eks-build SKILL.md skillA

eks-build from aws-samples/sample-apex-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add aws-samples/sample-apex-skills/eks-build@git:20261108.375760d

Pins git:20261108.375760d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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SKILL.md skill
Repository
aws-samples/sample-apex-skills
Path
skills/eks-build/SKILL.md
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git:20261108.375760d, committed Nov 8, 2026
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Repository stars
95
License
MIT-0

Use when building EKS clusters. Generates complete, production-ready Terraform projects with optional ArgoCD GitOps integration. Handles environment-specific constraints: air-gapped/VPC-endpoint-only networks, enterprise proxies, private container registries, compliance requirements. Supports 3 patterns: full Terraform, ArgoCD+Terraform, ArgoCD+ACK/KRO. Includes validated modules, two-phase webhook ordering, IRSA/Pod Identity, and 29+ addon configurations. Ask interactive questions or accept…

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

# EKS Build

Generate complete, production-ready EKS infrastructure projects. All generated code is `terraform apply`-ready with zero manual fixups.

All generated Terraform code MUST follow the conventions from these companion skills:

- **terraform-skill** -- resource block ordering, variable conventions, file organization, version constraints

## When to Use

- Generating EKS Terraform code from requirements (new project)
- Scaffolding EKS infrastructure with air-gapped, proxy, or compliance constraints
- Creating ArgoCD GitOps integration for EKS addon management
- Implementing two-phase webhook ordering for eks-blueprints-addons
- Configuring IRSA or Pod Identity for EKS workloads
- Generating ArgoCD ApplicationSets for addon lifecycle
- Creating Ralph loop validation configurations for EKS projects
- Adding custom addons (Kyverno, Prisma, New Relic) to an EKS project
- Choosing between or comparing deployment patterns (full Terraform vs ArgoCD+Terraform vs ArgoCD+ACK/KRO) for an actual build

## Don't Use

- Designing EKS architecture from requirements (use `eks-design`)
- General Terraform module development or testing (use `terraform-skill`)
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add aws-samples/sample-apex-skills/eks-build@sha256:a381d3a73e554cb2

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261108.375760d, 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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  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (18210 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • 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
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

aws-samples/sample-apex-skills · 95 stars · license MIT-0 · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_uyrjap7nlakpsnsk
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=aws-samples/sample-apex-skills/eks-build
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a381d3a73e554cb28d866c32b80c50454fb0ad0d90b1843860a7c409a5855ec2

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