# admission-control

Guides you through writing validators and mutators for grafana-app-sdk apps, so resources get checked and adjusted before they hit Kubernetes.

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- Author: grafana
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/grafana/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grafana-app-sdk/admission-control/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/admission-control

## What it does

The skill kicks in when you ask to write a validator, add validation, or implement admission control in a grafana-app-sdk app. It covers the two handler types: validation accepts or rejects a request and cannot touch the object, mutation edits the resource before it is persisted — setting defaults, for instance.

Inside you get the `Validator` and `Mutator` interfaces, Go examples, a table of `app.AdmissionRequest` fields, and common patterns: immutability checks, cross-field validation, verifying that a referenced resource exists. A separate section shows how to register handlers in `pkg/app/app.go` through `simple.NewApp` and `ManagedKinds`.

Handler code is the same whether the app runs as a standalone operator or inside `grafana/apps`; only the runtime differs. Standalone apps start their own webhook server, while `grafana/apps` apps get admission registered as a Kubernetes plugin. One thing to watch: mutation and validation must also be enabled in the kind's CUE definition via the `mutation.operations` and `validation.operations` fields, otherwise the handlers stay dormant. If `pkg/app/app.go` does not exist yet, the skill points to `grafana-app-sdk project component add operator` for scaffolding.

## Requirements
- Works with: Grafana

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill admission-control -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/admission-control/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/admission-control/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill admission-control -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/admission-control/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill admission-control -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/admission-control/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install grafana/skills admission-control
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/admission-control/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill admission-control -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/grafana/skills --path skills/grafana-app-sdk/admission-control
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/admission-control/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill admission-control -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/grafana/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grafana-app-sdk/admission-control/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- write a validator for a custom kind
- add a mutating webhook that sets default field values
- block a field from changing after creation
- check that a referenced resource exists before persisting
- register admission handlers in the app

## Example prompts
- write a validator for MyKind in grafana-app-sdk
- add a mutating webhook that defaults spec.description
- how do I implement admission control in a grafana-app-sdk app

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: admission-control
license: Apache-2.0
description: Use when the user asks to "write a validator", "add validation", "implement admission control", "write a mutating webhook", "add a mutation handler", "validate incoming resources", "implement admission logic", "add admission webhooks", "write ingress validation", or asks how to validate or mutate resources before they are persisted in a grafana-app-sdk app. Provides guidance on implementing validation and mutation admission handlers for grafana-app-sdk apps.
---

# Admission Control

Admission control intercepts resource create/update requests before they are persisted. In grafana-app-sdk there are two types:

- **Validation** — accept or reject a request; cannot modify the resource
- **Mutation** — modify the resource before it is persisted (e.g. set defaults, normalize fields)

The app business logic for admission is identical whether the app runs as a standalone operator or inside `grafana/apps`. The only difference is the runtime: standalone apps stand up their own webhook server; `grafana/apps` apps have admission auto-registered as a Kubernetes plugin.

## Getting Stubs

For standalone apps, if `pkg/app/app.go` does not yet exist, a stub App can be generated with:

```bash
grafana-app-sdk project component add operator
```

This creates scaffolded `simple.App` which admission handlers can be added to for each kind in `ManagedKinds`.

## Validator Interface

```go
// Implement this interface for each kind you want to validate
type Validator interface {
    Validate(ctx context.Context, request *app.AdmissionRequest) error
}
```

- Return `nil` to admit the request
- Return an error to reject it (the error message is returned to the API caller)
- `app.AdmissionRequest` provides access to the incoming object and operation type
- You can use `k8s.NewAdmissionError(err error, statusCode int, reason string)` (from `"github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk/k8s"`) to better control the returned error information

### Validator Example

```go
type MyKindValidator struct{}

func (v *MyKindValidator) Validate(ctx context.Context, req *app.AdmissionRequest) error {
    obj, ok := req.Object.(*v1.MyKind)
    if !ok {
        return fmt.Errorf("admission request object was of invalid type %T (expected *v1.MyKind)", req.Object)
    }

    // Validate spec fields
    if obj.Spec.Title == "" {
        return fmt.Errorf("spec.title is required")
    }

    if obj.Spec.Count < 0 {
````
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