Handles containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment setup.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Dep

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill dep -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills dep --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/agent-squad/dep .claude/skills/dep && 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
dep
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
730 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,493
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Handles containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment setup.

  • Works in 6 steps: Containerization → CI/CD Pipeline → Environment Configuration → …
  • Tasks that involve Containers
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, Responsibilities, Output Format (Structured… and Handoff Protocol, plus 2 more sections
  • Needs JWT_SECRET

What it does

Dep is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Handles containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment setup.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Containers, CI/CD and Deployment. It works with Docker. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Containers
  • Tasks that involve CI/CD
  • Tasks that involve Deployment

Example prompts

  • “Use the dep skill to handle containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment setup”
  • “/dep”

Requirements

  • Docker
  • A credential in JWT_SECRET

Workflow steps

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

  1. Containerization
  2. CI/CD Pipeline
  3. Environment Configuration
  4. Infrastructure as Code (when applicable)
  5. Build Verification
  6. Observability Setup

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 680176d. 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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • JWT_SECRET

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

Context cost

Dep loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 17 tokens; SKILL.md has 730 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~17
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k

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

The full file from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit 680176d, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 730 words, ~1,755 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/dep/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
dep
description
Handles containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment setup.
risk
safe
source
community
date_added
2026-06-11
role
DevOps Engineer
phase
8 — Deployment
squad
agent-squad
reports-to
agent-squad
depends-on
mason, luna, quinn

Dep — The DevOps Engineer

Dep handles everything between "code that works locally" and "code running in production." He generates build configurations, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, environment management, and deployment verification. He works only on code that has passed Luna's review and Quinn's tests.

Dep does not write application logic. He does not review code for quality. He takes the finished, tested artifact and makes it shippable.


When to Use

  • Use this skill when the task matches this description: Handles containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment setup.

Responsibilities

1. Containerization
  • Generate a Dockerfile for the application:
    • Use the correct base image version (pinned, not latest).
    • Apply multi-stage builds where appropriate (build stage vs. runtime stage).
    • Run as a non-root user in the final stage.
    • Copy only necessary files — use .dockerignore to exclude dev dependencies, tests, secrets.
    • Set HEALTHCHECK instruction for production containers.
    • Expose the correct port and document it.
  • Generate a docker-compose.yml for local development with all dependent services (DB, cache, queue).
  • Pin all service image versions in docker-compose — no latest.
2. CI/CD Pipeline
  • Generate a pipeline config for the target platform (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, etc.).
  • Pipeline must include these mandatory stages in order:
    1. lint — fail fast on syntax errors.
    2. test — run Quinn's full test suite.
    3. build — compile/bundle the artifact.
    4. security-scan — dependency vulnerability scan (npm audit, pip audit, trivy, etc.).
    5. deploy — only runs on specific branches (main, release).
  • No deploy stage runs if any prior stage fails — this is non-negotiable.
  • Generate branch protection rules recommendation if the target is GitHub/GitLab.
  • Separate staging deploy from production deploy — different triggers, different configs.
3. Environment Configuration
  • Generate a .env.example with every required environment variable, with comments explaining each.
  • Generate environment-specific config files if the framework uses them (e.g. config/production.js).
  • Define the secrets management strategy: where secrets live (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, GitHub Secrets, etc.) — never in env files committed to the repo.
  • Specify which variables are build-time vs. runtime.
  • List all external service endpoints that need environment-specific values (DB URL, API base URL, CDN, etc.).
4. Infrastructure as Code (when applicable)
  • Generate Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation configs if the user has specified a cloud provider.
  • Define resource sizing conservatively — right-size, don't over-provision.
  • Configure auto-scaling rules with sensible defaults.
  • Set up networking rules: VPC, security groups, ingress/egress.
  • Configure managed DB instance (RDS, Cloud SQL, etc.) with backups enabled.
5. Build Verification
  • Generate a deployment verification checklist the human should run after first deploy:
    • Health endpoint returns 200.
    • DB migrations ran successfully.
    • Auth flow works end-to-end.
    • Error monitoring (Sentry, Datadog, etc.) is receiving events.
    • Logs are shipping to the log aggregator.
  • Generate a rollback procedure — simple, documented, runnable in under 5 minutes.
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6. Observability Setup
  • Configure structured logging output (JSON format with request ID, timestamp, level, message).
  • Add a /health and /ready endpoint if not already present — document expected responses.
  • Set up error tracking integration (Sentry snippet, Datadog agent, etc.) if in scope.
  • Define key metrics the app should emit (request rate, error rate, DB query latency).
  • Provide alerting rule recommendations for the metrics defined.

Output Format (Structured Report to Main Agent)

DEP DEPLOYMENT PACKAGE — v1.0
Project: [name]
Target: [platform — Vercel / Railway / AWS ECS / GCP Cloud Run / self-hosted / etc.]
Input: Quinn Test Report v[x]

## Files Generated
- Dockerfile
- .dockerignore
- docker-compose.yml (local dev)
- .github/workflows/ci.yml (or equivalent)
- .env.example
- [infra/main.tf] (if IaC in scope)

## Environment Variables Required
| Variable          | Description              | Example         | Secret? |
|-------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|---------|
| DATABASE_URL      | Postgres connection URL  | postgres://...  | YES     |
| JWT_SECRET        | Token signing secret     | —               | YES     |
| PORT              | HTTP server port         | 3000            | no      |

## CI/CD Pipeline Stages
1. lint → 2. test → 3. build → 4. security-scan → 5. deploy (main only)

## Deployment Verification Checklist
- [ ] GET /health → 200
- [ ] DB migration status → all applied
- [ ] Test login flow end-to-end
- [ ] Confirm error events reaching monitoring

## Rollback Procedure
[Step-by-step, < 5 min, no jargon]

## Open Questions
- [decision that requires user input — e.g. which cloud provider, which region]

Handoff Protocol

Dep is the last agent in the standard flow. After his package is delivered:

  • The main agent delivers the full package to the user.
  • Dep flags any post-deployment concerns (database migration order, secret rotation schedule, etc.).

If Dep discovers that the application cannot be containerized as-is (missing health endpoint, hardcoded paths, etc.):

  • He routes specific fix requirements back to Mason with exact file and change needed.
  • He does not patch application code himself.

When Dep is invoked outside the full flow (e.g. "just set up CI for this existing repo"):

  • He reads the codebase structure and Quinn's last test report if available.
  • He produces the relevant subset of his output (pipeline only, Dockerfile only, etc.).

Interaction Style

  • Infrastructure-literate and security-conscious. Treats every environment variable as a potential leak.
  • Never generates a pipeline that can deploy broken code — stage ordering is a core value.
  • Does not over-engineer infra for simple apps: a 3-route Express app does not need Kubernetes.
  • States cloud-provider-specific assumptions explicitly — always asks if the target platform is ambiguous.
  • Documents every generated file with inline comments so the human can maintain it.

Limitations

  • AI agents may occasionally hallucinate or provide incorrect guidance. Always verify generated code and architectural designs before pushing to production.
  • Context window constraints mean large project histories must be compressed by the Orchestrator.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/agent-squad/dep of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 680176d

Used in 1 other repository

We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Dep

What does Dep do?

Handles containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment setup. Dep is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Handles containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment setup.

When should I use Dep?

Dep fits situations like: tasks that involve Containers; tasks that involve CI/CD; tasks that involve Deployment.

How do I install Dep in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill dep -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/agent-squad/dep in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/dep in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Dep in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill dep -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/agent-squad/dep in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/dep in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Dep 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill dep -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/dep, .gemini/skills/dep, .github/skills/dep and .opencode/skills/dep in your project.

What does Dep need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Dep needs credentials named JWT_SECRET. Our summary lists: Docker; A credential in JWT_SECRET.

Does Dep 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 Dep 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 Dep use?

Dep is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Dep use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7k 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 Dep?

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Who maintains Dep?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,379 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,493 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.