goss

What problem does it solve?

This Skill eliminates the tedious, error-prone manual work of verifying server configurations, running services, open ports, and installed packages across development, staging, and production environments.

Core Features & Use Cases

• YAML Test Definitions: Write simple, human-readable tests for packages, services, ports, files, HTTP endpoints, and more without complex scripting.
• Auto-Test Generation: Use goss add and goss autoadd to automatically generate test cases from your current system state, cutting down on manual test writing effort.
• Use Case: Use this Skill to validate that a production server has the correct nginx configuration, running services, and open ports after a deployment, or to test Docker containers in your CI pipeline.

Quick Start

Use the goss skill to create and execute YAML-based validation tests to verify your server's nginx package is installed, the nginx service is running, and port 80 is listening.