Plan and implement infrastructure, CI/CD, container, deployment, observability, and operational configuration changes with least privilege, staged validation, and rollback awareness.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Operate Devops

skills CLI
$ npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill operate-devops -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins operate-devops --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/Phelan164/codex-howto/skills/operate-devops .claude/skills/operate-devops && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
operate-devops
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~618 tokens
SKILL.md length
243 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
736
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Plan and implement infrastructure, CI/CD, container, deployment, observability, and operational configuration changes with least privilege, staged validation, and rollback awareness.

  • Works in 8 steps: Read repository and environment guidance… → Identify the target environment, current… → Separate diagnosis, proposed change,… → …
  • Infrastructure as code
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow, Guardrails, Change safety and Verification, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Operate Devops is an agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins. Plan and implement infrastructure, CI/CD, container, deployment, observability, and operational configuration changes with least privilege, staged validation, and rollback awareness. Use for pipelines, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, containers, release automation, monitoring, and production-readiness work; do not use to perform destructive production actions without explicit authorization.

Its SKILL.md is about 620 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml` and `references/change-safety.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Infrastructure as code, Container orchestration and CI/CD. It works with Kubernetes. The repository describes itself as: A curated list of awesome OpenAI Codex / ChatGPT plugins, skills, and resources. The 1 Codex Marketplace. See live plugins at: https://hol.org/plugins/best-codex-plugins. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Infrastructure as code
  • Release automation
  • Production-readiness work
  • Do not use to perform destructive production actions without explicit authorization

Example prompts

  • “/operate-devops”

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read repository and environment guidance before changing configuration.
  2. Identify the target environment, current state, owning tool, blast radius, and approval boundary.
  3. Separate diagnosis, proposed change, apply, verification, and rollback.
  4. Prefer a dry run, plan, diff, render, lint, or local build before any apply step.
  5. Make the smallest reversible change.
  6. Validate configuration syntax and policy.
  7. Test failure behavior and rollback in the safest available environment.
  8. Review the diff for secrets, broad permissions, unpinned behavior, and unintended targets.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 16b4156. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Operate Devops loads about 618 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 103 tokens; SKILL.md has 243 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~103
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~618
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins at commit 16b4156, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© hashgraph-online). 243 words, ~618 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/operate-devops/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
operate-devops
description
Plan and implement infrastructure, CI/CD, container, deployment, observability, and operational configuration changes with least privilege, staged validation, and rollback awareness. Use for pipelines, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, containers, release automation, monitoring, and production-readiness work; do not use to perform destructive production actions without explicit authorization.

Operate DevOps

Workflow

  1. Read repository and environment guidance before changing configuration.
  2. Identify the target environment, current state, owning tool, blast radius, and approval boundary.
  3. Separate diagnosis, proposed change, apply, verification, and rollback.
  4. Prefer a dry run, plan, diff, render, lint, or local build before any apply step.
  5. Make the smallest reversible change.
  6. Validate configuration syntax and policy.
  7. Test failure behavior and rollback in the safest available environment.
  8. Review the diff for secrets, broad permissions, unpinned behavior, and unintended targets.

Guardrails

  • Confirm account, cluster, subscription, region, namespace, and environment before state-changing commands.
  • Keep credentials out of code, command output, and generated artifacts.
  • Use least-privilege identities and scoped approvals.
  • Do not silently apply infrastructure because a plan succeeded.
  • Do not delete, force-replace, rotate, deploy, or migrate live resources without explicit authorization.
  • Preserve a recovery path for availability, routing, storage, and identity changes.
  • Do not weaken security controls merely to make automation pass.
  • Treat third-party actions, base images, and pipeline dependencies as supply-chain inputs.

Change safety

Read references/change-safety.md for deployment, infrastructure, CI, secret, permission, or data-path changes.

Verification

Use repository-native commands in this order:

text
format/lint → validate/render → plan/diff → policy tests → staged rollout check

Report exactly which environment was inspected and which commands were not run.

Acceptance criteria

  • Target and blast radius are explicit.
  • A preview or equivalent validation was inspected.
  • Credentials and permissions follow least privilege.
  • Rollback or roll-forward steps are concrete.
  • Monitoring proves success and detects regression.
  • The final report separates proposed, executed, and unverified actions.

© hashgraph-online, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in plugins/Phelan164/codex-howto/skills/operate-devops of hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/change-safety.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 16b4156

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Questions about Operate Devops

What does Operate Devops do?

Plan and implement infrastructure, CI/CD, container, deployment, observability, and operational configuration changes with least privilege, staged validation, and rollback awareness. Operate Devops is an agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins. Plan and implement infrastructure, CI/CD, container, deployment, observability, and operational configuration changes with least privilege, staged validation, and rollback awareness.

When should I use Operate Devops?

Operate Devops fits situations like: infrastructure as code; release automation; production-readiness work; do not use to perform destructive production actions without explicit authorization.

How do I install Operate Devops in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill operate-devops -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/Phelan164/codex-howto/skills/operate-devops in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins) into .claude/skills/operate-devops in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Operate Devops in Codex?

Run `npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill operate-devops -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/Phelan164/codex-howto/skills/operate-devops in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins) into .agents/skills/operate-devops in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Operate Devops in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill operate-devops -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/operate-devops, .gemini/skills/operate-devops, .github/skills/operate-devops and .opencode/skills/operate-devops in your project.

What does Operate Devops need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Operate Devops is instructions for the agent only.

Does Operate Devops access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Operate Devops safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Operate Devops use?

Operate Devops is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Operate Devops use?

About 618 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 627 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Operate Devops?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Operate Devops: Cloud Devops (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars), Devops Iac Engineer (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars), Platform Engineering (magnus919/agent-skills, 111 stars) and Devops Engineer (Yikai-Liao/symusic, 189 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Operate Devops?

hashgraph-online (a GitHub organization) maintains it in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins, which has 1,232 GitHub stars. The repository holds 736 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.