Agent skill

KubeSphere Gateway API Extension

by kubesphere in kubesphere/kubesphere

Manages the Traefik-based Kubernetes Gateway API extension in KubeSphere: install, uninstall, status checks, GatewayProxy inspection and troubleshooting.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install KubeSphere Gateway API Extension

skills CLI
$ npx skills add kubesphere/kubesphere --skill kubesphere-gateway-api -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install kubesphere/kubesphere kubesphere-gateway-api --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-gateway-api .claude/skills/kubesphere-gateway-api && 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-gateway-api
GitHub stars
17k
Token cost
~3.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
764 words
Files
4 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
32
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Manages the Traefik-based Kubernetes Gateway API extension in KubeSphere: install, uninstall, status checks, GatewayProxy inspection and troubleshooting.

  • Works in 3 steps: Detect and Select Version → Detect and Select Clusters → Generate and Apply InstallPlan
  • Installing the Traefik-based Gateway API extension in KubeSphere
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Before You Start, Installation and Status Checking, plus 3 more sections
  • Runs Shell scripts from its folder; calls kubectl and helm

What it does

This skill manages external access in KubeSphere through the Kubernetes Gateway API, with Traefik as the proxy. It is the newer of two gateway skills; the older ingress-nginx based one, with its own Gateway CRD, belongs to the separate `kubesphere-gateway` skill, and the text includes a side-by-side table of proxy, API standard, core resources and lifecycle management.

GatewayProxy resources come in three tiers, cluster, workspace and project, each with its own name pattern in the `kubesphere-controls-system` namespace. Each GatewayProxy deploys a Traefik instance and creates a GatewayClass automatically, and users then create standard Gateway resources that point at that class. The extension has three components: a backend extension API server on the host cluster, a backend agent on every cluster and a React front end served through Nginx.

Covered tasks are installation, uninstallation, status checks, GatewayProxy status inspection and troubleshooting, supported by three shell scripts: `check-status.sh`, `generate-installplan.sh` and `verify-uninstall.sh`.

When your agent uses it

  • Installing the Traefik-based Gateway API extension in KubeSphere
  • Inspecting the status of a GatewayProxy at cluster, workspace or project level
  • Choosing between the Gateway API extension and the older ingress-nginx gateway
  • Verifying that an uninstall removed all gateway resources

Example prompts

  • “Install the KubeSphere Gateway API extension and check its status when it finishes.”
  • “Show me the status of the workspace-level GatewayProxy for team-a.”
  • “Should I use kubesphere-gateway or kubesphere-gateway-api on a new cluster?”
  • “Confirm that the Gateway API extension was fully uninstalled.”

Requirements

  • A running KubeSphere cluster

Workflow steps

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

  1. Detect and Select Version
  2. Detect and Select Clusters
  3. Generate and Apply InstallPlan

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

    Ships 3 files in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • kubectl
    • helm

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use kubectl and helm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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 Gateway API Extension loads about 3.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 118 tokens; SKILL.md has 764 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~118
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.7k

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); the scripts in this folder 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 764 words (~3,740 tokens).

“Provides external access management using Kubernetes Gateway API with Traefik as the underlying proxy implementation. Supports three-tier gatewayproxy management:”

— opening of SKILL.md by kubesphere, Custom licence
name
kubesphere-gateway-api

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (scripts) in skills/kubesphere-gateway-api of kubesphere/kubesphere.

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/check-status.sh
  • scripts/generate-installplan.sh
  • scripts/verify-uninstall.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 04a29b5

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Questions about KubeSphere Gateway API Extension

What does KubeSphere Gateway API Extension do?

Manages the Traefik-based Kubernetes Gateway API extension in KubeSphere: install, uninstall, status checks, GatewayProxy inspection and troubleshooting. This skill manages external access in KubeSphere through the Kubernetes Gateway API, with Traefik as the proxy. It is the newer of two gateway skills; the older ingress-nginx based one, with its own Gateway CRD, belongs to the separate `kubesphere-gateway` skill, and the text includes a side-by-side table of proxy, API standard, core resources and lifecycle management.

When should I use KubeSphere Gateway API Extension?

KubeSphere Gateway API Extension fits situations like: installing the Traefik-based Gateway API extension in KubeSphere; inspecting the status of a GatewayProxy at cluster, workspace or project level; choosing between the Gateway API extension and the older ingress-nginx gateway; verifying that an uninstall removed all gateway resources.

How do I install KubeSphere Gateway API Extension in Claude Code?

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

How do I install KubeSphere Gateway API Extension in Codex?

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

Can I use KubeSphere Gateway API Extension 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-gateway-api -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-gateway-api, .gemini/skills/kubesphere-gateway-api, .github/skills/kubesphere-gateway-api and .opencode/skills/kubesphere-gateway-api in your project.

What does KubeSphere Gateway API Extension need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, KubeSphere Gateway API Extension needs a shell for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (kubectl and helm). Our summary lists: A running KubeSphere cluster.

Does KubeSphere Gateway API Extension 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 KubeSphere Gateway API Extension 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does KubeSphere Gateway API Extension use?

KubeSphere Gateway API Extension 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 Gateway API Extension use?

About 3.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k 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 Gateway API Extension?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with KubeSphere Gateway API Extension: Kubeshark KFL2 Filter Reference (kubeshark/kubeshark, 12k stars), Nginx To Higress Migration (higress-group/higress, 9.5k stars), NGINX Ingress Controller Feature Checklists (nginx/kubernetes-ingress, 5.1k stars) and NGINX Ingress Policy CRD Guide (nginx/kubernetes-ingress, 5.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains KubeSphere Gateway API Extension?

kubesphere (a GitHub organization) maintains it in kubesphere/kubesphere, which has 17,060 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.