rancher mcp for VS Code

io.github.rex/rancher-mcp

Capability-aware MCP server for Rancher-managed Kubernetes: discovery, resources, workflows.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install rancher mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rancher-url",
      "description": "RANCHER_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rancher-token",
      "description": "RANCHER_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rancher-verify-ssl",
      "description": "RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rancher-instances-json",
      "description": "RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "rancher-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "rancher-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RANCHER_URL": "${input:rancher-url}",
        "RANCHER_TOKEN": "${input:rancher-token}",
        "RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL": "${input:rancher-verify-ssl}",
        "RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON": "${input:rancher-instances-json}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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