Kubernetes Specialist
Guides an agent through writing, securing, and debugging Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, and GitOps setups.
- Repository
- Jeffallan/claude-skills
- Stars
- 12,176
- Licence
- MIT
- Files
- 12 files
What it does
Once installed, the agent follows a structured Kubernetes workflow: it analyzes workload needs, writes declarative YAML with resource limits, health probes, dedicated service accounts, least-privilege RBAC and NetworkPolicies, and checks rollouts with kubectl. For deeper topics it loads reference guides on storage, Helm, service meshes, GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux), custom operators, cost optimization, and multi-cluster setups. It is guidance and templates; the agent still needs access to a cluster to act on it.
Great for
- Developers who need production-style Kubernetes manifests, RBAC, or NetworkPolicies drafted quickly
- Platform or DevOps engineers reviewing whether a workload setup follows security and resource best practices
- Teams debugging pod crashes or right-sizing resource limits who want a systematic checklist
Skip it if
- Teams that will apply generated manifests straight to production without review, since the examples are generic and must be adapted and tested
- Beginners with no cluster access who only want theory; the skill's value depends on real cluster context
- Anyone expecting the skill to verify a live cluster on its own; the files contain guidance and examples, not automated checks
Try asking
- “Create a Deployment and Service for my Node.js app with resource limits, probes, and a dedicated service account”
- “Write a default-deny NetworkPolicy and then allow traffic only from the frontend pods”
- “Debug why my pod keeps crashing with CrashLoopBackOff and suggest fixes”
- “Help me package this app as a Helm chart with values for dev and prod”
Install in 3 steps
- 1
Download the skill
The ZIP contains the 12 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.
kubernetes-specialist.zip - 2
Add it to your agent
Claude Code (all projects)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip kubernetes-specialist.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)
mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip kubernetes-specialist.zip -d .claude/skills/Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.
- 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 actual manifests, error logs, or kubectl output so it can tailor fixes instead of generic templates.
- Review every generated RBAC rule and NetworkPolicy before applying, and test in a non-production namespace first.
- Specify your cluster type (EKS, GKE, AKS, on-prem) and mesh or GitOps tool so the advice matches your environment.
What's inside
- references/configuration.md
- references/cost-optimization.md
- references/custom-operators.md
- references/gitops.md
- references/helm-charts.md
- references/multi-cluster.md
- references/networking.md
- references/service-mesh.md
- references/storage.md
- references/troubleshooting.md
- references/workloads.md
- SKILL.md
Redistributed unmodified from Jeffallan/claude-skills 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.