Aks Deployment Skill
timothywarner/chatgptclass
Deploy and operate workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) the safe way.
Agent skill
by jeremylongshore in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace
Deploy applications to Kubernetes with production-ready manifests.
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill creating-kubernetes-deployments -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace creating-kubernetes-deployments --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ 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/creating-kubernetes-deployments .claude/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "creating-kubernetes-deployments" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments into .claude/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "creating-kubernetes-deployments", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deploymentsType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill creating-kubernetes-deployments -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace creating-kubernetes-deployments --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments .agents/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "creating-kubernetes-deployments" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments into .agents/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "creating-kubernetes-deployments", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill creating-kubernetes-deployments -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace creating-kubernetes-deployments --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments .cursor/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "creating-kubernetes-deployments" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments into .cursor/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "creating-kubernetes-deployments", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git --path skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill creating-kubernetes-deployments -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace creating-kubernetes-deployments --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments .gemini/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "creating-kubernetes-deployments" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments into .gemini/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "creating-kubernetes-deployments", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace creating-kubernetes-deploymentsInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill creating-kubernetes-deployments -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments .github/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "creating-kubernetes-deployments" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments into .github/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "creating-kubernetes-deployments", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill creating-kubernetes-deployments -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace creating-kubernetes-deployments --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments .opencode/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "creating-kubernetes-deployments" agent skill from https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace/tree/main/skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments into .opencode/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "creating-kubernetes-deployments", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
creating-kubernetes-deploymentsDeploy applications to Kubernetes with production-ready manifests.
Creating Kubernetes Deployments is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Deploy applications to Kubernetes with production-ready manifests. Supports Deployments, Services, Ingress, HPA, ConfigMaps, Secrets, StatefulSets, and NetworkPolicies. Includes health checks, resource limits, auto-scaling, and TLS termination. Use when working with creating kubernetes deployments. Trigger with 'creating', 'kubernetes', 'deployments'.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 28 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `assets/README.md`, `assets/configmap_template.yaml` and `assets/deployment_template.yaml`). Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code
It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Deployment, Container orchestration and Cloud networking. It works with Kubernetes. 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.
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
ReadWriteEditGrepGlobBash(kubectl:*)From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Ships 1 file in scripts/, which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
kubectlFrom the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
kubernetes.ioFrom URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
API_KEYFrom names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Designed for Claude Code
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Creating Kubernetes Deployments loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~20k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 96 tokens; SKILL.md has 345 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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.
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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 345 words, ~2,293 tokens.
.claude/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 25 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.Generate production-ready Kubernetes manifests with health checks, resource limits, and security best practices.
# deployment.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: my-api
labels:
app: my-api
spec:
replicas: 3
selector:
matchLabels:
app: my-api
strategy:
type: RollingUpdate
rollingUpdate:
maxSurge: 25%
maxUnavailable: 25%
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: my-api
spec:
containers:
- name: my-api
image: my-registry/my-api:v1.0.0
ports:
- containerPort: 8080 # 8080: HTTP proxy port
resources:
requests:
cpu: 100m
memory: 256Mi
limits:
cpu: 500m
memory: 512Mi
livenessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /healthz
port: 8080 # HTTP proxy port
initialDelaySeconds: 30
periodSeconds: 10
readinessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /readyz
port: 8080 # HTTP proxy port
initialDelaySeconds: 5
periodSeconds: 5
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: my-api
spec:
type: ClusterIP
selector:
app: my-api
ports:
- port: 80
targetPort: 8080 # HTTP proxy port| Strategy | Use Case | Configuration |
|---|---|---|
| RollingUpdate | Zero-downtime updates | maxSurge: 25%, maxUnavailable: 25% |
| Recreate | Stateful apps, incompatible versions | type: Recreate |
| Blue-Green | Instant rollback | Two deployments, switch Service selector |
| Canary | Gradual rollout | Multiple deployments with weighted traffic |
# Blue deployment (current production)
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: my-api-blue
labels:
app: my-api
version: blue
spec:
replicas: 3
selector:
matchLabels:
app: my-api
version: blue
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: my-api
version: blue
spec:
containers:
- name: my-api
image: my-registry/my-api:v1.0.0
---
# Service points to blue
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: my-api
spec:
selector:
app: my-api
version: blue # Switch to 'green' for deployment
ports:
- port: 80
targetPort: 8080 # 8080: HTTP proxy port| Type | Use Case | Access |
|---|---|---|
| ClusterIP | Internal services | my-api.namespace.svc.cluster.local |
| NodePort | Development, debugging | <NodeIP>:<NodePort> |
| LoadBalancer | External traffic (cloud) | Cloud provider LB IP |
| ExternalName | External service proxy | DNS CNAME |
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: my-api-ingress
annotations:
cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: letsencrypt-prod
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect: "true"
spec:
ingressClassName: nginx
tls:
- hosts:
- api.example.com
secretName: api-tls-secret
rules:
- host: api.example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: my-api
port:
number: 80Always set resource requests and limits:
resources:
requests: # Guaranteed resources
cpu: 100m # 0.1 CPU core
memory: 256Mi
limits: # Maximum allowed
cpu: 500m # 0.5 CPU core
memory: 512Mi| Workload Type | CPU Request | Memory Request | CPU Limit | Memory Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web API | 100m-500m | 256Mi-512Mi | 500m-1000m | 512Mi-1Gi |
| Worker | 250m-1000m | 512Mi-1Gi | 1000m-2000m | 1Gi-2Gi |
| Database | 500m-2000m | 1Gi-4Gi | 2000m-4000m | 4Gi-8Gi |
livenessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /healthz
port: 8080 # 8080: HTTP proxy port
initialDelaySeconds: 30 # Wait for app startup
periodSeconds: 10 # Check every 10s
timeoutSeconds: 5 # Timeout per check
failureThreshold: 3 # Restart after 3 failuresreadinessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /readyz
port: 8080 # 8080: HTTP proxy port
initialDelaySeconds: 5 # Quick check after start
periodSeconds: 5 # Check every 5s
successThreshold: 1 # 1 success = ready
failureThreshold: 3 # Remove from LB after 3 failuresstartupProbe:
httpGet:
path: /healthz
port: 8080 # 8080: HTTP proxy port
initialDelaySeconds: 0
periodSeconds: 10
failureThreshold: 30 # Allow 5 minutes to start (30 * 10s)apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
metadata:
name: my-api-hpa
spec:
scaleTargetRef:
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
name: my-api
minReplicas: 2
maxReplicas: 10
metrics:
- type: Resource
resource:
name: cpu
target:
type: Utilization
averageUtilization: 70
- type: Resource
resource:
name: memory
target:
type: Utilization
averageUtilization: 80
behavior:
scaleDown:
stabilizationWindowSeconds: 300 # 300: Wait 5min before scale downapiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
name: my-api-config
data:
LOG_LEVEL: "info"
API_ENDPOINT: "https://api.example.com"
config.yaml: |
server:
port: 8080 # 8080: HTTP proxy port
features:
enabled: trueapiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
name: my-api-secrets
type: Opaque
data:
API_KEY: YXBpLWtleS1oZXJl # echo -n "api-key-here" | base64
DATABASE_URL: cG9zdGdyZXM6Ly8uLi4= # echo -n "postgres://..." | base64spec:
containers:
- name: my-api
envFrom:
- configMapRef:
name: my-api-config
- secretRef:
name: my-api-secrets
volumeMounts:
- name: config-volume
mountPath: /app/config
volumes:
- name: config-volume
configMap:
name: my-api-configGather Requirements
Generate Base Manifests
Add Production Features
Validate and Apply
# Validate manifests
kubectl apply -f manifests/ --dry-run=server
# Apply to cluster
kubectl apply -f manifests/
# Watch rollout
kubectl rollout status deployment/my-apiSee ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/errors.md for comprehensive troubleshooting.
| Error | Quick Fix |
|---|---|
| ImagePullBackOff | Check image name, tag, registry credentials |
| CrashLoopBackOff | Check logs: kubectl logs <pod> |
| OOMKilled | Increase memory limits |
| Pending | Check resources: kubectl describe pod <pod> |
See ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/examples.md for detailed walkthroughs.
${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/assets/${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/Deploy applications to Kubernetes with production-ready manifests.
See Kubernetes implementation details for output format specifications.
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SKILL.md and 25 other files (scripts, references, assets) in skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287
Creating Kubernetes Deployments next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creating Kubernetes Deployments this skilljeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace | 2.8k | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Aks Deployment Skilltimothywarner/chatgptclass | 143 | — | ~916 | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| KubeSphere Gateway Managementkubesphere/kubesphere | 17k | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Kubernetes Patternstimothywarner-org/claude-code | 224 | — | ~4.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Ocioracle/skills | 877 | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | UPL-1.0 | |
| Kubernetes InterviewerPrepLabsAI/InterviewMentor | 112 | — | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Deploy applications to Kubernetes with production-ready manifests. Creating Kubernetes Deployments is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Deploy applications to Kubernetes with production-ready manifests.
Creating Kubernetes Deployments fits situations like: working with creating kubernetes deployments; tasks that involve Deployment; tasks that involve Container orchestration.
Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill creating-kubernetes-deployments -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill creating-kubernetes-deployments -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/creating-kubernetes-deployments in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
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 creating-kubernetes-deployments -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments, .gemini/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments, .github/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments and .opencode/skills/creating-kubernetes-deployments in your project.
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Creating Kubernetes Deployments needs the command-line tools its instructions call (kubectl) and credentials named API_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in API_KEY. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash(kubectl:*). Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code.
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: kubernetes.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
Creating Kubernetes Deployments is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.2k 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 18k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Creating Kubernetes Deployments: Aks Deployment Skill (timothywarner/chatgptclass, 143 stars), KubeSphere Gateway Management (kubesphere/kubesphere, 17k stars), Kubernetes Patterns (timothywarner-org/claude-code, 224 stars) and Oci (oracle/skills, 877 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
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.