Install K8gentS — Kubernetes RCA MCP Server in Continue

What you need first

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

Steps

1. Open ~/.continue/config.yaml. On Windows it is %USERPROFILE%\.continue\config.yaml.
2. Add this entry. If the file already has mcpServers, add only the item from - name on.

mcpServers:
  - name: "k8gents"
    type: stdio
    command: "docker"
    args:
      - "run"
      - "-i"
      - "--rm"
      - "-e"
      - "AI_API_KEY"
      - "docker.io/jdoornink/k8gents:0.1.1"
    env:
      "AI_API_KEY": "YOUR_AI_API_KEY"

3. Replace YOUR_AI_API_KEY with your own value.
4. Save the file and restart Continue.

Check it worked

Ask Continue: List the tools of k8gents.

If it does not start

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon

Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Continue.

The server starts, but its tools fail

A YOUR_… placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.

Nothing changes after a restart

The file is not valid YAML any more. Check that the entry is indented like the lines around it.