metrics-server-amd64

metrics-server-amd64 appears to be a prebuilt (amd64) artifact for Kubernetes Metrics Server, which provides resource usage metrics (CPU/memory) to the Kubernetes API (e.g., for HPA).

Evaluated Apr 04, 2026 (16d ago)

Homepage ↗ Repo ↗ Monitoring kubernetes metrics autoscaling metrics-api infrastructure

⚙ Agent Friendliness

/ 100

Can an agent use this?

🔒 Security

/ 100

Is it safe for agents?

⚡ Reliability

/ 100

Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality

Documentation

Error Messages

Auth Simplicity

Rate Limits

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement

Auth Strength

Scope Granularity

Dep. Hygiene

Secret Handling

As a Kubernetes component, security typically relies on TLS to kubelet and Kubernetes RBAC. However, with only the artifact name provided, dependency/version provenance, exact TLS/auth configuration, and secret handling practices cannot be verified here.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA

Version Stability

Breaking Changes

Error Recovery

Best When

You run a Kubernetes cluster that needs the metrics.k8s.io API for autoscaling and kubectl top, and you deploy metrics-server as part of cluster add-ons.

Avoid When

You already have an alternative metrics pipeline that replaces metrics-server, or your environment cannot reach/verify the kubelet endpoints as required by metrics-server.

Use Cases

• Enable kubectl top and autoscaling (HPA/VPA where applicable) by exposing CPU/memory metrics through the Kubernetes Metrics API
• Cluster monitoring/visibility for resource utilization using Kubernetes-native endpoints
• Support dashboards and automation that consume metrics.k8s.io

Not For

• Production-grade observability backends (e.g., Prometheus/Grafana) that require long-term storage and query capabilities
• Providing application-level metrics (traces, logs)
• Serving metrics outside Kubernetes (non-Kubernetes clients without a metrics endpoint integration)

Interface

REST API

GraphQL

gRPC

MCP Server

SDK

Webhooks

Authentication

Methods: In-cluster Kubernetes access (RBAC/ServiceAccount) to read metrics endpoints and kubelet metrics; typically uses Kubernetes authentication rather than end-user auth mechanisms.

OAuth: No Scopes: No

Authentication is handled via Kubernetes ServiceAccount/RBAC and TLS to kubelet endpoints; no external OAuth/user-facing auth is indicated from the provided package name alone.

Pricing

Free tier: No

Requires CC: No

This is an open-source Kubernetes component/artifact; pricing not applicable based on provided information.

Agent Metadata

Pagination

none

Idempotent

False

Retry Guidance

Not documented

Known Gotchas

⚠ This appears to be an architecture-specific build artifact (metrics-server-amd64) rather than an API service package; agents may expect HTTP endpoints but metrics-server is typically deployed into a Kubernetes cluster.
⚠ Behavior depends heavily on Kubernetes permissions/RBAC and kubelet reachability/TLS settings; deployment misconfiguration is common.
⚠ No explicit interface contracts, error codes, rate-limit headers, or pagination semantics are available from the provided package identifier alone.

Alternatives

Prometheus + adapter (e.g., prometheus-adapter) for custom metrics Kubelet metrics scraping via Prometheus without Metrics API adapter cloud-provider-specific metrics integrations

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-04-04.