Agent skill

Castai Prod Checklist

by jeremylongshore in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

Run a fail-closed production-readiness review for a CAST AI cluster before enabling or expanding automation.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Castai Prod Checklist

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill castai-prod-checklist -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace castai-prod-checklist --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/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/castai-prod-checklist .claude/skills/castai-prod-checklist && 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
castai-prod-checklist
GitHub stars
2.8k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
426 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
3,342
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Run a fail-closed production-readiness review for a CAST AI cluster before enabling or expanding automation.

  • Works in 6 steps: Verify identity and ownership → Verify installation and access → Verify scaling guardrails → …
  • Deciding onboarding approval
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Prerequisites, Instructions and Tool Discipline, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Castai Prod Checklist is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Run a fail-closed production-readiness review for a CAST AI cluster before enabling or expanding automation. Use when deciding onboarding approval, control-plane migration, or rollout between cluster rings. Trigger with: "review CAST AI for production", "CAST AI go-live checklist", "approve CAST AI automation".

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/official-docs.md`). Compatibility notes: Requires access to the target cluster, declared infrastructure source, application SLOs, and change-management evidence

It sits in DevOps & Cloud. It works with Bash. The repository describes itself as: Model-agnostic agent-skills platform with a harness-free canonical layer, verified adapters, and the ccpi package manager. Explore at tonsofskills.com. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Deciding onboarding approval
  • Control-plane migration
  • Rollout between cluster rings
  • With: review CAST AI for production

Example prompts

  • “review CAST AI for production”
  • “CAST AI go-live checklist”
  • “approve CAST AI automation”
  • “/castai-prod-checklist”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires access to the target cluster, declared infrastructure source, application SLOs, and change-management evidence
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Write, Edit, Bash(kubectl:*), Bash(helm:*), Bash(terraform:*), Bash(castctl:*)

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Verify identity and ownership
  2. Verify installation and access
  3. Verify scaling guardrails
  4. Verify cost and reporting
  5. Verify delivery and rollback
  6. Make the decision

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Grep
    • Write
    • Edit
    • Bash(kubectl:*)
    • Bash(helm:*)
    • Bash(terraform:*)
    • Bash(castctl:*)

    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

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • docs.cast.ai

    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.

  • Compatibility

    Requires access to the target cluster, declared infrastructure source, application SLOs, and change-management evidence

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Castai Prod Checklist loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 426 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~84
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.4k

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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 426 words, ~1,129 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/castai-prod-checklist/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
castai-prod-checklist
description
Run a fail-closed production-readiness review for a CAST AI cluster before enabling or expanding automation. Use when deciding onboarding approval, control-plane migration, or rollout between cluster rings. Trigger with: "review CAST AI for production", "CAST AI go-live checklist", "approve CAST AI automation".
allowed-tools
Read, Grep, Write, Edit, Bash(kubectl:*), Bash(helm:*), Bash(terraform:*), Bash(castctl:*)
compatibility
Requires access to the target cluster, declared infrastructure source, application SLOs, and change-management evidence
version
2.0.0
argument-hint
[cluster-and-change-record]
model
inherit
effort
high
license
MIT
author
Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>
tags
saas, kubernetes, cast-ai, production-readiness, governance

CAST AI Production Readiness Gate

Overview

Approve production only when identity, ownership, connectivity, observability, scaling safety, cost interpretation, rollback, and evidence are all explicit. An unchecked or unknown item is a stop, not a soft pass.

Prerequisites

  • Exact production kube context and CAST AI organization/region
  • Reviewed infrastructure plan and pinned artifacts
  • Workload owners, SLOs, PDBs, HPAs, quotas, and maintenance window
  • Incident, rollback, and support escalation owners

Instructions

Step 1: Verify identity and ownership

Use Read and Grep to prove cluster, organization, region, cloud account, IaC source, reconcilers, and secret references. Confirm one owner for node provisioning, vertical rightsizing, and each HPA.

Step 2: Verify installation and access

Use Bash(castctl:) for supported version or status inspection, Bash(helm:) for pinned release evidence, and Bash(kubectl:*) for component readiness and warning events. Confirm least-privilege cloud permissions and required outbound connectivity.

Step 3: Verify scaling guardrails

Review node templates, maximum CPU, cloud quotas, protected namespaces, workload policy assignment, minimum/maximum requests, apply mode, recommendation confidence, PDB behavior, HPA bounds, and ownership transfer. Reject deprecated cluster minimum CPU configuration.

Step 4: Verify cost and reporting

Confirm baseline source, representative data window, public versus adjusted prices, automation adoption, and reconciliation owner. Do not use available or modeled savings as an unconditional release gate.

Step 5: Verify delivery and rollback

Use Bash(terraform:) for the saved plan and Bash(helm:) for the reviewed render. Confirm no unexpected deletion, disconnect, IAM expansion, CRD replacement, webhook collision, or automation enablement. Use Write or Edit to record tested rollback steps and thresholds.

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Step 6: Make the decision

Record PASS only when every required item has evidence. Otherwise record HOLD with the exact owner and missing proof. Approve one cluster ring and one automation dimension at a time.

Tool Discipline

Use Read and Grep for evidence review. Use Write and Edit for the signed gate record. Use Bash(kubectl:), Bash(helm:), Bash(terraform:), and Bash(castctl:) for non-secret inspection, render, and plan operations; do not perform the production change from the checklist.

Output

  • Evidence-linked readiness matrix
  • Explicit PASS or HOLD decision
  • Approved scope, window, and owners
  • Rollback and incident triggers

Examples

A cluster passes observation readiness but holds node automation because Karpenter ownership is unresolved. Another passes a Deferred workload canary while managed HPA takeover remains out of scope.

Error Handling

FailureResponse
Evidence is stale or from another clusterMark the gate HOLD
Ownership is shared or implicitResolve control authority before release
Rollback is untestedLimit to observation mode
Secret appears in an artifactStop, rotate, and regenerate evidence

Resources

© jeremylongshore, MIT. 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 1 other file (references) in skills/.curated/castai-prod-checklist of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/official-docs.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287

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Questions about Castai Prod Checklist

What does Castai Prod Checklist do?

Run a fail-closed production-readiness review for a CAST AI cluster before enabling or expanding automation. Castai Prod Checklist is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Run a fail-closed production-readiness review for a CAST AI cluster before enabling or expanding automation.

When should I use Castai Prod Checklist?

Castai Prod Checklist fits situations like: deciding onboarding approval; control-plane migration; rollout between cluster rings; with: review CAST AI for production.

How do I install Castai Prod Checklist in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill castai-prod-checklist -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/castai-prod-checklist in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/castai-prod-checklist in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Castai Prod Checklist in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill castai-prod-checklist -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/castai-prod-checklist in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/castai-prod-checklist in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Castai Prod Checklist 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill castai-prod-checklist -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/castai-prod-checklist, .gemini/skills/castai-prod-checklist, .github/skills/castai-prod-checklist and .opencode/skills/castai-prod-checklist in your project.

What does Castai Prod Checklist need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Castai Prod Checklist is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Write, Edit, Bash(kubectl:*), Bash(helm:*), Bash(terraform:*), Bash(castctl:*). Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires access to the target cluster, declared infrastructure source, application SLOs, and change-management evidence.

Does Castai Prod Checklist access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: docs.cast.ai. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Castai Prod Checklist 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 Castai Prod Checklist use?

Castai Prod Checklist is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Castai Prod Checklist use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k 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 250 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Castai Prod Checklist?

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Who maintains Castai Prod Checklist?

jeremylongshore (a GitHub user) maintains it in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, which has 2,827 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3,342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.