gke-golden-path SKILL.md skillA
gke-golden-path from gke-labs/kube-agents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add gke-labs/kube-agents/gke-golden-path@git:20261010.fbd1f7dPins git:20261010.fbd1f7d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- gke-labs/kube-agents
- Path
third_party/google-skills/gke-golden-path/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261010.fbd1f7d, committed Oct 10, 2026
- Size
- 6,039 bytes
- Repository stars
- 124
- License
- Apache-2.0
Provides GKE golden path configuration defaults, production readiness checklists, and cluster default patterns. Use when designing GKE clusters, verifying GKE production readiness, or checking configurations against GKE defaults. Don't use for setting up workload autoscaling specifically (use gke-workload-scaling instead).
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# GKE Golden Path Configuration
The golden path is the recommended Autopilot configuration for production
clusters. It defines sensible defaults — when the user requests different
settings, apply them and note relevant trade-offs.
> **MCP Tools:** `get_cluster`, `create_cluster`, `update_cluster`
## Rules
1. **Default to the golden path.** Use golden path values unless the user
requests otherwise. When deviating, note trade-offs but respect the user's
choice.
2. **Day-0 vs Day-1.** Flag Day-0 decisions (networking, private nodes,
subnets, IP allocation) prominently — they are hard/impossible to change
after creation.
3. **Tool preference: MCP > gcloud > kubectl.** MCP is preferred as it directly
interfaces with GKE APIs with structured data, reducing shell syntax errors
and parsing ambiguities. See the `gke-basics` skill's CLI reference for full
coverage matrix and override options. If the user
says "use gcloud" or "use kubectl", respect that for the session.
4. **Document decisions and rationale**, especially for Day-0 choices and
golden path deviations.
## Required Inputs
If the user is unsure, use golden path defaults.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add gke-labs/kube-agents/gke-golden-path@sha256:cde697d895551233The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261010.fbd1f7d, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_g64vxbgrvaknhlxf)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 10, 2026.
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- pass: Frontmatter block present
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- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
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- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
gke-labs/kube-agents · 124 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_g64vxbgrvaknhlxf GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gke-labs/kube-agents/gke-golden-path GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/cde697d8955512338969078944fe6d1306bc9a88251ac25914849d2fa7f3aa60
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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