controlplane-mcp-server
MCP server (used via Crossplane/Intelligent Functions) that exposes tools to read Kubernetes pod events and pod container logs from a given namespace/pod (and optional container).
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Access control is via Kubernetes RBAC (example shows narrow verbs/resources for events/pods/pods/log), which is good for least privilege. However, the README example uses an http baseURL for the MCP server (http-stream), so transport security depends on the deployment configuration. No details are provided about logging of sensitive content, secrets handling, or dependency audit posture.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
You need an agent to quickly retrieve logs/events for troubleshooting specific pods, and you can restrict access via Kubernetes RBAC to only the required verbs/resources.
Avoid When
You cannot tightly scope RBAC or you require strong transport security guarantees (the README example uses http-stream to localhost).
Use Cases
- • Read pod events for troubleshooting deployments/functions
- • Fetch pod logs for debugging failing workloads
- • Provide runtime context to an LLM/inference agent running as a Crossplane function
- • Integrate Kubernetes observability signals into “tool-using” workflows
Not For
- • General-purpose Kubernetes management (create/update/delete resources)
- • Accessing secrets or sensitive application data without appropriate RBAC
- • Environments where tool execution must be isolated from cluster-level visibility (stronger tenancy controls)
Interface
Authentication
No external API-key/OAuth described. Access is governed by the Kubernetes service account and RBAC permissions granted to the consuming function.
Pricing
No pricing information provided (appears open-source / self-hosted).
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ The tools are read-scoped to pod logs/events; agents may request logs/events for the wrong container/namespace and receive empty/authorization errors depending on RBAC.
- ⚠ The README example config uses http-stream (including an http baseURL in the example); ensure your deployment uses appropriate transport protections (TLS/secure networking) in non-local environments.
- ⚠ Kubernetes log retrieval can be large; without explicit limits described, agents may need to handle truncation/timeouts at the application layer.
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-04-04.