Agent skill · software engineering · personamanagmentlayer
devops-expert
Expert-level DevOps practices, culture, automation, and continuous delivery. Use when the user mentions CI/CD, automation, infrastructure, or culture, or when the task involves DevOps Culture or Culture & Process.
Why this skill is useful
Adds executable CI/CD pipeline configurations and IaC scripts that enhance automation capabilities beyond standard practices.
What it needs
Requires docker, kubectl, pulumi installed locally. About 5k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-03-30. 41 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
DevOps Expert Expert guidance for DevOps practices, culture, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and operational excellence. Core Concepts DevOps Culture Collaboration and communication Shared responsibility Continuous improvement Breaking down silos Blameless culture Measuring everything Automation Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Configuration management Deployment automation Testing automation Monitoring automation Self-service platforms CI/CD Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery Continuous Deployment Pipeline as Code Artifact management Release strategies CI/CD Pipeline Infrastructure as Code Deployment Strategies Configuration Management Monitoring and Observability Best Practices Culture & Process Foster collaboration between Dev and Ops Automate everything possible Measure and monitor continuously Practice blameless post-mortems Share knowledge and documentation Encourage experimentation Celebrate successes and learn from failures CI/CD Keep builds fast (<10 minutes) Run tests in parallel Use pipeline as code Implement automated rollbacks Require code review before merge Use trunk-based development Deploy small, frequent changes Infrastructure Use Infrastructure as Code Version everything (code, config, infrastructure) Implement disaster recovery Practice chaos engineering Use immutable infrastructure Automate security scanning Monitor cloud costs Anti-Patterns ❌ Manual deployments ❌ Configuration drift ❌ No automated testing ❌ Long-lived feature branches ❌ Blame culture ❌ Siloed teams ❌ Ignoring technical debt Resources The Phoenix Project: https://itrevolution.com/the-phoenix-project/ DevOps Handbook: https://itrevolution.com/the-devops-handbook/ State of DevOps Report: https://www.devops-research.com/research.html GitLab CI/CD: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/ GitHub Actions: https://docs.github.com/en/actions
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills personamanagmentlayer/devops-expert