# northflank

A skill that teaches your agent to run Northflank workloads: services, jobs, managed databases and release flows through the API, CLI or JS client.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 889 installs · ★ 38
- Author: northflank
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/northflank/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/northflank/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/northflank

## What it does

The skill lays out Northflank's building blocks for the agent: projects map to Kubernetes namespaces, services hold stateless workloads, add-ons cover managed databases, jobs run on a schedule or on demand. Secret groups, volumes and IaC templates are in there too, so the agent picks the right object instead of guessing.

Three routes are covered. A connected MCP server exposes guided tools such as `deploy_app` and `deploy_job`. The CLI rides on your existing `northflank login` session. The JS client `@northflank/js-client` and REST are for code you plan to keep. The hosted endpoint is `https://mcp.northflank.com/mcp` and expects `Authorization: Bearer <team API token>`. Installing the skill does not wire up MCP or hand over account access — that setup is separate, and credentials belong in the client's secret storage or your process environment, not in chat or a committed file.

Deletion gets its own section, and the skill insists on confirming each destructive call by name. That matters most for add-ons: dropping one wipes the database unless a recent backup exists, so the agent asks for the add-on name and whether a backup is in place first. Workload tokens pinned as a static environment value will not refresh on their own; you need a client that re-reads the mounted token or retries after an auth failure.

## Requirements
- Works with: Kubernetes

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install northflank/skills northflank
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/northflank/skills --path skills/northflank
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add northflank/skills --skill northflank -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/northflank/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/northflank/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- deploy a service from Git or a prebuilt image
- attach a managed database as an add-on
- schedule a recurring job
- trace why a service or add-on keeps failing
- move secrets into a secret group instead of the repo

## Example prompts
- Deploy the service from my repo into project `my-project`
- Create a managed database and wire it to my service
- Why does the `cleanup` job fail? Pull the logs and events

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