# digitalocean-management

A skill for Claude, Codex and Cursor that walks through monitoring, uptime checks and Projects on DigitalOcean. Useful when you need alerts and operational visibility for droplets and clusters.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 438 installs · ★ 78
- Author: bobmatnyc
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills/tree/HEAD/toolchains/platforms/deployment/digitalocean-management/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-18
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/digitalocean-management

## What it does

The skill covers three areas of DigitalOcean: monitoring, uptime checks and Projects. Monitoring means enabling it for droplets and clusters, tracking CPU, memory and disk metrics, and setting alerts on critical thresholds. Uptime covers checks for URLs, hostnames and IPs, downtime and latency notifications, plus SSL expiry where it applies. Projects group resources by application or environment and set ownership boundaries.

There is a workflow inside: standardise projects and naming first, then enable monitoring with baseline alerts, add uptime checks for public endpoints, and review metrics after each deployment. The skill is not user-invocable and does not invoke the model — it is a reference with patterns.

It points to related skills from the same author for networking and load balancers, storage and snapshots, and managed databases. Those are optional; the skill works without them. If you already have your own naming scheme in the DigitalOcean console, check the Projects section first — a mismatch there tends to break alerting later.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill digitalocean-management -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill digitalocean-management -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill digitalocean-management -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills digitalocean-management
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill digitalocean-management -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --path toolchains/platforms/deployment/digitalocean-management
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill digitalocean-management -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/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills/tree/HEAD/toolchains/platforms/deployment/digitalocean-management/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- enable monitoring for droplets and clusters
- set alerts on critical CPU, memory and disk thresholds
- create uptime checks for URLs, hostnames and IPs
- track SSL certificate expiry
- group resources into projects by environment

## Example prompts
- Set up monitoring and alerts for my DigitalOcean droplets
- Create uptime checks for public endpoints with downtime notifications
- Organise resources into projects: staging and production separately

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: digitalocean-management
description: DigitalOcean management services for monitoring, uptime checks, and resource organization with Projects. Use when setting up observability, alerts, and operational visibility on DigitalOcean.
user-invocable: false
disable-model-invocation: true
progressive_disclosure:
  entry_point:
    summary: "DigitalOcean management services for monitoring, uptime checks, and resource organization with Projects. Use when setting up observability, alerts, and operational visibility on DigitalOcean."
    when_to_use: "When working with version control, branches, or pull requests."
    quick_start: "1. Review the core concepts below. 2. Apply patterns to your use case. 3. Follow best practices for implementation."
---
# DigitalOcean Management Skill

---
progressive_disclosure:
  entry_point:
    summary: "DigitalOcean management: Monitoring, Uptime checks, Projects for resource organization and operational visibility."
    when_to_use:
      - "When setting up monitoring and alerting"
      - "When organizing resources into projects"
      - "When tracking uptime for services"
    quick_start:
      - "Create Projects for each environment"
      - "Enable Monitoring and alerts"
      - "Configure Uptime checks"
      - "Review dashboards regularly"
  token_estimate:
    entry: 90-110
    full: 3200-4300
---

## Overview

DigitalOcean management services provide monitoring, uptime checks, and resource organization to keep workloads healthy and visible.

## Monitoring

- Enable monitoring for Droplets and clusters.
- Track CPU, memory, and disk metrics.
- Configure alerts for critical thresholds.

## Uptime

- Create checks for URLs, hostnames, and IPs.
- Set alert notifications for downtime and latency.
- Monitor SSL expiration where applicable.

## Projects

- Group resources by application or environment.
- Use Projects to scope ownership and visibility.

## Operational Workflow

- Standardize Projects and naming.
- Enable Monitoring and baseline alerts.
- Add Uptime checks for public endpoints.
- Review metrics and alerts after deployments.

## Complementary Skills

When using this skill, consider these related skills (if deployed):

- **digitalocean-networking**: Load balancers and DNS routing visibility.
- **digitalocean-storage**: Backup and snapshot strategy.
- **digitalocean-managed-databases**: Database metrics and alerts.
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