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.
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Impact
97%
1.03xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Advisory
Suggest reviewing before use
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Discovery
89%Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.
This is a solid skill description that clearly identifies its domain (Helm charts for Kubernetes) and includes an explicit 'Use when' clause with relevant trigger terms. The main weakness is that the capability actions could be more concrete and specific—listing particular Helm operations rather than generic verbs like 'design, organize, and manage'. Overall it performs well for skill selection purposes.
Suggestions
Replace generic verbs like 'design, organize, and manage' with more concrete actions such as 'create Chart.yaml and values.yaml files, write Go templates, manage chart dependencies, configure chart repositories'.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Names the domain (Helm charts, Kubernetes) and some actions (design, organize, manage, templating, packaging), but the actions are somewhat generic and not as concrete as listing specific operations like 'create Chart.yaml, define values.yaml defaults, write template helpers, manage dependencies'. | 2 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (design, organize, manage Helm charts for templating and packaging Kubernetes applications) and 'when' with an explicit 'Use when' clause covering creating Helm charts, packaging Kubernetes applications, or implementing templated deployments. | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes strong natural keywords users would say: 'Helm charts', 'Kubernetes applications', 'templated deployments', 'packaging', 'reusable configurations'. These are terms a user working with Helm would naturally use in their request. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Helm charts and Kubernetes templating is a clear niche. The triggers are specific enough (Helm, charts, templated deployments) that this would not easily conflict with general Kubernetes skills or generic deployment skills. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
62%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The skill is highly actionable with executable examples and a well-sequenced workflow including validation steps, but it is far too verbose for a skill file. It explains concepts Claude already knows (what Helm is, what Chart.yaml does), includes boilerplate that `helm create` generates automatically, and inlines extensive template content that should be in referenced files. Trimming this to ~30% of its current size while keeping the key patterns and validation workflow would significantly improve it.
Suggestions
Remove the 'Helm Overview' and 'When to Use This Skill' sections entirely - Claude knows what Helm is and the YAML frontmatter description covers when to use it.
Move the full Chart.yaml, values.yaml, _helpers.tpl, and deployment.yaml examples into the referenced asset files and keep only the non-obvious patterns inline (conditional resources, iteration, file includes).
Remove comments that explain obvious fields (e.g., '# Chart version', '# Homepage', '# Number of replicas') - these waste tokens on things Claude already understands.
Consolidate the 'Best Practices' list into the relevant workflow steps rather than having a separate section that largely restates what was already shown.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Extremely verbose - explains what Helm is (Claude knows this), includes unnecessary sections like 'When to Use This Skill' and 'Helm Overview', and provides exhaustive boilerplate that `helm create` already generates. The Chart.yaml example includes comments explaining obvious fields like '# Chart version' and '# Homepage'. Much of this is standard Helm knowledge that doesn't need to be spelled out. | 1 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides fully executable code throughout - real bash commands, complete YAML templates with proper Go templating syntax, working validation scripts, and concrete examples for every step from chart creation to packaging and distribution. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Clear 10-step sequential workflow with explicit validation at step 7 including lint, dry-run, template rendering, and a validation script with error checking (set -e). The workflow progresses logically from initialization through testing and distribution. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | References external files (assets/Chart.yaml.template, scripts/validate-chart.sh, references/chart-structure.md) which is good, but the main file itself is a monolithic wall of content (~350 lines) with extensive inline examples that could be split into separate reference files. The Chart.yaml, values.yaml, and helpers.tpl examples are all fully inlined when they could be referenced. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 9 / 12 Passed |
Validation
90%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 10 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
| Criteria | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
skill_md_line_count | SKILL.md is long (567 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking | Warning |
Total | 10 / 11 Passed | |
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