# kubernetes-ops

A skill that gives your agent ready YAML for Kubernetes workloads plus the kubectl commands to debug and scale them.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 391 installs · ★ 1177
- Author: devops-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills/tree/HEAD/devops/orchestration/kubernetes-ops/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/kubernetes-ops

## What it does

The skill carries templates for the objects you touch most: a Deployment with probes and resource limits, a Service as ClusterIP or LoadBalancer, an Ingress with TLS, ConfigMap and Secret, PVC, StatefulSet, Job, CronJob and NetworkPolicy. It is a reference the agent reads, not a tool that talks to your cluster on its own.

Debugging gets its own section. Logs with `--tail` and a container flag, `kubectl exec`, `kubectl port-forward`, `kubectl debug` with a `busybox` image, events sorted by timestamp. Scaling covers both the manual `kubectl scale` and a HorizontalPodAutoscaler watching CPU and memory.

You need `kubectl` installed and pointed at a cluster. Without a live context the skill stays a manifest reference, because there is nowhere to run `kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml`. Secrets in the examples use `stringData`, so keep real values out of the manifest file.

The same skill installs into six platforms, Claude, Codex and Cursor among them.

## Requirements
- Works with: Kubernetes

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill kubernetes-ops -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill kubernetes-ops -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill kubernetes-ops -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills kubernetes-ops
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill kubernetes-ops -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --path devops/orchestration/kubernetes-ops
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill kubernetes-ops -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/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills/tree/HEAD/devops/orchestration/kubernetes-ops/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- write a Deployment manifest with probes and resource limits
- expose a service through a LoadBalancer or an Ingress
- find out why a pod keeps restarting
- move config and secrets out of the image into ConfigMap and Secret
- set up autoscaling on CPU and memory

## Example prompts
- write a Deployment for myapp with three replicas and a livenessProbe on /health
- how do I check the logs of a crashing pod and shell into it with kubectl exec
- set up an HPA for myapp between 2 and 10 replicas on CPU load

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: kubernetes-ops
description: Deploy, scale, and manage Kubernetes workloads. Create deployments, services, and configurations, manage cluster resources, troubleshoot pods, and implement production-ready Kubernetes patterns. Use when working with Kubernetes clusters, K8s deployments, or container orchestration.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: devops-skills
  version: "1.0"
---

# Kubernetes Operations

Deploy and manage containerized applications on Kubernetes clusters.

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:
- Deploying applications to Kubernetes
- Managing pods, deployments, and services
- Configuring resource limits and scaling
- Troubleshooting Kubernetes workloads
- Setting up networking and ingress

## Prerequisites

- kubectl installed and configured
- Access to a Kubernetes cluster
- Basic understanding of containers

## Core Resources

### Deployment

```yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: myapp
  labels:
    app: myapp
spec:
  replicas: 3
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: myapp
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: myapp
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: myapp
        image: myapp:1.0.0
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8080
        resources:
          requests:
            memory: "128Mi"
            cpu: "100m"
          limits:
            memory: "256Mi"
            cpu: "500m"
        livenessProbe:
          httpGet:
            path: /health
            port: 8080
          initialDelaySeconds: 10
          periodSeconds: 10
        readinessProbe:
          httpGet:
            path: /ready
            port: 8080
          initialDelaySeconds: 5
          periodSeconds: 5
        env:
        - name: DATABASE_URL
          valueFrom:
            secretKeyRef:
              name: myapp-secrets
              key: database-url
```

### Service

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: myapp
spec:
  selector:
    app: myapp
  ports:
  - port: 80
    targetPort: 8080
  type: ClusterIP
---
# LoadBalancer for external access
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: myapp-external
spec:
  selector:
    app: myapp
  ports:
  - port: 80
    targetPort: 8080
  type: LoadBalancer
```

### Ingress

```yaml
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: myapp
  annotations:
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /
spec:
  ingressClassName: nginx
  tls:
  - hosts:
    - myapp.example.com
    secretName: myapp-tls
  rules:
  - host: myapp.example.com
    http:
      paths:
      - path: /
````
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