The Central Pilot for Your Kubernetes Fleets ✈️✈️

k8s_pilot is a lightweight, centralized control plane server for managing multiple Kubernetes clusters at once.
With powerful tools and intuitive APIs, you can observe and control all your clusters from one cockpit.

🚀 Overview

• 🔄 Supports multi-cluster context switching
• 🔧 Enables CRUD operations on most common Kubernetes resources
• 🔒 Readonly mode for safe cluster inspection
• ⚙️ Powered by MCP for Claude AI and beyond

🧰 Prerequisites

• Python 3.13 or higher
• uv package manager
• Access to Kubernetes clusters (~/.kube/config or in-cluster config)

# Install uv (if not installed)

# For MacOS
brew install uv

# For Linux
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/bourbonkk/k8s-pilot.git
cd k8s-pilot

# Launch with uv + MCP
uv run --with mcp[cli] mcp run k8s_pilot.py

Usage

Normal Mode (Full Access)

# Start with full read/write access
uv run --with mcp[cli] mcp run k8s_pilot.py

Readonly Mode (Safe Inspection)

# Start in readonly mode - only read operations allowed
uv run --with mcp[cli] python k8s_pilot.py --readonly

Command Line Options

# Show help
uv run --with mcp[cli] python k8s_pilot.py --help

Readonly Mode

The --readonly flag enables a safety mode that prevents any write operations to your Kubernetes clusters. This is perfect for:

• Cluster inspection without risk of accidental changes
• Audit scenarios where you need to view but not modify
• Learning environments where you want to explore safely
• Production monitoring with zero risk of modifications

Protected Operations (Blocked in Readonly Mode)

• pod_create, pod_update, pod_delete
• deployment_create, deployment_update, deployment_delete
• service_create, service_update, service_delete
• configmap_create, configmap_update, configmap_delete
• secret_create, secret_update, secret_delete
• namespace_create, namespace_delete
• All other create/update/delete operations

Allowed Operations (Always Available)

• pod_list, pod_detail, pod_logs
• deployment_list, deployment_get
• service_list, service_get
• configmap_list, configmap_get
• secret_list, secret_get
• namespace_list, namespace_get
• All other list/get operations

Usage with Claude Desktop

Use this config to run k8s_pilot MCP server from within Claude:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "k8s_pilot": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "<path-to-cloned-repo>/k8s-pilot",
        "run",
        "--with",
        "mcp[cli]",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "k8s_pilot.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

For readonly mode, use this configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "k8s_pilot_readonly": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "<path-to-cloned-repo>/k8s-pilot",
        "run",
        "--with",
        "mcp[cli]",
        "python",
        "k8s_pilot.py",
        "--readonly"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Replace with the actual directory where you cloned the repo.

Scenario

Create a Deployment using the nginx:latest image in the pypy namespace, and also create a Service that connects to it.

Key Features

Multi-Cluster Management

• Seamlessly interact with multiple Kubernetes clusters
• Perform context-aware operations
• Easily switch between clusters via MCP prompts

Resource Control

• View, create, update, delete:
  • Deployments, Services, Pods
  • ConfigMaps, Secrets, Ingresses
  • StatefulSets, DaemonSets
  • Roles, ClusterRoles
  • PersistentVolumes & Claims

Namespace Operations

• Create/delete namespaces
• List all resources in a namespace
• Manage labels and resource quotas

Node Management

• View node details and conditions
• Cordon/uncordon, label/taint nodes
• List pods per node

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.