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k8s-at-home-research from tanguille/cluster is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

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mdr add tanguille/cluster/k8s-at-home-research@git:20260911.093c4fb

Pins git:20260911.093c4fb in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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SKILL.md skill
Repository
tanguille/cluster
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.agents/skills/k8s-at-home-research/SKILL.md
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Latest version
git:20260911.093c4fb, committed Sep 11, 2026
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Jun 8, 2026
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Repository stars
15
License
MIT

Research Kubernetes GitOps patterns from public GitHub repositories tagged `k8s-at-home` and adapt findings to this cluster. Use before adding or upgrading apps, writing HelmRelease/Kustomization/HTTPRoute/PVC/backup manifests, comparing chart values, or investigating how homelab clusters configure an application. user: "How do homelab clusters deploy X?" → Search topic repos, cite exemplar manifests user: "Find k8s-at-home examples for jellyfin" → Shortlist repos, compare HelmRelease patterns…

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

# k8s-at-home research

## When to use

- Real-world examples before authoring or upgrading cluster manifests.
- Comparing chart values, probes, persistence, routes, backups, or secrets patterns.
- User names an app and asks how k8s-at-home / homelab repos configure it.

Research is **advisory**: never copy secrets, domains, cluster-specific IDs, or unreviewed defaults verbatim.

## Workflow

1. **Define target** — app aliases; resource type (`HelmRelease`, `HTTPRoute`, `ReplicationSource`, …); chart/image; namespace.
2. **Discover repos** — `topic:k8s-at-home` shortlist (5–10), inspect top 3–5. Query recipes: [references/research-workflow.md](references/research-workflow.md).
3. **Compare exemplars** — chart/version, values, probes, securityContext, resources, persistence, routes, env, secrets, Flux intervals/deps/postBuild.
4. **Adapt to this cluster** — `kubernetes/apps/<namespace>/<app>/` with `ks.yaml`; `${SECRET_DOMAIN}`; internal `HTTPRoute` parentRef `envoy-internal` in `network`; Reloader when config-backed; `Recreate` for RWO `ceph-block`; SOPS only.
5. **Report with evidence** — cite repo/path per recommendation.

## Tool routing
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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add tanguille/cluster/k8s-at-home-research@sha256:0d79f669d194e59e

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260911.093c4fb, 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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A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3607 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

tanguille/cluster · 15 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_y5w6zir3rlbbx6xd
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tanguille/cluster/k8s-at-home-research
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0d79f669d194e59e53f7380b62b77a29a9fabfe5333d3d5e3096e7dcbb83188b

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