Install K8gentS — Kubernetes RCA MCP Server in Claude Code

What you need first

  • Claude Code, installed.
  • Docker, which gives the docker command the server starts with.
  • Your own value for YOUR_AI_API_KEY.

Steps

  1. Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that project; put --scope user after claude mcp add to have it in every project.
claude mcp add --env AI_API_KEY=YOUR_AI_API_KEY --transport stdio k8gents -- docker run -i --rm -e AI_API_KEY docker.io/jdoornink/k8gents:0.1.1
  1. Replace YOUR_AI_API_KEY with your own value.
  2. Start Claude Code and type /mcp: the server is listed with its state.

Check it worked

Ask Claude Code: List the tools of k8gents.

If it does not start

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Claude Code.
The server starts, but its tools fail
A YOUR_… placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.

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