How do I install Cloud Native?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Cloud Native need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does Cloud Native use?

Cloud Native runs locally over stdio.

When was Cloud Native last checked?

Last checked 2026-10-28. High-Performance Kubernetes MCP Server | 210+ tools | AI LLM integrations | prometheus, helm, grafana

Cloud Native MCP server

Cloud Native MCP Server

🇨🇳 中文文档 | 🇬🇧 English

A high-performance Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure management with 16 integrated services and 381 tools.

Features

16 Integrated Services: Kubernetes, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Kibana, Elasticsearch, Helm, Argo CD, Alertmanager, Jaeger, Nacos, Langfuse, Sentry, Dify, OpenTelemetry, Utilities
381 MCP Tools: Comprehensive toolset for infrastructure operations
Built-in MCP Prompts: Pre-authored troubleshooting and remediation workflows for agents
Multi-Protocol Support: SSE and streamable-http modes
Smart Caching: LRU cache with TTL support for optimal performance
Performance Optimized: JSON encoding pool, response size control, intelligent limits
Enhanced Authentication: API Key (with complexity requirements), Bearer Token (JWT validation), Basic Auth
Secrets Management: Secure credential storage and rotation
Input Sanitization: Protection against injection attacks
Audit Logging: Track all tool calls and operations
LLM-Optimized: Summary tools and pagination to prevent context overflow

LLM Tool Calling Tips

Prefer summary and paginated tools first, then switch to full-detail tools only when needed.
Send structured JSON objects and arrays when a parameter represents an object or list; many handlers still accept legacy JSON strings for compatibility.
Use RFC3339 timestamps for Prometheus and tracing time fields.
For Kubernetes, omit namespace for cluster-scoped resources and include it for namespaced resources.
Some MCP client wrappers already unwrap tool results into objects. Inspect the raw return value before calling JSON.parse(...).
For Kibana, some handlers accept both camelCase and snake_case parameter aliases, but the schema name is still the preferred form.

Services Overview

Service	Tools	Description
kubernetes	34	Core container orchestration and resource management
helm	34	Application package management and deployment
grafana	55	Visualization, monitoring dashboards, and alerting
prometheus	20	Metrics collection, querying, and monitoring
loki	7	LogQL queries, label discovery, and stream inspection
kibana	73	Log analysis, visualization, and data exploration
argocd	7	Argo CD application, project, cluster, and manifest inspection
elasticsearch	12	Log storage, search, and data indexing
alertmanager	16	Alert rules management and notifications
jaeger	8	Distributed tracing and performance analysis
nacos	9	Nacos namespace, config, service discovery, and node inspection
langfuse	37	LLM observability, prompts, traces, scores, datasets, models, metrics, projects, memberships, and API key management
sentry	9	Error monitoring, issue triage, and issue event inspection
dify	46	Dify Console management (apps, workflows, datasets) and Service API (chat, completion, conversations)
opentelemetry	12	Collector health, config, pipeline analysis, and telemetry diagnostics
utilities	6	General-purpose utility tools

Total: 381 tools

Quick Start

Binary

# Download the latest release
curl -LO https://github.com/mahmut-Abi/cloud-native-mcp-server/releases/latest/download/cloud-native-mcp-server-linux-amd64
chmod +x cloud-native-mcp-server-linux-amd64

# Run in SSE mode (default)
./cloud-native-mcp-server-linux-amd64 --mode=sse --addr=0.0.0.0:8080

Docker

docker run -d \
  --name cloud-native-mcp-server \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v ~/.kube:/root/.kube:ro \
  mahmutabi/cloud-native-mcp-server:latest

From Source

git clone https://github.com/mahmut-Abi/cloud-native-mcp-server.git
cd cloud-native-mcp-server

make build
./cloud-native-mcp-server --mode=sse --addr=0.0.0.0:8080

API Endpoints

SSE Mode

Endpoint	Description
`/api/aggregate/sse`	All services (recommended)
`/api/kubernetes/sse`	Kubernetes service
`/api/helm/sse`	Helm service
`/api/grafana/sse`	Grafana service
`/api/prometheus/sse`	Prometheus service
`/api/loki/sse`	Loki service
`/api/kibana/sse`	Kibana service
`/api/elasticsearch/sse`	Elasticsearch service
`/api/alertmanager/sse`	Alertmanager service
`/api/jaeger/sse`	Jaeger service
`/api/argocd/sse`	Argo CD service
`/api/nacos/sse`	Nacos service
`/api/langfuse/sse`	Langfuse service
`/api/sentry/sse`	Sentry service
`/api/opentelemetry/sse`	OpenTelemetry service
`/api/utilities/sse`	Utilities service

Streamable-HTTP Mode

Use --mode=streamable-http to expose MCP streamable HTTP endpoints such as:

/api/aggregate/streamable-http

SSE Smoke Test

Validate SSE handshake and initialize end-to-end against a running server:

# without auth
make sse-smoke BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8080

# with API key auth
API_KEY=your-key make sse-smoke BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8080

Documentation

Complete Tools Reference - Tool guide aligned with the current server inventory
Configuration Guide - Configuration options and examples
Deployment Guide - Deployment strategies and best practices
Security Guide - Authentication, secrets management, and security best practices
Architecture Guide - System architecture and design
Performance Guide - Performance features and tuning
Prompt Guide - Built-in MCP prompts for agent workflows

Build

# Build for current platform
make build

# Run tests
make test

# Code linting
make lint

# Docker build
make docker-build

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our contributing guidelines and submit pull requests.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Cloud Native MCP Server

🇨🇳 中文文档 | 🇬🇧 English

A high-performance Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure management with 16 integrated services and 381 tools.

Features

16 Integrated Services: Kubernetes, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Kibana, Elasticsearch, Helm, Argo CD, Alertmanager, Jaeger, Nacos, Langfuse, Sentry, Dify, OpenTelemetry, Utilities
381 MCP Tools: Comprehensive toolset for infrastructure operations
Built-in MCP Prompts: Pre-authored troubleshooting and remediation workflows for agents
Multi-Protocol Support: SSE and streamable-http modes
Smart Caching: LRU cache with TTL support for optimal performance
Performance Optimized: JSON encoding pool, response size control, intelligent limits
Enhanced Authentication: API Key (with complexity requirements), Bearer Token (JWT validation), Basic Auth
Secrets Management: Secure credential storage and rotation
Input Sanitization: Protection against injection attacks
Audit Logging: Track all tool calls and operations
LLM-Optimized: Summary tools and pagination to prevent context overflow

LLM Tool Calling Tips

Prefer summary and paginated tools first, then switch to full-detail tools only when needed.
Send structured JSON objects and arrays when a parameter represents an object or list; many handlers still accept legacy JSON strings for compatibility.
Use RFC3339 timestamps for Prometheus and tracing time fields.
For Kubernetes, omit namespace for cluster-scoped resources and include it for namespaced resources.
Some MCP client wrappers already unwrap tool results into objects. Inspect the raw return value before calling JSON.parse(...).
For Kibana, some handlers accept both camelCase and snake_case parameter aliases, but the schema name is still the preferred form.

Services Overview

Service	Tools	Description
kubernetes	34	Core container orchestration and resource management
helm	34	Application package management and deployment
grafana	55	Visualization, monitoring dashboards, and alerting
prometheus	20	Metrics collection, querying, and monitoring
loki	7	LogQL queries, label discovery, and stream inspection
kibana	73	Log analysis, visualization, and data exploration
argocd	7	Argo CD application, project, cluster, and manifest inspection
elasticsearch	12	Log storage, search, and data indexing
alertmanager	16	Alert rules management and notifications
jaeger	8	Distributed tracing and performance analysis
nacos	9	Nacos namespace, config, service discovery, and node inspection
langfuse	37	LLM observability, prompts, traces, scores, datasets, models, metrics, projects, memberships, and API key management
sentry	9	Error monitoring, issue triage, and issue event inspection
dify	46	Dify Console management (apps, workflows, datasets) and Service API (chat, completion, conversations)
opentelemetry	12	Collector health, config, pipeline analysis, and telemetry diagnostics
utilities	6	General-purpose utility tools

Total: 381 tools

Quick Start

Binary

# Download the latest release
curl -LO https://github.com/mahmut-Abi/cloud-native-mcp-server/releases/latest/download/cloud-native-mcp-server-linux-amd64
chmod +x cloud-native-mcp-server-linux-amd64

# Run in SSE mode (default)
./cloud-native-mcp-server-linux-amd64 --mode=sse --addr=0.0.0.0:8080

Docker

docker run -d \
  --name cloud-native-mcp-server \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v ~/.kube:/root/.kube:ro \
  mahmutabi/cloud-native-mcp-server:latest

From Source

git clone https://github.com/mahmut-Abi/cloud-native-mcp-server.git
cd cloud-native-mcp-server

make build
./cloud-native-mcp-server --mode=sse --addr=0.0.0.0:8080

API Endpoints

SSE Mode

Endpoint	Description
`/api/aggregate/sse`	All services (recommended)
`/api/kubernetes/sse`	Kubernetes service
`/api/helm/sse`	Helm service
`/api/grafana/sse`	Grafana service
`/api/prometheus/sse`	Prometheus service
`/api/loki/sse`	Loki service
`/api/kibana/sse`	Kibana service
`/api/elasticsearch/sse`	Elasticsearch service
`/api/alertmanager/sse`	Alertmanager service
`/api/jaeger/sse`	Jaeger service
`/api/argocd/sse`	Argo CD service
`/api/nacos/sse`	Nacos service
`/api/langfuse/sse`	Langfuse service
`/api/sentry/sse`	Sentry service
`/api/opentelemetry/sse`	OpenTelemetry service
`/api/utilities/sse`	Utilities service

Streamable-HTTP Mode

Use --mode=streamable-http to expose MCP streamable HTTP endpoints such as:

/api/aggregate/streamable-http

SSE Smoke Test

Validate SSE handshake and initialize end-to-end against a running server:

# without auth
make sse-smoke BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8080

# with API key auth
API_KEY=your-key make sse-smoke BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8080

Documentation

Complete Tools Reference - Tool guide aligned with the current server inventory
Configuration Guide - Configuration options and examples
Deployment Guide - Deployment strategies and best practices
Security Guide - Authentication, secrets management, and security best practices
Architecture Guide - System architecture and design
Performance Guide - Performance features and tuning
Prompt Guide - Built-in MCP prompts for agent workflows

Build

# Build for current platform
make build

# Run tests
make test

# Code linting
make lint

# Docker build
make docker-build

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our contributing guidelines and submit pull requests.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Add this server

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Server facts

Tools

Questions

How do I install Cloud Native?

Does Cloud Native need an API key?

What transport does Cloud Native use?

When was Cloud Native last checked?

Documentation

Cloud Native MCP Server

Features

LLM Tool Calling Tips

Services Overview

Quick Start

Binary

Docker

From Source

API Endpoints

SSE Mode

Streamable-HTTP Mode

SSE Smoke Test

Documentation

Build

Contributing

License

Add this server

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Server facts

Tools

Questions

How do I install Cloud Native?

Does Cloud Native need an API key?

What transport does Cloud Native use?

When was Cloud Native last checked?

Documentation

Cloud Native MCP Server

Features

LLM Tool Calling Tips

Services Overview

Quick Start

Binary

Docker

From Source

API Endpoints

SSE Mode

Streamable-HTTP Mode

SSE Smoke Test

Documentation

Build

Contributing

License