# kubernetes-deploying

This skill guides Kubernetes deployments with Deployments, Services, Ingress, configuration, secrets, health probes, and scaling.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 366 installs · ★ 868
- Author: spencerpauly
- License: CC0-1.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/HEAD/resources/kubernetes-deploying/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-02
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/kubernetes-deploying

## What it does

The skill lays out Kubernetes manifests for Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, and Secrets. Its examples cover container resources, environment variables, HTTP liveness and readiness probes, and reading a database URL from a Secret.

It also collects `kubectl` commands for applying files, checking rollout progress, viewing pods and logs, entering a pod, scaling, undoing a rollout, and forwarding a service port locally. The deployment section compares Rolling update, Recreate, Blue/green, and Canary, then shows a Horizontal Pod Autoscaler.

Do not commit plaintext secrets to Git. The skill points to Sealed Secrets, SOPS, or external secret managers for that case.

## Requirements
- Works with: Kubernetes

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill kubernetes-deploying -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill kubernetes-deploying -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill kubernetes-deploying -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills kubernetes-deploying
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill kubernetes-deploying -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --path resources/kubernetes-deploying
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill kubernetes-deploying -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/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/HEAD/resources/kubernetes-deploying/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build Deployment and Service manifests
- route traffic through a TLS Ingress
- add liveness and readiness probes
- scale a Deployment manually or with an HPA
- undo a failed Kubernetes rollout

## Example prompts
- Use the `kubernetes-deploying` skill to prepare manifests for the application in `k8s/`.
- Inspect the `my-app` Deployment, its pods, and its logs with `kubectl`.
- Configure a TLS Ingress, a readiness probe, and horizontal scaling for `my-app`.

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---
name: kubernetes-deploying
description: Deploy applications to Kubernetes — Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, health checks, and scaling.
user-invocable: true
---

# Kubernetes Deploying

Deploy and manage applications on Kubernetes.

## Core Resources

### Deployment

```yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: my-app
  labels:
    app: my-app
spec:
  replicas: 3
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: my-app
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: my-app
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: my-app
          image: my-registry/my-app:v1.2.3
          ports:
            - containerPort: 3000
          resources:
            requests:
              cpu: 100m
              memory: 128Mi
            limits:
              cpu: 500m
              memory: 512Mi
          livenessProbe:
            httpGet:
              path: /healthz
              port: 3000
            initialDelaySeconds: 10
            periodSeconds: 30
          readinessProbe:
            httpGet:
              path: /ready
              port: 3000
            initialDelaySeconds: 5
            periodSeconds: 10
          env:
            - name: DATABASE_URL
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: my-app-secrets
                  key: database-url
            - name: NODE_ENV
              value: production
```

### Service

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: my-app
spec:
  selector:
    app: my-app
  ports:
    - port: 80
      targetPort: 3000
  type: ClusterIP
```

### Ingress

```yaml
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: my-app
  annotations:
    cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: letsencrypt-prod
spec:
  tls:
    - hosts:
        - app.example.com
      secretName: my-app-tls
  rules:
    - host: app.example.com
      http:
        paths:
          - path: /
            pathType: Prefix
            backend:
              service:
                name: my-app
                port:
                  number: 80
```

### ConfigMap & Secret

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: my-app-config
data:
  LOG_LEVEL: info
  FEATURE_FLAGS: '{"darkMode": true}'
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: my-app-secrets
type: Opaque
stringData:
  database-url: postgresql://user:pass@host:5432/db
  api-key: sk-abc123
```

## Common Commands

```bash
# Apply manifests
kubectl apply -f k8s/

# Check deployment status
kubectl rollout status deployment/my-app

# View pods
kubectl get pods -l app=my-app

# View logs
kubectl logs -f deployment/my-app

# Execute into a pod
kubectl exec -it <pod-name> -- /bin/sh

# Scale
kubectl scale deployment/my-app --replicas=5

# Rollback
kubectl rollout undo deployment/my-app

# Port forward for local debugging
````
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