upstash
You are an expert in Upstash, the serverless data platform for Redis, Kafka, and QStash. You help developers add caching, rate limiting, session storage, message queuing, and scheduled jobs to serverless and edge applications — with HTTP-based APIs that work on Vercel Edge, Cloudflare Workers, and AWS Lambda without persistent connections.
hashicorp-vault
Assists with managing secrets, encryption keys, and dynamic credentials using HashiCorp Vault. Use when configuring secret engines, setting up dynamic database credentials, implementing access policies, integrating with Kubernetes, or using Transit for encryption as a service. Trigger words: vault, secrets management, dynamic secrets, transit engine, pki, approle, vault agent.
k8s-cost-optimizer
Analyzes Kubernetes cluster resource allocation versus actual usage to find waste and generate right-sizing recommendations. Use when someone asks about Kubernetes costs, overprovisioned pods, resource requests/limits tuning, cluster efficiency, or cloud bill reduction for K8s workloads. Trigger words: k8s costs, pod resources, right-size, overprovisioned, resource waste, cluster optimization, CPU/memory requests.
kamal
Deploy web applications to any server with Kamal — zero-downtime Docker deployments without Kubernetes. Use when someone asks to "deploy to a VPS", "deploy without Kubernetes", "Kamal deploy", "simple Docker deployment", "deploy Rails/Node/Python to a server", "zero-downtime deployment to bare metal", or "replace Heroku with a VPS". Covers Docker-based deployment, zero downtime with Traefik, multi-server, secrets, and accessory services.
prd-v08-release-planning
Define release criteria, deployment environments, and rollback strategies during PRD v0.8 Deployment & Ops. Triggers on requests to plan releases, define deployment criteria, or when user asks "how do we deploy?", "release criteria", "deployment plan", "rollback strategy", "go-live checklist". Outputs DEP- entries with deployment steps and release criteria.
env-secrets-manager
Manages environment variables and secrets securely with encryption, rotation, and provider integration. Use when users request "secrets management", "environment variables", "API keys", "credentials storage", or "secret rotation".
kubernetes-manifest-generator
Generates Kubernetes manifests including Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Ingress, and HPA with best practices. Use when users request "Kubernetes setup", "K8s manifests", "deploy to Kubernetes", "container orchestration", or "K8s configuration".
overnight-off
Disable Kuma overnight autonomous mode and summarize what happened overnight.
replica-creation
Guidelines for implementing data loading in the Data layer (RepositoryImpl)
policyengine-vercel-deployment
Deploying PolicyEngine frontend apps to Vercel - naming, scope, team settings
vercel-expert
Vercel deployment patterns — environments, env vars, preview deployments, ISR, and edge config for Next.js
devops-engineer
Copilot agent that assists with CI/CD pipeline creation, infrastructure automation, Docker/Kubernetes deployment, and DevOps best practices Trigger terms: CI/CD, DevOps, pipeline, Docker, Kubernetes, deployment automation, containerization, infrastructure automation, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI Use when: User requests involve devops engineer tasks.
k8s-troubleshooting
Systematic Kubernetes troubleshooting for pods, nodes, networking, and scheduling.
cost-optimization
FinOps and cloud cost optimization for Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure.
antithesis-launch
Launch an Antithesis run with snouty by discovering the harness layout, building the right Docker Compose config, running `snouty validate`, bailing on validation failure, and then submitting `snouty run` with sane metadata. Use when the user wants to send, submit, or launch an Antithesis run. This skill takes duration in minutes as input.
deploy-helper
Assist with deployment workflow to production. Run pre-deploy checks, verify migrations, and validate deployment readiness. Use when deploying, releasing, pushing to production, or preparing a release.
kubernetes-best-practices
Provides production-ready Kubernetes manifest guidance including resource management, security, high availability, and configuration best practices. This skill should be used when working with Kubernetes YAML files, deployments, pods, services, or when users mention k8s, container orchestration, or cloud-native applications.
image-security-scanner
Scans Docker images for security vulnerabilities, outdated packages, and misconfigurations. Use when checking image security, finding vulnerabilities, or hardening containers.
load-balancer
Configures nginx load balancing with upstream servers, health checks, and failover strategies. Use when setting up load balancing, distributing traffic across multiple servers, or configuring upstream backends.