kubernetes-containers SKILL.md skillA
kubernetes-containers from d-padmanabhan/agent-engineering-handbook is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add d-padmanabhan/agent-engineering-handbook/kubernetes-containers@git:20260920.ae77260Pins git:20260920.ae77260 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- d-padmanabhan/agent-engineering-handbook
- Path
skills/kubernetes-containers/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20260920.ae77260, committed Sep 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 1, 2026
- Size
- 9,296 bytes
- Repository stars
- 20
- License
- MIT
Kubernetes, Helm, and Argo CD best practices for container orchestration. Covers deployments, services, RBAC, resource management, Helm charts, GitOps synchronization, Podtrace runtime debugging, and production patterns. Use when working with Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, Argo CD sync policies, kubectl commands, Podtrace, or when asking about container orchestration, pod configuration, GitOps, or cluster management.
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
# Kubernetes & Containers ## Core Concepts - **Pods**: Smallest deployable units - **Deployments**: Declarative pod management - **Services**: Network abstraction - **ConfigMaps/Secrets**: Configuration injection - **RBAC**: Access control ## Essential Commands ```bash # Context & Namespace kubectl config get-contexts kubectl config use-context prod kubectl get pods -n my-namespace # Pod Operations kubectl get pods -o wide kubectl describe pod <pod-name> kubectl logs <pod-name> -f --tail=100 kubectl exec -it <pod-name> -- /bin/sh # Apply & Delete kubectl apply -f manifest.yaml kubectl delete -f manifest.yaml kubectl rollout restart deployment/<name> # Kustomize kubectl kustomize overlays/dev kubectl diff -k overlays/dev kubectl apply -k overlays/dev # Debugging kubectl get events --sort-by='.lastTimestamp' kubectl top pods kubectl port-forward svc/my-service 8080:80 # Podtrace runtime diagnostics podtrace -n my-namespace my-pod podtrace -n my-namespace my-pod --diagnose 20s podtrace -n my-namespace my-pod --metrics ``` ## Podtrace Use `podtrace` for on-demand eBPF diagnostics when `kubectl describe`, logs, and standard metrics do not explain pod behavior. …
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How to install
mdr add d-padmanabhan/agent-engineering-handbook/kubernetes-containers@sha256:247a958eca2c174aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260920.ae77260, 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.
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| git:20260920.ae77260 latest | 2026-09-20 | ae77260 | 9,296 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260911.25e122a | 2026-09-11 | 25e122a | 8,713 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260819.d23bb73 | 2026-08-19 | d23bb73 | 8,304 B | A | view · diff |
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| git:20260601.480fbf0 | 2026-06-01 | 480fbf0 | 7,651 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
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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
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- 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
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
d-padmanabhan/agent-engineering-handbook · 20 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gsrgm32ujmpoq54y GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=d-padmanabhan/agent-engineering-handbook/kubernetes-containers GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/247a958eca2c174a7117a2ca54f029fd095cc11ab5636cf06bf2ae3580725a21
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