Agent skill

KubeSphere Extension Management

by kubesphere in kubesphere/kubesphere

Installs, configures, upgrades and removes KubeSphere extensions through Extension, ExtensionVersion and InstallPlan resources, including dependencies and versions.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install KubeSphere Extension Management

skills CLI
$ npx skills add kubesphere/kubesphere --skill kubesphere-extension-management -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install kubesphere/kubesphere kubesphere-extension-management --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/kubesphere/kubesphere.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kubesphere-extension-management .claude/skills/kubesphere-extension-management && 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
kubesphere-extension-management
GitHub stars
17k
Token cost
~2.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
430 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
32
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Installs, configures, upgrades and removes KubeSphere extensions through Extension, ExtensionVersion and InstallPlan resources, including dependencies and versions.

  • Works in 5 steps: List and Inspect Extensions → Install Extension → Track & Verify Installation → …
  • Installing a KubeSphere extension at a specific version
  • SKILL.md covers Architecture, Core Concepts, Step-by-Step Workflow and Best Practices, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls kubectl and jq

What it does

This skill covers managing extensions in KubeSphere: finding what is available, installing, configuring, upgrading, uninstalling and troubleshooting. It explains the flow from an extension museum, a local chart repository, to Extension resources, to an InstallPlan that triggers a Helm job, and finally to the deployed extension.

Three resource types carry the detail. Extension holds the name, the available versions and the state, such as installed, upgrading or failed. ExtensionVersion holds the Helm chart URL, target namespace, installation mode (multicluster or host-only), the required KubeSphere version and dependencies on other extensions. InstallPlan is the trigger: its name must match the extension name, and it names the exact version, an enabled flag and an upgrade strategy, with manual advised for production, plus optional YAML config and multi-cluster scheduling.

An `evals/evals.json` file ships with the skill. The text available here ends within the InstallPlan status fields, so the upgrade and troubleshooting procedures are not described.

When your agent uses it

  • Installing a KubeSphere extension at a specific version
  • Checking which extensions are installed and in what state
  • Resolving extension dependencies before an install or upgrade
  • Upgrading or uninstalling an extension and troubleshooting a failed InstallPlan

Example prompts

  • “Install the whizard-monitoring extension on my KubeSphere cluster and set upgrades to manual.”
  • “Which extensions are installed, and which of them are in a failed state?”
  • “What does whizard-monitoring depend on, and which KubeSphere version does it need?”
  • “Uninstall the extension I added yesterday and confirm its Helm job finished.”

Requirements

  • A running KubeSphere cluster

Workflow steps

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

  1. List and Inspect Extensions
  2. Install Extension
  3. Track & Verify Installation
  4. Update & Upgrade Extension
  5. Uninstall Extension

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 04a29b5. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • kubectl
    • jq

    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.kubesphere.com.cn
    • kubesphere.com.cn

    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

KubeSphere Extension Management loads about 2.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 430 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~72
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.8k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 430 words (~2,826 tokens).

“Metadata and status for available/installed extensions.”

— opening of SKILL.md by kubesphere, Custom licence
name
kubesphere-extension-management

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/kubesphere-extension-management of kubesphere/kubesphere.

  • SKILL.md
  • evals/evals.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 04a29b5

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Questions about KubeSphere Extension Management

What does KubeSphere Extension Management do?

Installs, configures, upgrades and removes KubeSphere extensions through Extension, ExtensionVersion and InstallPlan resources, including dependencies and versions. This skill covers managing extensions in KubeSphere: finding what is available, installing, configuring, upgrading, uninstalling and troubleshooting. It explains the flow from an extension museum, a local chart repository, to Extension resources, to an InstallPlan that triggers a Helm job, and finally to the deployed extension.

When should I use KubeSphere Extension Management?

KubeSphere Extension Management fits situations like: installing a KubeSphere extension at a specific version; checking which extensions are installed and in what state; resolving extension dependencies before an install or upgrade; upgrading or uninstalling an extension and troubleshooting a failed InstallPlan.

How do I install KubeSphere Extension Management in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add kubesphere/kubesphere --skill kubesphere-extension-management -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/kubesphere-extension-management in kubesphere/kubesphere) into .claude/skills/kubesphere-extension-management in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install KubeSphere Extension Management in Codex?

Run `npx skills add kubesphere/kubesphere --skill kubesphere-extension-management -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/kubesphere-extension-management in kubesphere/kubesphere) into .agents/skills/kubesphere-extension-management in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use KubeSphere Extension Management 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 kubesphere/kubesphere --skill kubesphere-extension-management -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/kubesphere-extension-management, .gemini/skills/kubesphere-extension-management, .github/skills/kubesphere-extension-management and .opencode/skills/kubesphere-extension-management in your project.

What does KubeSphere Extension Management need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, KubeSphere Extension Management needs the command-line tools its instructions call (kubectl and jq). Our summary lists: A running KubeSphere cluster.

Does KubeSphere Extension Management access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: docs.kubesphere.com.cn and kubesphere.com.cn. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is KubeSphere Extension Management 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 KubeSphere Extension Management use?

KubeSphere Extension Management has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does KubeSphere Extension Management use?

About 2.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 11k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to KubeSphere Extension Management?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with KubeSphere Extension Management: Kubeshark Installer (kubeshark/kubeshark, 12k stars), KubeShark for Kubernetes (LukasNiessen/kubernetes-skill, 446 stars), Release Chart (zabbix-community/helm-zabbix, 132 stars) and Aks Deployment Skill (timothywarner/chatgptclass, 143 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains KubeSphere Extension Management?

kubesphere (a GitHub organization) maintains it in kubesphere/kubesphere, which has 17,056 GitHub stars. The repository holds 32 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 15, 2026.

Source: kubesphere/kubesphere on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.