# reconciler-logic

Helps implement reconcilers and watchers for grafana-app-sdk applications. Guides reconcile loops, atomic status updates, and resource filters.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4200 installs · ★ 290
- Author: grafana
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/grafana/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grafana-app-sdk/reconciler-logic/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
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## What it does

The skill provides implementation patterns for async business logic in `grafana-app-sdk` projects. It guides you through writing `operator.TypedReconciler` handlers that react to resource creation, update, and deletion events. It also details generation-based skips via `LastObservedGeneration` and delayed retries using `RequeueAfter`.

Status writes require `resource.UpdateObject` instead of `client.Update`. Using plain `client.Update` sends the entire object and conflicts with concurrent spec edits, resulting in 409 Conflict errors.

The instructions also cover registering controllers inside `app.go`. You configure `BasicReconcileOptions` with `LabelFilters` and `FieldSelectors` to target matching resources, control namespace scope, and let `OpinionatedReconciler` manage finalizers automatically.

## Requirements
- Works with: Grafana

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install grafana/skills reconciler-logic
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/grafana/skills --path skills/grafana-app-sdk/reconciler-logic
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill reconciler-logic -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/grafana/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grafana-app-sdk/reconciler-logic/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- implement typed reconcile loops for grafana-app-sdk resources
- prevent 409 Conflict errors during status updates with resource.UpdateObject
- filter reconcile events using label and field selectors in BasicReconcileOptions
- wire reconcilers and operator controllers into app.go

## Example prompts
- Write a TypedReconciler for MyKind with atomic status updates via resource.UpdateObject
- How do I configure BasicReconcileOptions to filter by env=prod and register the reconciler in app.go?
- Implement a generation skip check using LastObservedGeneration and schedule a resync with RequeueAfter

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: reconciler-logic
license: Apache-2.0
description: Implement reconcilers and watchers for grafana-app-sdk apps — write `TypedReconciler[*MyKind]` reconcile functions, apply generation-based skip patterns, do conflict-safe status updates via `resource.UpdateObject`, configure `BasicReconcileOptions` (namespace, label/field filters, finalizer management), use `Watcher` for event-style handling, reconcile `UnmanagedKinds` (resources your app doesn't own), and register the whole thing in `app.go`. Use when writing a reconciler, implementing the reconcile loop, adding async business logic, handling create/update/delete events, processing resource state changes, scheduling periodic resyncs with `RequeueAfter`, picking between Watcher and Reconciler, or wiring a controller into `app.go` — even when the user says "process this resource", "handle X events", or "write a controller" without saying "reconciler".
---

# Reconciler Logic

Reconcilers are the async business-logic layer of a grafana-app-sdk app. The SDK enqueues a reconcile event when a resource is created, updated, or deleted; the reconciler observes the current state and drives the system toward the desired state.

## Common Workflows

### Implementing a new reconciler end-to-end

```bash
# 1. Generate operator stubs for a standalone app
grafana-app-sdk project component add operator

# 2. Implement the ReconcileFunc — see § TypedReconciler below for the pattern

# 3. Register the reconciler in app.go (see references/registration.md)

# 4. Generate, build, and verify it runs
grafana-app-sdk generate
go build ./...
go run ./cmd/operator   # tail logs — reconcile entries should appear when you kubectl-apply a resource
```

If the operator starts but no reconcile events fire when you create a resource:
- Check `BasicReconcileOptions.Namespace` matches the resource's namespace
- Check `BasicReconcileOptions.LabelFilters` / `FieldSelectors` — most "no events" issues are filter mismatches (`kubectl get <resource> -o yaml` to see labels)
- Confirm the reconciler was attached to the right (latest) version of the kind

## TypedReconciler — preferred pattern

`operator.TypedReconciler` handles type assertion and provides a strongly-typed `ReconcileFunc`:

```go
type MyKindReconciler struct {
    operator.TypedReconciler[*v1alpha1.MyKind]
    client resource.Client
}

func NewMyKindReconciler(client resource.Client) *MyKindReconciler {
    r := &MyKindReconciler{client: client}
    r.ReconcileFunc = r.reconcile  // wire the typed func
    return r
}

func (r *MyKindReconciler) reconcile(
    ctx context.Context,
    req operator.TypedReconcileRequest[*v1alpha1.MyKind],
) (operator.ReconcileResult, error) {
    obj := req.Object
````
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