Does Google Kubernetes Engine have an MCP server?
Google Kubernetes Engine maintains an official MCP server.
The hosted server is read-only; cluster and workload creation needs the separate local server in GoogleCloudPlatform/gke-mcp.
- Access
- Remote server
- Endpoint
- https://container.googleapis.com/mcp
- Repository
- GoogleCloudPlatform/gke-mcp
- Maintainer
- Google Cloud Platform
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Language
- Go
- Stars
- 167
- Last commit
- yesterday
- Category
- Cloud Platforms
A remote server run by Google Kubernetes Engine itself — nothing to install. Documented at docs.cloud.google.com.
Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.
Add it from the terminal, then restart your session:
claude mcp add --transport http googlekubernetesengine https://container.googleapis.com/mcpAdd --scope user to make it available in every project.
- Open Settings → Connectors
- Click Add custom connector
- Paste
https://container.googleapis.com/mcp - Finish the sign-in prompt, then enable it in the chat's tools menu
Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for
every project:
{
"mcpServers": {
"googlekubernetesengine": {
"url": "https://container.googleapis.com/mcp"
}
}
}A green dot in Settings → MCP means it connected.
Add to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"googlekubernetesengine": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://container.googleapis.com/mcp"
}
}
}Then pick the server from the tools menu in Copilot's agent mode.
- Enable Developer mode under Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced
- Choose Create and paste
https://container.googleapis.com/mcp - Complete sign-in, then enable the connector in a new chat
Does Google Kubernetes Engine have an official MCP server?
Yes. Google Kubernetes Engine maintains an official MCP server, hosted at https://container.googleapis.com/mcp. The source lives at GoogleCloudPlatform/gke-mcp on GitHub.
How do I connect Google Kubernetes Engine to Claude?
Add https://container.googleapis.com/mcp as a custom connector under Settings → Connectors in Claude Desktop or claude.ai, or run "claude mcp add --transport http google-kubernetes-engine https://container.googleapis.com/mcp" in Claude Code.
Do I need to install anything to use the Google Kubernetes Engine MCP server?
No. It is a remote server hosted by Google Kubernetes Engine, so your MCP client connects to it over HTTP. You authenticate with the vendor rather than installing a package.
How is this verdict verified?
Published to the MCP Registry as com.googleapis.container/mcp; the remote server at container.googleapis.com/mcp answers MCP initialize and is documented at docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/use-gke-mcp, which also links Google's local server in GoogleCloudPlatform/gke-mcp. GitHub metadata is refreshed every six hours.
Published to the MCP Registry as com.googleapis.container/mcp; the remote server at container.googleapis.com/mcp answers MCP initialize and is documented at docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/use-gke-mcp, which also links Google's local server in GoogleCloudPlatform/gke-mcp.
- github data refreshed 2026-09-29, then every 6 hours
- vendor docs verified on 2026-09-29
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