helm-chart-scaffolding

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: - Create new Helm charts from scratch - Package Kubernetes applications for distribution - Manage multi-environment deployments with Helm - Implement templating for reusable Kubernetes manifests - Set up Helm chart repositories - Follow Helm best practices and...