helm-chart-scaffolding

Comprehensive Helm chart creation, templating, and packaging guidance for Kubernetes applications. Comprehensive guidance for creating, organizing, and managing Helm charts for packaging and deploying Kubernetes applications. This skill provides step-by-step instructions for building production-ready Helm charts, including chart structure, templating patterns, values management, and validation strategies. Use this skill when you need to: Helm is the package manager for Kubernetes that: Create new chart: Standard chart structure: Chart metadata defines the package: Reference: See assets/Chart.yaml.template for complete example Organize values hierarchically: Reference: See assets/values.yaml.template for complete structure Use Go templating with Helm functions: templates/deployment.yaml: templates/_helpers.tpl: Add dependencies in Chart.yaml: Update dependencies: Override dependency values: Validation commands: Validation script: Reference: See scripts/validate-chart.sh Package the chart: Create chart repository: Use the chart: Environment-specific values files: values-prod.yaml: Install with environment: Pre-install hook: Test connection: Run tests: Template rendering errors: Dependency issues: Installation failures: - Covers full chart lifecycle: initialization, Chart.yaml configuration, values.yaml design, template creation with Go templating, and dependency management -...