds (integer) - Optional duration in seconds before the object should be deleted. Value must be non-negative integer. The value zero indicates delete immediately. If this value is nil, the default grace period for the specified type will be used
  • kind (string) (required) - kind of the resource (examples of valid kind are: Pod, Service, Deployment, Ingress)
  • name (string) (required) - Name of the resource
  • namespace (string) - Optional Namespace to delete the namespaced resource from (ignored in case of cluster scoped resources). If not provided, will delete resource from configured namespace

• resources_scale - Get or update the scale of a Kubernetes resource in the current cluster by providing its apiVersion, kind, name, and optionally the namespace. If the scale is set in the tool call, the scale will be updated to that value. Always returns the current scale of the resource

  • apiVersion (string) (required) - apiVersion of the resource (examples of valid apiVersion are apps/v1)
  • kind (string) (required) - kind of the resource (examples of valid kind are: StatefulSet, Deployment)
  • name (string) (required) - Name of the resource
  • namespace (string) - Optional Namespace to get/update the namespaced resource scale from (ignored in case of cluster scoped resources). If not provided, will get/update resource scale from configured namespace
  • scale (integer) - Optional scale to update the resources scale to. If not provided, will return the current scale of the resource, and not update it

• helm_install - Install (deploy) a Helm chart to create a release in the current or provided namespace

  • chart (string) (required) - Chart reference to install (for example: stable/grafana, oci://ghcr.io/nginxinc/charts/nginx-ingress)
  • name (string) - Name of the Helm release (Optional, random name if not provided)
  • namespace (string) - Namespace to install the Helm chart in (Optional, current namespace if not provided)
  • values (object) - Values to pass to the Helm chart (Optional)

• helm_list - List all the Helm releases in the current or provided namespace (or in all namespaces if specified)

  • all_namespaces (boolean) - If true, lists all Helm releases in all namespaces ignoring the namespace argument (Optional)
  • namespace (string) - Namespace to list Helm releases from (Optional, all namespaces if not provided)

• helm_uninstall - Uninstall a Helm release in the current or provided namespace

  • name (string) (required) - Name of the Helm release to uninstall
  • namespace (string) - Namespace to uninstall the Helm release from (Optional, current namespace if not provided)

• kcp_workspaces_list - List all available kcp workspaces in the current cluster

• kcp_workspace_describe - Get detailed information about a specific kcp workspace

  • workspace (string) (required) - Name or path of the workspace to describe

• kiali_get_mesh_traffic_graph - Returns service-to-service traffic topology, dependencies, and network metrics (throughput, response time, mTLS) for the specified namespaces. Use this to diagnose routing issues, latency, or find upstream/downstream dependencies.

  • clusterName (string) - Optional cluster name to include in the graph. Default is the cluster name in the Kiali configuration (KubeConfig).
  • graphType (string) - Granularity of the graph. 'app' aggregates by app name, 'versionedApp' separates by versions, 'workload' maps specific pods/deployments. Default: versionedApp.
  • namespaces (string) (required) - Comma-separated list of namespaces to map

• kiali_get_mesh_status - Retrieves the high-level health, topology, and environment details of the Istio service mesh. Returns multi-cluster control plane status (istiod), data plane namespace health (including ambient mesh status), observability stack health (Prometheus, Grafana...), and component connectivity. Use this tool as the first step to diagnose mesh-wide issues, verify Istio/Kiali versions, or check overall health before drilling into specific workloads.

• kiali_manage_istio_config_read - Read-only Istio config: list or get objects. For action 'list', returns an array of objects with {name, namespace, type, validation}. For create, patch, or delete use manage_istio_config.

  • action (string) (required) - Action to perform (read-only)
  • clusterName (string) - Optional cluster name. Defaults to the cluster name in the Kiali configuration.
  • group (string) - API group of the Istio object. Required for 'get' action.
  • kind (string) - Kind of the Istio object. Required for 'get' action.
  • namespace (string) - Namespace containing the Istio object. For 'list', if not provided, returns objects across all namespaces. For 'get', required.
  • object (string) - Name of the Istio object. Required for 'get' action.
  • serviceName (string) - Filter Istio configurations (VirtualServices, DestinationRules, and their referenced Gateways) that affect a specific service. Only applicable for 'list' action
  • version (string) - API version. Use 'v1' for VirtualService, DestinationRule, and Gateway. Required for 'get' action.

• kiali_manage_istio_config - Create, patch, or delete Istio config. For list and get (read-only) use manage_istio_config_read.

  • action (string) (required) - Action to perform (write)
  • clusterName (string) - Optional cluster name. Defaults to the cluster name in the Kiali configuration.
  • data (string) - Complete JSON or YAML data to apply or create the object. Required for create and patch actions. You MUST provide a COMPLETE and VALID manifest with ALL required fields for the resource type. Arrays (like servers, http, etc.) are REPLACED entirely, so you must include ALL required fields within each array element.
  • group (string) (required) - API group of the Istio object
  • kind (string) (required) - Kind of the Istio object (e.g., 'VirtualService', 'DestinationRule').
  • namespace (string) (required) - Namespace containing the Istio object
  • object (string) (required) - Name of the Istio object
  • version (string) (required) - API version. Use 'v1' for VirtualService, DestinationRule, and Gateway.

• kiali_get_resource_details - Fetches a list of resources OR retrieves detailed data for a specific resource. If 'resourceName' is omitted, it returns a list. If 'resourceName' is provided, it returns details for that specific resource.

  • clusterName (string) - Optional. Name of the cluster to get resources from. If not provided, will use the default cluster name in the Kiali KubeConfig
  • namespaces (string) - Comma-separated list of namespaces to query (e.g., 'bookinfo' or 'bookinfo,default'). If not provided, it will query across all accessible namespaces.
  • resourceName (string) - Optional. The specific name of the resource. If left empty, the tool returns a list of all resources of the specified type. If provided, the tool returns deep details for this specific resource.
  • resourceType (string) (required) - The type of resource to query.

• kiali_list_traces - Lists distributed traces for a service in a namespace. Returns a summary (namespace, service, total_found, avg_duration_ms) and a list of traces with id, duration_ms, spans_count, root_op, slowest_service, has_errors. Use get_trace_details with a trace id to get full hierarchy.

  • clusterName (string) - Optional cluster name. Defaults to the cluster name in the Kiali configuration.
  • errorOnly (boolean) - If true, only consider traces that contain errors. Default false.
  • limit (integer) - Maximum number of traces to return. Default 10.
  • lookbackSeconds (integer) - How far back to search. Default 600 (10m).
  • namespace (string) (required) - Kubernetes namespace of the service.
  • serviceName (string) (required) - Service name to search traces for (required). Returns multiple traces up to limit.

• kiali_get_trace_details - Fetches a single distributed trace by trace_id and returns its call hierarchy (service tree with duration, status, and nested calls). Use this after list_traces to drill into a specific trace.

  • traceId (string) (required) - Trace ID to fetch and summarize. If provided, namespace/service_name are ignored.

• kiali_get_pod_performance - Returns a human-readable text summary with current Pod CPU/memory usage (from Prometheus) compared to Kubernetes requests/limits (from the Pod spec). Useful to answer questions like 'Is this workload using too much memory?'

  • clusterName (string) - Optional. Name of the cluster to get resources from. If not provided, will use the default cluster name in the Kiali KubeConfig
  • namespace (string) (required) - Kubernetes namespace of the Pod.
  • podName (string) - Kubernetes Pod name. If workloadName is provided, the tool will attempt to resolve a Pod from that workload first.
  • queryTime (string) - Optional end timestamp (RFC3339) for the query. Defaults to now.
  • timeRange (string) - Time window used to compute CPU rate (Prometheus duration like '5m', '10m', '1h', '1d'). Defaults to '10m'.
  • workloadName (string) - Kubernetes Workload name (e.g. Deployment/StatefulSet/etc). Tool will look up the workload and pick one of its Pods. If not found, it will fall back to treating this value as a podName.

• kiali_get_logs - Get the logs of a Kubernetes Pod (or workload name that will be resolved to a pod) in a namespace. Output is plain text, matching kubernetes-mcp-server pods_log.

  • clusterName (string) - Optional. Name of the cluster to get the logs from. If not provided, will use the default cluster name in the Kiali KubeConfig
  • container (string) - Optional. Name of the Pod container to get the logs from.
  • format (string) - Output formatting for chat. 'codeblock' wraps logs in ~~~ fences (recommended). 'plain' returns raw text like kubernetes-mcp-server pods_log.
  • name (string) (required) - Name of the Pod to get the logs from. If it does not exist, it will be treated as a workload name and a running pod will be selected.
  • namespace (string) (required) - Namespace to get the Pod logs from
  • previous (boolean) - Optional. Return previous terminated container logs
  • severity (string) - Optional severity filter applied client-side. Accepts 'ERROR', 'WARN' or combinations like 'ERROR,WARN'.
  • tail (integer) - Number of lines to retrieve from the end of the logs (Optional, defaults to 50). Cannot exceed 200 lines.
  • workload (string) - Optional. Workload name override (used when name lookup fails).

• kiali_get_metrics - Returns a compact JSON summary of Istio metrics (latency quantiles, traffic trends, throughput, payload sizes) for the given resource.

  • byLabels (string) - Comma-separated list of labels to group metrics by (e.g., 'source_workload,destination_service'). Optional
  • clusterName (string) - Cluster name to get metrics from. Optional, defaults to the cluster name in the Kiali configuration (KubeConfig)
  • direction (string) - Traffic direction. Optional, defaults to 'outbound'
  • namespace (string) (required) - Namespace to get metrics from
  • quantiles (string) - Comma-separated list of quantiles for histogram metrics (e.g., '0.5,0.95,0.99'). Optional
  • rateInterval (string) - Rate interval for metrics (e.g., '1m', '5m'). Optional, defaults to '10m'
  • reporter (string) - Metrics reporter. Optional, defaults to 'source'
  • requestProtocol (string) - Filter by request protocol (e.g., 'http', 'grpc', 'tcp'). Optional
  • resourceName (string) (required) - Name of the resource to get metrics for
  • resourceType (string) (required) - Type of resource to get metrics
  • step (string) - Step between data points in seconds (e.g., '15'). Optional, defaults to 15 seconds

• vm_clone - Clone a KubeVirt VirtualMachine by creating a VirtualMachineClone resource. This creates a copy of the source VM with a new name using the KubeVirt Clone API

  • name (string) (required) - The name of the source virtual machine to clone
  • namespace (string) (required) - The namespace of the source virtual machine
  • targetName (string) (required) - The name for the new cloned virtual machine

• vm_create - Create a KubeVirt VirtualMachine in the cluster with the specified configuration, automatically resolving instance types, preferences, and container disk images. VM will be created in Halted state by default; use autostart parameter to start it immediately.

  • autostart (boolean) - Optional flag to automatically start the VM after creation (sets runStrategy to Always instead of Halted). Defaults to false.
  • instancetype (string) - Optional instance type name for the VM (e.g., 'u1.small', 'u1.medium', 'u1.large')
  • name (string) (required) - The name of the virtual machine
  • namespace (string) (required) - The namespace for the virtual machine
  • networks (array) - Optional secondary network interfaces to attach to the VM. Each item specifies a Multus NetworkAttachmentDefinition to attach. Accepts either simple strings (NetworkAttachmentDefinition names) or objects with 'name' (interface name in VM) and 'networkName' (NetworkAttachmentDefinition name) properties. Each network creates a bridge interface on the VM.
  • performance (string) - Optional performance family hint for the VM instance type (e.g., 'u1' for general-purpose, 'o1' for overcommitted, 'c1' for compute-optimized, 'm1' for memory-optimized). Defaults to 'u1' (general-purpose) if not specified.
  • preference (string) - Optional preference name for the VM
  • size (string) - Optional workload size hint for the VM (e.g., 'small', 'medium', 'large', 'xlarge'). Used to auto-select an appropriate instance type if not explicitly specified.
  • storage (string) - Optional storage size for the VM's root disk when using DataSources (e.g., '30Gi', '50Gi', '100Gi'). Defaults to 30Gi. Ignored when using container disks.
  • workload (string) - The workload for the VM. Accepts OS names (e.g., 'fedora' (default), 'ubuntu', 'centos', 'centos-stream', 'debian', 'rhel', 'opensuse', 'opensuse-tumbleweed', 'opensuse-leap') or full container disk image URLs

• vm_lifecycle - Manage KubeVirt VirtualMachine lifecycle: start, stop, or restart a VM

  • action (string) (required) - The lifecycle action to perform: 'start' (changes runStrategy to Always), 'stop' (changes runStrategy to Halted), or 'restart' (stops then starts the VM)
  • name (string) (required) - The name of the virtual machine
  • namespace (string) (required) - The namespace of the virtual machine

• tekton_pipeline_start - Start a Tekton Pipeline by creating a PipelineRun that references it

  • name (string) (required) - Name of the Pipeline to start
  • namespace (string) - Namespace of the Pipeline
  • params (object) - Parameter values to pass to the Pipeline. Keys are parameter names; values can be a string, an array of strings, or an object (map of string to string) depending on the parameter type defined in the Pipeline spec

• tekton_pipelinerun_restart - Restart a Tekton PipelineRun by creating a new PipelineRun with the same spec

  • name (string) (required) - Name of the PipelineRun to restart
  • namespace (string) - Namespace of the PipelineRun

• tekton_task_start - Start a Tekton Task by creating a TaskRun that references it

  • name (string) (required) - Name of the Task to start
  • namespace (string) - Namespace of the Task
  • params (object) - Parameter values to pass to the Task. Keys are parameter names; values can be a string, an array of strings, or an object (map of string to string) depending on the parameter type defined in the Task spec

• tekton_taskrun_restart - Restart a Tekton TaskRun by creating a new TaskRun with the same spec

  • name (string) (required) - Name of the TaskRun to restart
  • namespace (string) - Namespace of the TaskRun

• tekton_taskrun_logs - Get the logs from a Tekton TaskRun by resolving its underlying pod

  • name (string) (required) - Name of the TaskRun to get logs from
  • namespace (string) - Namespace of the TaskRun
  • tail (integer) - Number of lines to retrieve from the end of the logs (Optional, default: 100)

• cluster-health-check - Perform comprehensive health assessment of Kubernetes/OpenShift cluster
  • namespace (string) - Optional namespace to limit health check scope (default: all namespaces)
  • check_events (string) - Include recent warning/error events (true/false, default: true)

• vm-troubleshoot - Generate a step-by-step troubleshooting guide for diagnosing KubeVirt VirtualMachine issues
  • namespace (string) (required) - The namespace of the VirtualMachine to troubleshoot
  • name (string) (required) - The name of the VirtualMachine to troubleshoot