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Flux Operator

Flux Operator is an MCP server that adds cloud and DevOps tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. The Flux Operator is a Kubernetes CRD controller that manages the lifecycle of CNCF Flux… It has 771 GitHub stars, is released under the AGPL-3.0 license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/controlplaneio-fluxcd/charts/flux-operator.

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Install Flux Operator

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flux-operator": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/controlplaneio-fluxcd/charts/flux-operator"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio flux-operator -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/controlplaneio-fluxcd/charts/flux-operator

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flux-operator": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/controlplaneio-fluxcd/charts/flux-operator"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "flux-operator": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/controlplaneio-fluxcd/charts/flux-operator"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Flux Operator

The Flux Operator is a Kubernetes CRD controller that manages the lifecycle of CNCF Flux CD and the ControlPlane enterprise distribution. The operator extends Flux with self-service capabilities, deployment windows, and preview environments for GitHub, GitLab, Gitea and Azure DevOps pull requests testing.

  • continuous-delivery
  • fluxcd
  • gitops
  • mcp-server
  • flux-ui

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What is Flux Operator?

Flux Operator is an MCP server that adds cloud and DevOps tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. The Flux Operator is a Kubernetes CRD controller that manages the lifecycle of CNCF Flux… It has 771 GitHub stars, is released under the AGPL-3.0 license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/controlplaneio-fluxcd/charts/flux-operator. The source code is at github.com/controlplaneio-fluxcd/flux-operator.

How do I install the Flux Operator MCP server?

Add the command docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/controlplaneio-fluxcd/charts/flux-operator to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Flux Operator free?

The server is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Flux Operator actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 5, 2026. The latest release is v0.61.0, published Oct 1, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.