helm-chart-scaffolding
Design, organize, and manage Helm charts for templating and packaging Kubernetes applications with reusable configurations. Use when creating Helm charts, packaging Kubernetes applications, or implementing templated deployments.
helm-chart-scaffolding
Design, organize, and manage Helm charts for templating and packaging Kubernetes applications with reusable configurations. Use when creating Helm charts, packaging Kubernetes applications, or implementing templated deployments.
nginx-to-higress-migration
Migrate from ingress-nginx to Higress in Kubernetes environments. Use when (1) analyzing existing ingress-nginx setup (2) reading nginx Ingress resources and ConfigMaps (3) installing Higress via helm with proper ingressClass (4) identifying unsupported nginx annotations (5) generating WASM plugins for nginx snippets/advanced features (6) building and deploying custom plugins to image registry. Supports full migration workflow with compatibility analysis and plugin generation.
kubernetes-specialist
Use when deploying or managing Kubernetes workloads requiring cluster configuration, security hardening, or troubleshooting. Invoke for Helm charts, RBAC policies, NetworkPolicies, storage configuration, performance optimization.
devops
Deploy to Cloudflare (Workers, R2, D1), Docker, GCP (Cloud Run, GKE), Kubernetes (kubectl, Helm). Use for serverless, containers, CI/CD, GitOps, security audit.
kubernetes
Comprehensive Kubernetes and OpenShift cluster management skill covering operations, troubleshooting, manifest generation, security, and GitOps. Use this skill when: (1) Cluster operations: upgrades, backups, node management, scaling, monitoring setup (2) Troubleshooting: pod failures, networking issues, storage problems, performance analysis (3) Creating manifests: Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, Ingress, NetworkPolicies, RBAC (4) Security: audits, Pod Security Standards, RBAC, secrets management, vulnerability scanning (5) GitOps: ArgoCD, Flux, Kustomize, Helm, CI/CD pipelines, progressive delivery (6) OpenShift-specific: SCCs, Routes, Operators, Builds, ImageStreams (7) Multi-cloud: AKS, EKS, GKE, ARO, ROSA operations
helm-chart-generator
Helm Chart Generator - Auto-activating skill for DevOps Advanced. Triggers on: helm chart generator, helm chart generator Part of the DevOps Advanced skill category.
Helm Values Manager
Helm Values Manager - Auto-activating skill for DevOps Advanced. Triggers on: helm values manager, helm values manager Part of the DevOps Advanced skill category.
k8s-helm
Manage Helm charts, releases, and repositories. Use for Helm installations, upgrades, rollbacks, chart development, and release management.
upgrading-chart
Upgrades Helm chart dependencies (PostgreSQL, Vault) in the Chainloop project, including vendorized charts, container images, and CI/CD workflows. Use when the user mentions upgrading Helm charts, Bitnami dependencies, PostgreSQL chart, or Vault chart. CRITICAL - Major version upgrades are FORBIDDEN and must be escalated.
helm-charts
Expert Helm chart development and management skill for Kubernetes package management
ark-controller-development
Guidance for developing the Ark Kubernetes operator. Use when modifying Go types, CRDs, controllers, or webhooks. Helps with CRD generation and Helm chart sync issues.
deploying-applications
Deployment patterns from Kubernetes to serverless and edge functions. Use when deploying applications, setting up CI/CD, or managing infrastructure. Covers Kubernetes (Helm, ArgoCD), serverless (Vercel, Lambda), edge (Cloudflare Workers, Deno), IaC (Pulumi, OpenTofu, SST), and GitOps patterns.
net-kubernetes
Generate Kubernetes manifests and Helm charts for .NET applications
helm-chart-scaffolding
Design, organize, and manage Helm charts for templating and packaging Kubernetes applications with reusable configurations. Use when creating Helm charts, packaging Kubernetes applications, or implementing templated deployments.
ring:infrastructure-cost-estimation
Orchestrates infrastructure cost estimation with tier-based or custom TPS sizing. Offers pre-configured tiers (Starter/Growth/Business/Enterprise) or custom TPS input. Skill discovers components, asks shared/dedicated for EACH, selects environment(s), reads actual Helm chart configs, then dispatches agent for accurate calculations.
helm-templates
Use when working with Helm templates and template functions for generating Kubernetes manifests dynamically.
helm-charts
Use when understanding and creating Helm charts for packaging and deploying Kubernetes applications.
helm-values
Use when managing Helm values files and configuration overrides for customizing Kubernetes deployments.
devops-deployment
Use when setting up CI/CD pipelines, containerizing applications, deploying to Kubernetes, or writing infrastructure as code. DevOps & Deployment covers GitHub Actions, Docker, Helm, and Terraform patterns.
deployment-automation
Automate deployments across environments using Helm, Terraform, and ArgoCD. Implement blue-green deployments, canary releases, and rollback strategies.
helm-generator
Comprehensive toolkit for generating best practice Helm charts and resources following current standards and conventions. Use this skill when creating new Helm charts, implementing Helm templates, or building Helm projects from scratch.
helm-validator
Comprehensive toolkit for validating, linting, testing, and analyzing Helm charts and their rendered Kubernetes resources. Use this skill when working with Helm charts, validating templates, debugging chart issues, working with Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) that require documentation lookup, or checking Helm best practices.
security-express
Review Express.js security audit patterns for middleware and routes. Use for auditing Helmet.js, CORS, body-parser limits, and auth middleware. Use proactively when reviewing Express.js apps. Examples: - user: "Secure my Express app" → add Helmet.js and disable x-powered-by - user: "Check Express CORS config" → verify origin allowlists and credentials - user: "Review Express auth middleware" → check route order and coverage - user: "Scan for Express path traversal" → verify path normalization and validation - user: "Audit Express session config" → check secure, httpOnly, and sameSite flags
Kubernetes Testing Patterns
Kubernetes deployment testing including manifest validation, Helm chart testing, pod health checks, network policy testing, and rollback verification.
devops-automator
Expert DevOps engineer for CI/CD, IaC, Kubernetes, and deployment automation. Activate on: CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, GitOps, deployment pipeline, infrastructure as code, container orchestration. NOT for: application code (use language skills), database schema (use data-pipeline-engineer), API design (use api-architect).
kubernetes-specialist
Expert Kubernetes Specialist with deep expertise in container orchestration, cluster management, and cloud-native applications. Proficient in Kubernetes architecture, Helm charts, operators, and multi-cluster management across EKS, AKS, GKE, and on-premises deployments.
iac-security
Infrastructure as Code security scanning skill for Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, and ARM templates. This skill should be used when auditing IaC configurations for misconfigurations, scanning Terraform plans, validating Kubernetes security policies, checking cloud infrastructure compliance, or integrating security into CI/CD pipelines. Triggers on requests to scan Terraform, audit CloudFormation, check Kubernetes manifests, validate Helm charts, or find IaC security issues.
infra-architect
Infrastructure and platform specialist for Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, and cloud-native architectureUse when "kubernetes, k8s, terraform, infrastructure, deployment, helm, argocd, gitops, service mesh, istio, cloud platform, kubernetes, terraform, gitops, argocd, helm, istio, aws, gcp, azure, infrastructure, platform, devops, ml-memory" mentioned.
Kubernetes Deployment
World-class Kubernetes operations - deployments, debugging, Helm charts, and the battle scars from managing clusters that serve millions of requests. Use when "kubernetes, k8s, kubectl, helm, pod, deployment, service, ingress, configmap, secret, statefulset, daemonset, hpa, pvc, crashloopbackoff, imagepullbackoff, oomkilled, liveness probe, readiness probe, kubernetes, k8s, containers, docker, helm, deployment, devops, cloud-native" mentioned.
blazemeter-private-locations
Comprehensive guide for BlazeMeter Private Locations, including Radar Agent, installation (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm), configuration, management, and troubleshooting. Use when working with Private Locations for (1) Installing agents (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Chart), (2) Configuring Radar Agent for API Monitoring, (3) Setting up environment variables and certificates, (4) Managing private locations and agents, (5) Troubleshooting installation and connectivity issues, or any other Private Location tasks.
kubernetes-patterns
Provides Kubernetes resource management, Helm chart patterns, service mesh configuration, and autoscaling strategies. Covers HPA, VPA, KEDA, operators, security contexts, and namespace isolation. Use when user mentions 'kubernetes', 'k8s', 'helm', 'istio', 'linkerd', 'service mesh', 'HPA', 'VPA', 'KEDA', 'pod security', 'resource quotas', 'operators'.
kubesearch
Search kubesearch.dev to research how other homelabs configure Helm charts. Use when: (1) Configuring a new Helm release, (2) Looking for configuration examples, (3) Comparing approaches across repositories, (4) Needing real-world values.yaml patterns, (5) Researching best practices for specific charts, (6) Finding example implementations. Triggers: "how do others configure", "show me examples", "helm chart examples", "configuration examples", "values.yaml examples", "kubesearch", "homelab examples", "how do other homelabs", "real-world config", "chart configuration", "helm values examples", "compare helm configs", "best practices for helm"
blueprint-skill-creator
Creates blueprint-driven skills for infrastructure and deployment tasks. This skill should be used when creating new skills that require templates, patterns, or reference configurations (e.g., Dockerfiles, Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests, CI/CD pipelines). It enforces impact analysis before containerization, identifies environment requirements, network topology changes, and auth/CORS implications. Use this skill when building deployment-related skills or when containerizing applications.
helm-charts
Creates and manages Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments. This skill should be used when packaging applications for Kubernetes using Helm, creating Chart.yaml, values.yaml, and templates. It covers chart structure, templating, dependencies, and deployment patterns. Use this skill for Phase IV+ Kubernetes deployments.
app-template
Deploy applications using bjw-s/app-template Helm chart - a flexible chart for helmifying container images without dedicated charts. Use when: (1) Deploying container images that lack official Helm charts, (2) Creating HelmRelease manifests for Flux GitOps, (3) Configuring multi-container pods with sidecars, (4) Setting up persistent storage, ingress, services for custom applications, (5) Questions about app-template values structure or patterns, (6) Deploying any custom container to Kubernetes. Triggers: "deploy with app-template", "helmify this image", "create helm release for", "app-template values", "sidecar container", "multi-container pod helm", "deploy container image", "no helm chart available", "custom container deployment", "bjw-s", "app-template chart", "deploy docker image to kubernetes", "container without helm chart", "generic helm chart"
flux-gitops
Flux GitOps patterns for the homelab Kubernetes platform using ResourceSets. Use when: (1) Adding new Helm releases or applications to the platform, (2) Deploying a new service to Kubernetes, (3) Debugging Flux reconciliation issues or sync problems, (4) Understanding ResourceSet patterns, (5) Configuring Kustomizations and variable substitution, (6) Questions about helm-charts.yaml or platform structure, (7) GitOps workflow questions. Triggers: "add helm release", "deploy to kubernetes", "add new service", "add application", "flux resourceset", "flux reconciliation", "flux not syncing", "flux stuck", "gitops", "helm-charts.yaml", "platform values", "flux debug", "HelmRelease not ready", "kustomization", "helmrelease", "add chart", "deploy helm chart"
Helm
Production-grade Helm 4 chart development, release management, and debugging. Use this skill when users ask to create Helm charts, deploy with Helm, manage releases (install/upgrade/rollback), push charts to OCI registries, debug failed deployments, configure chart dependencies, create umbrella charts, set up GitOps with Argo CD or Flux, or troubleshoot Helm issues. It auto-detects metadata from Dockerfiles and code, generates production-hardened charts using a library pattern, and complements the Kubernetes skill.
PreCommit
Pre-commit hooks framework for multi-language code quality automation. USE WHEN setting up pre-commit OR configuring git hooks OR adding linting OR code formatting OR security scanning OR Terraform validation OR Kubernetes manifests OR Helm charts OR Python linting OR JavaScript formatting. Manages .pre-commit-config.yaml, hook installation, and CI integration.
tempo
Guide for implementing Grafana Tempo - a high-scale distributed tracing backend for OpenTelemetry traces. Use when configuring Tempo deployments, setting up storage backends (S3, Azure Blob, GCS), writing TraceQL queries, deploying via Helm, understanding trace structure, or troubleshooting Tempo issues on Kubernetes.
external-urls
Hypera infrastructure URLs and endpoints reference. Use when a user asks about URLs, domains, ingress endpoints, cluster API servers, application URLs, Helm repositories, Git repositories, or needs to check connectivity to services. Provides quick lookup of all external URLs across environments (Hub/Dev/Prod) and clusters (cafehyna, loyalty, painelclientes, sonora).
pyroscope
Guide for Grafana Pyroscope continuous profiling. Use for Kubernetes Helm deployment, Go/Java/Python/.NET/Ruby/Node.js profiling, storage backends, trace-to-profile linking, and troubleshooting.
managing-infra
Infrastructure patterns for Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, and GitHub Actions. Use when making K8s architectural decisions, choosing between Helm vs Kustomize, structuring Terraform modules, writing CI/CD workflows, or applying security best practices.
loki
Guide for implementing Grafana Loki - a horizontally scalable, highly available log aggregation system. Use when configuring Loki deployments, setting up storage backends (S3, Azure Blob, GCS), writing LogQL queries, configuring retention and compaction, deploying via Helm, integrating with OpenTelemetry, or troubleshooting Loki issues on Kubernetes.
holmesgpt-skill
Guide for implementing HolmesGPT - an AI agent for troubleshooting cloud-native environments. Use when investigating Kubernetes issues, analyzing alerts from Prometheus/AlertManager/PagerDuty, performing root cause analysis, configuring HolmesGPT installations (CLI/Helm/Docker), setting up AI providers (OpenAI/Anthropic/Azure), creating custom toolsets, or integrating with observability platforms (Grafana, Loki, Tempo, DataDog).
diagnose-maestro-deployment
Diagnoses failed Maestro cluster deployments by analyzing Helm releases, pod status, and resource conflicts
strategy-advisor
Helps with product and business strategy using proven frameworks. Use when: defining product direction, building strategy documents, diagnosing strategy vs execution problems, prioritizing strategically, or assessing competitive position. Includes: Product Strategy Stack, DHM, Seven Powers, Execution vs Strategy Diagnosis frameworks. Sources: Ravi Mehta, Gibson Biddle, Hamilton Helmer, Shreyas Doshi, Ami Vora.
helm-chart-scaffolding
Design, organize, and manage Helm charts for templating and packaging Kubernetes applications with reusable configurations. Use when creating Helm charts, packaging Kubernetes applications, or implementing templated deployments.