Ambassador (Emissary) MCP
Manage Emissary-Ingress with AI via MCP. Configure Kubernetes API gateway mappings, rate limits, authentication, and traffic management.
What is Ambassador (Emissary) MCP?
Ambassador MCP is a Model Context Protocol server for Emissary-Ingress (formerly Ambassador), the Kubernetes-native API gateway built on Envoy Proxy. It provides developer-friendly API gateway functionality through Kubernetes CRDs.
Kubernetes-Native Gateway
AI models can help generate Mapping, RateLimit, and AuthService resources, configure TLS, and troubleshoot routing issues — all using Kubernetes-native configuration patterns.
Configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"ambassador": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["ambassador-mcp"],
"env": {
"KUBECONFIG": "/path/to/kubeconfig"
}
}
}
}Use Cases
Ambassador MCP serves Kubernetes teams implementing API gateways, developers configuring service-to-service routing, and platform engineers managing Emissary-Ingress deployments.
Key Features
- Configure Mapping resources for API routing
- Manage rate limiting and circuit breaking
- Set up OAuth2, JWT, and external auth
- Configure TLS termination and origination
- Monitor API gateway metrics
- Manage canary deployments and traffic shifting
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