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DevOps Guidelines Checklist

Gives the agent DevOps best practices for deploys, Docker, CI/CD, health checks, rollbacks and releases

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github/awesome-copilot
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40,703
Licence
MIT
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1 file

What it does

This is a reference guide that teaches an AI agent standard DevOps practices. When you ask for help designing or reviewing how software gets deployed, the agent follows the guide's advice: pinned Docker image tags, health endpoints, safe rollout strategies like canary or blue-green, feature-flag lifecycles, environment-variable configuration, and rollback steps for Kubernetes, Vercel, Docker and mobile app releases. It only applies the sections relevant to your situation and skips the rest. It does not run any commands or change your systems by itself.

Great for

  • Developers reviewing a Dockerfile, CI/CD pipeline or Kubernetes setup before shipping
  • Teams writing a production-readiness checklist or deployment runbook
  • Engineers preparing iOS or Android releases with EAS or Fastlane

Skip it if

  • Anyone expecting the agent to deploy or change live infrastructure; this skill contains only guidance and no tools that act on systems
  • Complex or regulated environments needing a full security audit; the checklist is generic and not a substitute for expert review

Try asking

  • “Review my Dockerfile and tell me what to fix for production”
  • “Design a CI/CD pipeline with lint, tests, staging and smoke tests”
  • “Create a pre-deploy and post-deploy checklist for our Kubernetes service”
  • “Write a feature-flag rollout plan with owners and expiry dates”
Step-by-step guide: how to use DevOps Guidelines ChecklistInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    gem-devops-guidelines.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip gem-devops-guidelines.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip gem-devops-guidelines.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Describe your workload, hosting provider and environment up front so the agent picks the relevant sections.
  • Ask for a review against a specific file or pipeline config rather than general advice, for more concrete fixes.
  • Treat the output as a starting checklist and verify tool-specific commands such as kubectl or eas against current documentation.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from github/awesome-copilot under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.