infra-helm-chart-development

What problem does it solve?

Many projects accumulate ad-hoc, hard-to-maintain Helm charts that cause deployment drift, unreliable upgrades, and operator confusion; this Skill standardizes chart structure, values, templating, validation, and publishing to produce reliable, auditable Helm packages.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Values Schema Validation: Define and validate JSON Schema for values.yaml to catch configuration errors early.
• Reusable Templates & Helpers: Centralize label, naming, and resource patterns in helper templates to enforce consistency.
• Linting, Rendering & Testing: Run helm lint, helm template, and chart testing to verify manifests before release.
• Versioning & Publishing: Enforce semantic chart versioning, dependency pinning, and publishable artifacts for OCI or repo registries.
• Environment Value Strategy & Security: Promote environment-specific values files, secret handling best practices, and RBAC/security guidance for safe installs.

Quick Start

Run the infra-helm-chart-development skill to assess or create a chart for your story, add a values schema and helper templates, lint and render the manifests, and produce the install/upgrade commands for the target environment.