Should my agent depend on the MCP server com.googleapis.container/mcp?

Verdict: allow — gateway — safe to depend on As of 2026-08-15T11:28:18Z: a dated observation with receipts, not a warranty.

mcp

com.googleapis.container/mcp

Provides read access to your GKE and Kubernetes resources.

— the operator's own registry description reported

Publisher com.googleapis.container · first seen 2026-08-12 · endpoint https://container.googleapis.com/mcp

allow

verdict

gateway

cluster

ok_tools

answers

tools served

Dependency rating derived

allow — gateway — safe to depend on

Cluster gateway · distinctiveness 0.357 (moderate). Every figure is a percentile or class within the 11,094-server census — see the whole spectrum.

Reach — can an agent get to it?

answersalive_tools

latency43 ms

vs populationfast

protocolcurrent

authopen

Use — can it use it?

tools23

vs populationmid

capabilities2

harnessA

Trust — can it rely on it?

identityfarm_member

servers on its host1

servers on its domain15

verifiabilityunassessed

duplicate inventoryno

drift events0

answers trueno primary

🔏 Signed receipt rr_05831713077b266965ca271c · ed25519 · key rs-rcpt-2026-08 — this rating is tamper-evident; an agent gets the full signature from check_server and can verify it against the published key.

Tools last seen

apply_k8s_manifest cancel_operation check_k8s_auth create_cluster create_node_pool delete_k8s_resource describe_k8s_resource get_cluster get_k8s_cluster_info get_k8s_logs get_k8s_resource get_k8s_rollout_status get_k8s_version get_node_pool get_operation list_clusters list_k8s_api_resources list_k8s_events list_node_pools list_operations patch_k8s_resource update_cluster update_node_pool

Harness readiness observed

Can an agent's harness pick this tool and call it correctly? Graded on the three things an agent reads — name, description, typed parameters. Band A — an agent can pick and call these reliably.

legibility check	tools passing	ok
name is clear & specific	23/23	✓
has a description	23/23	✓
description is substantive	21/23	21/23
parameters are typed	23/23	✓
parameters are described	23/23	✓

23 of 23 tools graded · 23 with a captured input schema. RS-008, Tier-1 — no domain knowledge, applies to any tool. “Alive” is not the same as “usable”.

Truth checks observed

Not in the Tier-2 trade lane, or not yet checked. Tier-2 re-derives a server's answers against published primary sources — see truth checks.

Protocol conformance observed

2025-06-18

protocol version

—

session model

ESF

server version StatelessServer

Capabilities: prompts tools

Drift

No confirmed drift on record. Baseline set 2026-08-14; changes appear here after human review.

History observed

Every probe we made, oldest → newest (2 shown, 2026-08-12 → 2026-08-14). Green answered · amber answered-but-walled · red no useful answer. A gap in our cadence is a gap in coverage, not evidence about the server.

changelog (1 events)

date	type	what changed
2026-08-12	outcome	first probe: ok_tools

raw probe records

probed (UTC)	outcome	http	ms	protocol
2026-08-14T19:58:11Z	ok_tools	200	43	2025-06-18
2026-08-12T05:33:25Z	ok_tools	200	35	2025-06-18

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