We built platform-skills: a free, open-source field handbook for platform engineers, DevOps, and SRE teams that works inside Claude, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot.

It catches the things code review misses:

Kubernetes containers running as root with no resource limits

Terraform IAM policies granting Action: "*" to a production role

Flux HelmReleases that silently upgrade to a breaking chart version

GitHub Actions workflows with unpinned actions and long-lived AWS keys

Every finding comes with blast radius, validation steps, and a rollback plan — the same mental model a senior platform engineer brings to every review.

We've got 37 domain guides, 27 working examples, and prompts for platform, DevOps, SRE, security, and app teams.

See it in action → https://github.com/nitinjain999/platform-skills/blob/main/BEFORE_AFTER.md

Star it if it's useful: https://github.com/nitinjain999/platform-skills

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We open-sourced platform-skills — a field handbook for platform engineers that works in Claude, Codex, Cursor & Copilot.

It catches root containers, wildcard IAM, unpinned Flux charts, and unsecured GitHub Actions — with blast radius + rollback built in.

Before/after → https://github.com/nitinjain999/platform-skills/blob/main/BEFORE_AFTER.md

Reddit — r/devops

Title: We open-sourced a platform engineering handbook that works inside your AI coding tool

Body:

We've been building platform-skills for a while now and just reached a point where it feels ready for a wider audience.

What it is: A free, open-source field handbook for platform, DevOps, SRE, and cloud engineers. It works on GitHub as a reference, or as a plugin/skill inside Claude, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot for interactive guidance.

What it catches: The things that slip through code review — containers running as root, IAM policies with Action: "*", Flux HelmReleases without dependsOn or remediation, GitHub Actions workflows with unpinned action SHAs and permissions: write-all. Every finding includes blast radius, validation commands, and rollback steps.

What's inside: 37 domain guides, 27 working examples, slash commands for Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, GitHub Actions, AWS, Linkerd, OPA, KEDA, supply chain, and more.

Before/after examples: https://github.com/nitinjain999/platform-skills/blob/main/BEFORE_AFTER.md Repo: https://github.com/nitinjain999/platform-skills

Curious what gaps you'd want filled — happy to add domain guides for things we're missing.

Hacker News — Show HN

Title: Show HN: Platform Skills – open-source field handbook for platform/DevOps/SRE engineers

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platform-skills is a free, open-source field handbook for platform engineers covering Kubernetes, Terraform, Flux CD, GitHub Actions, AWS, Linkerd, OPA, and 30+ more domains. It works as a GitHub reference or as a plugin inside Claude, Codex, Cursor, and Copilot.

The model: every section starts with the problem (not the tool), includes evidence collection commands, fixes, blast radius, and a rollback plan. Before/after examples here: https://github.com/nitinjain999/platform-skills/blob/main/BEFORE_AFTER.md

Repo: https://github.com/nitinjain999/platform-skills

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platform-skills is now available for our team

It's a platform engineering handbook that works inside Claude, Codex, Cursor, and Copilot — covering Kubernetes, Terraform, Flux, GitHub Actions, and AWS with blast radius, validation, and rollback guidance built in.

Rolling it out across our repos: https://github.com/nitinjain999/platform-skills/blob/main/docs/TEAM_ROLLOUT.md Prompts to try today: https://github.com/nitinjain999/platform-skills/blob/main/PROMPTS.md

If you hit a gap or find guidance that's wrong, open an issue: https://github.com/nitinjain999/platform-skills/issues