# mcp

This MCP server gives AI agents access to Kubernetes network traffic. Use it to inspect API calls, investigate incidents, and trace failures across services.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed · ★ 12109
- Author: kubeshark
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/kubeshark/kubeshark
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/kubeshark-mcp

## What it does

mcp connects an AI agent to cluster-wide Kubernetes network data. It can query traffic, inspect API calls, and support root cause analysis through natural-language requests. The listed protocol coverage includes HTTP, gRPC, Redis, Kafka, and DNS.

Kubeshark indexes traffic at the kernel level with eBPF and combines Kubernetes identity, API context, and network attributes in queries. The stack also provides traffic snapshots and PCAP export, including decrypted TLS traffic.

The `kubeshark` CLI must be installed first because the MCP command runs `kubeshark mcp`. The package also includes AI skills for retrospective root cause analysis and KFL traffic filters, available as a Claude Code plugin.

## Requirements
- Works with: Kubernetes

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Install**
- The MCP registry has no launch command for it: see the repository README

## When to use it
- trace a failed request across Kubernetes services
- inspect API calls behind an incident
- filter traffic by workload and network attributes
- export a PCAP for Wireshark analysis
- compare service errors and TCP retransmissions

## Example prompts
- Why did the checkout request fail at 2:15 PM? Investigate it using the cluster traffic.
- Trace request `abc123` through every service and show where it failed.
- Compare service errors and show TCP retransmission rates between cluster nodes.

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