Tool: get_k8s_version
Retrieves Kubernetes client and server versions for a given cluster. This is similar to running kubectl version
.
The following sample demonstrate how to use curl
to invoke the get_k8s_version
MCP tool.
| Curl Request |
|---|
curl --location 'https://container.googleapis.com/mcp' \ --header 'content-type: application/json' \ --header 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \ --data '{ "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "get_k8s_version", "arguments": { // provide these details according to the tool' s MCP specification } } , "jsonrpc" : "2.0" , "id" : 1 } ' |
Input Schema
KubeVersionRequest is the request message for retrieving Kubernetes server versions.
GetK8SVersionRequest
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "parent" : string } |
| Fields | |
|---|---|
parent
|
Required. The cluster to get version information from, in the format |
Output Schema
KubeVersionResponse is the response message for retrieving Kubernetes server version.
GetK8SVersionResponse
| JSON representation |
|---|
{
"serverVersion"
:
string
,
"errors"
:
[
{
object (
|
| Fields | |
|---|---|
serverVersion
|
The server version. |
errors[]
|
Errors encountered during version retrieval. |
Status
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "code" : integer , "message" : string , "details" : [ { "@type" : string , field1 : ... , ... } ] } |
| Fields | |
|---|---|
code
|
The status code, which should be an enum value of |
message
|
A developer-facing error message, which should be in English. Any user-facing error message should be localized and sent in the |
details[]
|
A list of messages that carry the error details. There is a common set of message types for APIs to use. An object containing fields of an arbitrary type. An additional field |
Any
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "typeUrl" : string , "value" : string } |
| Fields | |
|---|---|
typeUrl
|
Identifies the type of the serialized Protobuf message with a URI reference consisting of a prefix ending in a slash and the fully-qualified type name. Example: type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.StringValue This string must contain at least one The prefix is arbitrary and Protobuf implementations are expected to simply strip off everything up to and including the last All type URL strings must be legal URI references with the additional restriction (for the text format) that the content of the reference must consist only of alphanumeric characters, percent-encoded escapes, and characters in the following set (not including the outer backticks): In the original design of |
value
|
Holds a Protobuf serialization of the type described by type_url. A base64-encoded string. |
Tool Annotations
Destructive Hint: ❌ | Idempotent Hint: ✅ | Read Only Hint: ✅ | Open World Hint: ❌

