Kubernetes Ephemeral Job

io.github.inhuman/mcp-k8s-ephemeral-jobv0.7.1Kubernetes

Runs a command in a throwaway Kubernetes pod and returns exit code, output and artifacts.

The current version, v0.7.1, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-07-20. It is distributed as the Docker image docker.io/idconstruct/mcp-k8s-ephemeral-job:v0.7.1, filed under Kubernetes by this index, and declares 18 environment variables. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; the index's current counts put this record in context.

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Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-09-11 00:12 UTC

screened 2026-07-24tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

Semantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“Declared capability, no hidden instructions”via static_description

Limits of this verdict

- Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server
- Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)
- Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior
- advisory
- registry description only no input schema
- screen model 8b
- Still current: the description we screened is unchanged, re-checked against the registry

Semantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.

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That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-09-04).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins Kubernetes Ephemeral Job’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

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Environment variables

MCP_K8S_ALLOWED_IMAGES

required

Strict image allowlist (CSV). Empty means every call is rejected, so this must be set.

MCP_K8S_KUBECONFIG

Path to the kubeconfig inside the container. Empty = use in-cluster credentials.

MCP_K8S_NAMESPACE

Namespace the ephemeral pods are created in. Needs a Role/RoleBinding for jobs and pods.

MCP_K8S_TRANSPORT

MCP transport: stdio | http | sse. Must be 'stdio' for direct docker/stdio use.

MCP_K8S_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_S

Default wall-clock timeout per job, seconds.

MCP_K8S_MAX_TIMEOUT_S

Maximum wall-clock timeout a caller may request, seconds.

MCP_K8S_MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES

Cap on combined stdout/stderr before truncation.

MCP_K8S_MAX_ARTIFACT_BYTES

Cap on the total size of returned artifacts.

MCP_K8S_MAX_CONCURRENT

Maximum ephemeral pods running at the same time.

MCP_K8S_DEFAULT_CPU

Pod CPU request; limits come from the caller or the namespace LimitRange.

MCP_K8S_DEFAULT_MEMORY

Pod memory request; limits come from the caller or the namespace LimitRange.

MCP_K8S_SIDECAR_IMAGE

Helper image used to inject input files and collect artifacts.

MCP_K8S_CLONE_IMAGE

Image carrying git for the clone init container. Empty disables the clone field.

MCP_K8S_CLONE_SECRET

secret

Secret with git tokens, mounted only on the cloner. Empty disables the clone field.

MCP_K8S_CACHE_PVC

Existing PVC mounted into every job pod as a shared cache. Empty = no cache.

MCP_K8S_CACHE_MOUNT_PATH

Where the cache PVC is mounted, e.g. /go/pkg/mod. Empty = no cache.

MCP_K8S_JOB_EXTRA_ENV

JSON object of env vars added to every job pod; caller keys win on collision.

MCP_K8S_AUTH_TOKEN

secret

Optional X-MCP-AUTH token required on every request (http/sse transports only).

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Install this server

Claude Desktop (Docker)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-k8s-ephemeral-job": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "--",
        "docker.io/idconstruct/mcp-k8s-ephemeral-job:v0.7.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_K8S_ALLOWED_IMAGES": "<mcp_k8s_allowed_images>",
        "MCP_K8S_KUBECONFIG": "/kube/config",
        "MCP_K8S_NAMESPACE": "mcp-ephemeral",
        "MCP_K8S_TRANSPORT": "stdio",
        "MCP_K8S_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_S": "60",
        "MCP_K8S_MAX_TIMEOUT_S": "600",
        "MCP_K8S_MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES": "1048576",
        "MCP_K8S_MAX_ARTIFACT_BYTES": "10485760",
        "MCP_K8S_MAX_CONCURRENT": "10",
        "MCP_K8S_DEFAULT_CPU": "1",
        "MCP_K8S_DEFAULT_MEMORY": "512Mi",
        "MCP_K8S_SIDECAR_IMAGE": "busybox:1.36",
        "MCP_K8S_CLONE_IMAGE": "<mcp_k8s_clone_image>",
        "MCP_K8S_CLONE_SECRET": "<your-mcp_k8s_clone_secret>",
        "MCP_K8S_CACHE_PVC": "<mcp_k8s_cache_pvc>",
        "MCP_K8S_CACHE_MOUNT_PATH": "<mcp_k8s_cache_mount_path>",
        "MCP_K8S_JOB_EXTRA_ENV": "<mcp_k8s_job_extra_env>",
        "MCP_K8S_AUTH_TOKEN": "<your-mcp_k8s_auth_token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-inhuman-mcp-k8s-ephemeral-job

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v0.7.1
category: Kubernetes
verdict expires: 2026-09-11
quality: 84 / 100
operator: inhuman

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Provenance

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