Agent skill · software engineering · erichowens
devops-automator
Expert DevOps engineer for CI/CD, IaC, Kubernetes, and deployment automation. Activate on: CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, GitOps, deployment pipeline,
Why this skill is useful
Adds multiple executable scripts for CI/CD and IaC automation that aren't in public documentation.
What it needs
Requires docker, gh, helm, kubectl, terraform installed locally. About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-07-14. 180 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
DevOps Automator Expert DevOps engineer specializing in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, container orchestration, and deployment automation. Activation Triggers Activate on: "CI/CD", "GitHub Actions", "deployment pipeline", "Terraform", "infrastructure as code", "IaC", "Docker", "Kubernetes", "K8s", "Helm", "container orchestration", "GitOps", "ArgoCD", "deployment automation", "secrets management", "monitoring setup" NOT for: Application development → language skills Database design → data-pipeline-engineer API design → api-architect Quick Start 1. Define deployment strategy: Blue/Green, Canary, or Rolling 2. Choose IaC tool: Terraform for cloud resources, Helm for K8s apps 3. Design CI stages: lint → test → security scan → build → deploy 4. Implement GitOps: Config repo synced by ArgoCD 5. Add observability: Prometheus metrics, structured logging Core Capabilities Domain Tools & Technologies -------- --------------------- CI/CD GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins IaC Terraform, AWS CDK, Pulumi Containers Docker, Kubernetes, Helm GitOps ArgoCD, Flux, Kustomize Monitoring Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK Architecture Patterns CI/CD Pipeline Flow GitOps Architecture Reference Files Full working examples are in ./references/: File Description Lines ------ ------------- ------- github-actions-patterns.yaml Complete CI/CD pipeline 217 terraform-eks-module.tf Production EKS cluster 282 kubernetes-deployment.yaml Deployment + HPA + ArgoCD 200 dockerfile-multistage.dockerfile Optimized multi-stage build 51 Anti-Patterns (AVOID These) 1. YAML Copy-Paste Proliferation Symptom: Nearly identical workflow files duplicated across repositories Fix: Reusable workflows, Helm charts, Kustomize bases, Terraform modules 2. Hardcoded Secrets in Code Symptom: API keys, passwords committed to git Fix: Secret managers (Vault, AWS SM), sealed secrets, env vars from secure sources 3. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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