MCP K8s Eye vs Tilt MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the MCP K8s Eye and Tilt MCP MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose MCP K8s Eye when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Cloud Platforms domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: other (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: HOME.
• Primary tools included: resource_get, resource_list, resource_create_or_update.

Explore MCP K8s Eye Details

Choose Tilt MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Cloud Platforms domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: List enabled Tilt resources and statuses, Read resource logs with tail and regex filtering, Describe individual Tilt resources.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	MCP K8s Eye wenhuwang Cloud Platforms	Tilt MCP rrmistry Cloud Platforms
Summary	/🏠 - MCP Server for kubernetes management, and analyze your cluster, application health	A Model Context Protocol server that integrates with Tilt to provide programmatic access to Tilt resources, logs, and management operations for Kubernetes development environments.
Category & Scope	Cloud Platforms

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wenhuwang-mcp-k8s-eye": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "wenhuwang-mcp-k8s-eye"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HOME": "YOUR_HOME_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rrmistry-tilt-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tilt-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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