kubeview MCP Server

Connect to kubeview

Hosted endpoint — paste into any MCP client.

Environment variables

Configuration this server reads at startup.

• KUBECONFIG

  Path to kubeconfig file; defaults to ~/.kube/config if unset.

• MCP_MODE

  Server mode: 'all' (default), 'code', or 'tools'. Controls which features are enabled.

• 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_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

  Disable Argo Workflows plugin. Set to 'true' or '1' to disable.

• MCP_DISABLE_ARGOCD_PLUGIN

  Disable Argo CD plugin. Set to 'true' or '1' to disable.

Resources

Where to find authoritative docs and source for kubeview.

• Source repository