eks-mcp-server
OfficialConnect your AI assistant to live EKS.
Software Engineering#kubernetes#eks#mcp server#tool configuration#cluster operations#iam permissions#assistant integration
Authoraws-samples
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?
This Skill helps you set up an MCP server so your AI assistant can perform real, live operations against your EKS clusters instead of being limited to offline guidance.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Choose deployment mode: Configure either AWS-hosted (managed, minimal ops) or self-hosted (local, flexible auth) EKS MCP Server.
- Wire tools into your assistant: Add the MCP server configuration to your IDE/CLI assistant so EKS tools appear and work.
- Verify and hand off to MCP tools: Restart the assistant, confirm tool availability (for example, listing clusters), then proceed with actual cluster operations through the MCP tools.
Example use case: You need an assistant to list your EKS clusters, inspect pods, and troubleshoot workloads, but you want those actions to run against the live cluster through MCP.
Quick Start
Tell your AI: “Set up EKS MCP for my environment and configure my assistant so I can list my EKS clusters.”
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
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