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Helm Chart Engineering

Lets the agent design, template, and maintain Kubernetes Helm charts following best practices.

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Repository
RightNow-AI/openfang
Stars
18,243
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
1 file

What it does

Once installed, the agent works like a Kubernetes engineer focused on Helm, the packaging tool for Kubernetes applications. It structures charts with reusable named templates, configurable values files, dependency handling, hooks, and environment-specific overrides, and it warns about common mistakes such as hardcoded namespaces, secrets in committed values files, and missing resource limits. It only writes and explains chart code; the skill file itself contains no executable scripts.

Great for

  • Developers packaging their own applications for Kubernetes with Helm
  • Platform or DevOps teams standardising charts across dev, staging and production
  • Engineers reviewing or refactoring an existing Helm chart for best practices

Skip it if

  • People with no Kubernetes or Helm experience, since the output assumes working knowledge of cluster deployments and will not teach the basics (a beginner would need to learn Kubernetes first)
  • Running live production changes without review: the skill gives guidance and generated chart code, and a wrong chart or helm command can disrupt real deployments

Try asking

  • “Create a Helm chart for my Node.js API with configurable replicas, ingress and resource limits”
  • “Add a pre-install hook to my chart that runs database migrations before the deployment starts”
  • “Set up values-dev, values-staging and values-prod overlays for this chart”
  • “Review my Helm templates and point out hardcoded namespaces or secrets in values.yaml”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Helm Chart EngineeringInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    helm.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip helm.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip helm.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

  • Give the agent your existing chart files or directory structure so it can match your naming conventions and values layout.
  • Ask it to run helm lint and helm template yourself before any helm install, and use --atomic in CI as the skill recommends.
  • Keep secrets out of values files: tell the agent which secret manager your cluster uses so it can wire up External Secrets or Sealed Secrets.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from RightNow-AI/openfang under the Apache-2.0 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.