--- title: Why Kubernetes Querying Is Broken and How I Fixed It description: kubectl get all is misleading — it only retrieves a small subset of cluster resources, missing ingresses, custom resources, and much more. With 356+ resource... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-kubernetes-querying-is-broken-and-how-i-fixed-it-n6pctmkwc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why Kubernetes Querying Is Broken and How I Fixed It | daily.dev og:description: kubectl get all is misleading — it only retrieves a small subset of cluster resources, missing ingresses, custom resources, and much more. With 356+ resource... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-kubernetes-querying-is-broken-and-how-i-fixed-it-n6pctmkwc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/n6PCTmKWC.png og:image:alt: Why Kubernetes Querying Is Broken and How I Fixed It og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why Kubernetes Querying Is Broken and How I Fixed It **[DevOps Toolkit](https://daily.dev/sources/devops-toolkit)** · 11 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary kubectl get all is misleading — it only retrieves a small subset of cluster resources, missing ingresses, custom resources, and much more. With 356+ resource definitions in a typical cluster, iterating over all APIs via bash loops is slow and error-prone. The solution proposed is syncing Kubernetes metadata into a vector database (Qdrant), enabling both traditional SQL-style queries and semantic search. This allows instant, intuitive queries like 'find all databases' that work regardless of naming conventions (DB, postgresql, psql, etc.). An MCP server exposes the data to AI agents like Claude Code or Cursor, which can query the vector DB and call kubectl for live data. The author also promotes an open-source project called DevOps AI Toolkit that implements this pattern. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Investigate Kubernetes resources with Datadog MCP tools](https://daily.dev/posts/investigate-kubernetes-resources-with-datadog-mcp-tools-oqbwd2hka) · Datadog · 5 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#vector-search](https://daily.dev/tags/vector-search) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-kubernetes-querying-is-broken-and-how-i-fixed-it-n6pctmkwc) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why Kubernetes Querying Is Broken and How I Fixed It","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-kubernetes-querying-is-broken-and-how-i-fixed-it-n6pctmkwc","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-kubernetes-querying-is-broken-and-how-i-fixed-it-n6pctmkwc"},"datePublished":"2026-02-22T15:26:49.523Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:27:10.041Z","description":"kubectl get all is misleading — it only retrieves a small subset of cluster resources, missing ingresses, custom resources, and much more. 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