This Claude skill provides comprehensive capabilities for Helm chart development, deployment, and management. It streamlines Kubernetes package management by enabling users to create templates, manage environment-specific values, and execute complex application releases, making it an essential tool for DevOps automation and cloud-native orchestration.

When should I use helm?

helm is useful in the following scenarios: • Automating Kubernetes application deployments and upgrades using standardized Helm charts. • Managing multi-environment configurations (development, staging, production) through structured values.yaml files. • Developing and debugging complex Kubernetes manifests using Helm linting and template rendering. • Streamlining release management and version control for containerized microservices within a cluster.

name	helm
description	Helm chart development, deployment, and management. Activate for helm install, upgrade, charts, values, templates, and Kubernetes package management.

Helm Skill

Provides comprehensive Helm chart development and deployment capabilities for the Golden Armada AI Agent Fleet Platform.

When to Use This Skill

Activate this skill when working with:

Helm chart creation and modification
Values file configuration
Template development
Chart deployment and upgrades
Release management

Quick Reference

Common Commands

```bash

Install/Upgrade

helm install -n helm upgrade --install -n helm upgrade --install golden-armada ./deployment/helm/golden-armada -n agents

With values

helm install -f values.yaml helm install --set key=value

List/Status

helm list -n agents helm status -n agents helm history -n agents

Uninstall

helm uninstall -n agents

Debug

helm template helm lint helm get values -n agents helm get manifest -n agents ```

Chart Structure

``` golden-armada/ ├── Chart.yaml ├── values.yaml ├── templates/ │ ├── _helpers.tpl │ ├── deployment.yaml │ ├── service.yaml │ ├── configmap.yaml │ ├── secret.yaml │ └── ingress.yaml └── charts/ ```

Chart.yaml

```yaml apiVersion: v2 name: golden-armada description: AI Agent Fleet Platform type: application version: 1.0.0 appVersion: "1.0.0" dependencies:

name: redis version: "17.x.x" repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami condition: redis.enabled ```

Values.yaml

```yaml

Global settings

replicaCount: 2 image: repository: golden-armada/agent tag: latest pullPolicy: IfNotPresent

Resources

resources: limits: cpu: 500m memory: 512Mi requests: cpu: 100m memory: 128Mi

Service

service: type: ClusterIP port: 80 targetPort: 8080

Ingress

ingress: enabled: true className: nginx hosts: - host: agents.example.com paths: - path: / pathType: Prefix

Environment

env:

name: LOG_LEVEL value: "info"

Secrets (use external secret manager in production)

secrets: anthropicApiKey: "" ```

Template Examples

_helpers.tpl

```yaml {{- define "golden-armada.fullname" -}} {{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name .Chart.Name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }} {{- end }}

{{- define "golden-armada.labels" -}} helm.sh/chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }} app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Chart.Name }} app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }} app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }} {{- end }} ```

deployment.yaml

```yaml apiVersion: apps/v1 kind: Deployment metadata: name: {{ include "golden-armada.fullname" . }} labels: {{- include "golden-armada.labels" . | nindent 4 }} spec: replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }} selector: matchLabels: app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Chart.Name }} template: metadata: labels: app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Chart.Name }} spec: containers: - name: {{ .Chart.Name }} image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}" ports: - containerPort: {{ .Values.service.targetPort }} resources: {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }} env: {{- toYaml .Values.env | nindent 12 }} ```

Golden Armada Commands