tempo
Guide for implementing Grafana Tempo - a high-scale distributed tracing backend for OpenTelemetry traces. Use when configuring Tempo deployments, setting up storage backends (S3, Azure Blob, GCS), writing TraceQL queries, deploying via Helm, understanding trace structure, or troubleshooting Tempo issues on Kubernetes.
managing-infra
Infrastructure patterns for Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, and GitHub Actions. Use when making K8s architectural decisions, choosing between Helm vs Kustomize, structuring Terraform modules, writing CI/CD workflows, or applying security best practices.
loki
Guide for implementing Grafana Loki - a horizontally scalable, highly available log aggregation system. Use when configuring Loki deployments, setting up storage backends (S3, Azure Blob, GCS), writing LogQL queries, configuring retention and compaction, deploying via Helm, integrating with OpenTelemetry, or troubleshooting Loki issues on Kubernetes.
k8s-helm
Kubernetes and Helm patterns - use for deployment configs, service definitions, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and Helm chart management
helm-chart-patterns
Helm chart development patterns for packaging and deploying Kubernetes applications. Use when creating reusable Helm charts, managing multi-environment deployments, or building application catalogs for Kubernetes.
gitops
Master GitOps practices, CI/CD integration, Helm charts, Kustomize, and ArgoCD. Learn modern deployment patterns and infrastructure as code.
helm
Helm package management, chart development, and release management
helm-chart-scaffolding
Design, organize, and manage Helm charts for templating and packaging Kubernetes applications with reusable configurations. Use when creating Helm charts, packaging Kubernetes applications, or implementing templated deployments.
container-orchestration
Docker and Kubernetes patterns. Triggers on: Dockerfile, docker-compose, kubernetes, k8s, helm, pod, deployment, service, ingress, container, image.
kubernetes
Designs and manages Kubernetes deployments, services, configurations, and cluster resources. Trigger keywords: kubernetes, k8s, deployment, pod, service, helm, kubectl, cluster, ingress.
fluxcd
GitOps toolkit with Flux CD for Kubernetes continuous delivery. Use when implementing GitOps workflows, Helm releases, Kustomize deployments, or image automation. Triggers: fluxcd, flux, gitops, gitrepository, kustomization, helmrelease, image automation, source controller.
kubernetes
Use for kubectl, CNPG, and kustomize/helm operations in this repo, including rollouts and cluster debugging.
managing-infra
Infrastructure patterns for Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, and GitHub Actions. Use when making K8s architectural decisions, choosing between Helm vs Kustomize, structuring Terraform modules, writing CI/CD workflows, or applying security best practices.
kubernetes-specialist
Use when deploying or managing Kubernetes workloads requiring cluster configuration, security hardening, or troubleshooting. Invoke for Helm charts, RBAC policies, NetworkPolicies, storage configuration, performance optimization. Keywords: Kubernetes, K8s, kubectl, Helm, RBAC, NetworkPolicy.
deployment-automation
Automate deployments across environments using Helm, Terraform, and ArgoCD. Implement blue-green deployments, canary releases, and rollback strategies.
