{"id":"anjia0532-metrics-server-amd64","name":"metrics-server-amd64","homepage":"https://hub.docker.com/r/anjia0532/metrics-server-amd64","repo_url":"https://hub.docker.com/r/anjia0532/metrics-server-amd64","category":"monitoring","subcategories":[],"tags":["kubernetes","metrics","autoscaling","metrics-api","infrastructure"],"what_it_does":"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).","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)"],"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.","alternatives":["Prometheus + adapter (e.g., prometheus-adapter) for custom metrics","Kubelet metrics scraping via Prometheus without Metrics API adapter","cloud-provider-specific metrics integrations"],"af_score":22.0,"security_score":59.5,"reliability_score":32.5,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["docker_mcp"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:26:10.352700+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":false,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"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":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"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":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"This is an open-source Kubernetes component/artifact; pricing not applicable based on provided information."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":22.0,"security_score":59.5,"reliability_score":32.5,"mcp_server_quality":0.0,"documentation_accuracy":10.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":45.0,"rate_limit_clarity":0.0,"tls_enforcement":60.0,"auth_strength":70.0,"scope_granularity":50.0,"dependency_hygiene":40.0,"secret_handling":70.0,"security_notes":"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.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":40.0,"breaking_changes_history":40.0,"error_recovery":50.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_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."]}}