What is VMware-VKS?
VMware-VKS is a MCP server by zw008 that vMware Tanzu / vSphere Kubernetes Service: Supervisor cluster, namespace and Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster lifecycle, with dry-run mode and kubeconfig export. It is listed under Cloud & infra and has 5 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | zw008 |
| Repository | zw008/VMware-VKS |
| Popularity | 5 GitHub stars |
| Category | Cloud & infra |
| Security | Review before installing (72/100) |
| Rank | #2,134 of 4,418 MCP servers; #125 in Cloud & infra |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-18 |
| Runs | Cloud service |
| Language | Python |
Is VMware-VKS safe to install?
VMware-VKS scores 72/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service; can take actions such as send, write or deploy. It passed 3 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Can take actions such as send, write or deploy | Review |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install VMware-VKS?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/zw008/VMware-VKS
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add vmware-vks -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http vmware-vks <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs VMware-VKS for you:
Add the "VMware-VKS" MCP server from https://github.com/zw008/VMware-VKS to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.