# digitalocean-overview

This skill maps DigitalOcean accounts, projects, services, and tooling so you can plan a setup through the Control Panel, doctl, REST API, or Terraform.

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- 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-overview/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-18
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/digitalocean-overview

## What it does

The skill covers DigitalOcean accounts, teams, projects, and service selection. It helps map workloads to compute, storage, managed databases, networking, monitoring, and access management. Projects can group resources by application, environment, or team, with naming conventions that make ownership easier to track.

It describes four entry points: the Control Panel for interactive work, `doctl` for command-line automation, the REST API for internal tooling, and Terraform for infrastructure as code. Related skills cover Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform, while deeper DigitalOcean material is split across compute, storage, containers, databases, networking, management, and teams.

Automation requires API tokens, and SSH access to Droplets requires SSH keys. Check the account security settings before provisioning, including 2FA and secure sign-in.

## Requirements
- Works with: Terraform

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill digitalocean-overview -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-overview/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- set up a DigitalOcean account and access
- organize resources across projects and environments
- select compute, storage, and database services
- connect `doctl`, the REST API, or Terraform
- prepare API tokens and SSH keys

## Example prompts
- Use the `digitalocean-overview` skill to propose a DigitalOcean project structure for this application and its environments.
- Compare DigitalOcean options for running this service and explain where `doctl`, the REST API, and Terraform fit.
- Give me an account setup sequence for DigitalOcean covering the team, security, SSH keys, and API tokens.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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      - "When onboarding to DigitalOcean or planning architecture"
      - "When selecting DigitalOcean services for a workload"
      - "When setting up teams, projects, and automation"
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      - "Create a project in the Control Panel"
      - "Generate API tokens and add SSH keys"
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## Overview

DigitalOcean provides cloud services for compute, storage, networking, and managed databases, plus monitoring and team management. Use the Control Panel, doctl CLI, REST API, or Terraform for provisioning and operations.

## Platform Entry Points

- **Control Panel**: Use the web UI for interactive provisioning and monitoring.
- **doctl CLI**: Automate resource creation and lifecycle management.
- **REST API**: Integrate provisioning into internal tooling.
- **Terraform**: Manage infrastructure as code.

## Account and Access Setup

- Create a team and configure billing and access.
- Enable account security settings (2FA and secure sign-in).
- Add SSH keys for Droplet access.
- Create API tokens for automation and CI/CD.

## Project Organization

- Use Projects to group resources by application, environment, or team.
- Standardize naming to simplify search and ownership.

## DigitalOcean Skill Map
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