generating-helm-charts

Execute use when generating Helm charts for Kubernetes applications. Trigger with phrases like "create Helm chart", "generate chart for app", "package Kubernetes deployment", or "helm template". Produces production-ready charts with Chart.yaml, values.yaml, templates, and best practices for multi-environment deployments.

Quality

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Does it follow best practices?

Impact

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No eval scenarios have been run

Securityby

Passed

No known issues

Quality

Content

77%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A concise, well-sequenced body with explicit validation and an error-recovery table. Its weak spots are actionability (no executable Chart.yaml/template examples for the core generation work) and progressive disclosure (relevant bundled script and values schema are not surfaced, and the bundle is half-baked with missing files).

Suggestions

Add at least one copy-paste-ready example each of Chart.yaml and a deployment.yaml template snippet so the core generation step is executable, not just described.

Wire the bundle into the body: point to scripts/helm_create.py for scaffolding and assets/values_schema.json for values validation, and remove or implement the placeholder files listed in the bundle READMEs (helm_validate.py, chart_template/, example_charts/).

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is lean: terse bullets, a numbered list, and a compact error table, with no padding explaining what Helm or Kubernetes is. It assumes Claude's competence and every section earns its place.	3 / 3
Actionability	It gives some concrete commands ('helm lint .', 'helm template . --values values-prod.yaml') and specific field names ('apiVersion: v2', 'runAsNonRoot: true'), but the core artifact creation (Chart.yaml, templates, values.yaml) is described abstractly with no executable code blocks or copy-paste examples.	2 / 3
Workflow Clarity	A clearly sequenced 10-step process ends with an explicit validation step ('Validate with helm lint . and test rendering with helm template'), and the Error Handling table provides cause/solution feedback loops for recovery.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	The body is well-sectioned but never references the existing bundle files (scripts/helm_create.py, assets/values_schema.json) that directly support the task, and the bundle READMEs list non-existent files (helm_validate.py, chart_template/), so references are present but not signaled and the structure is incomplete.	2 / 3
	Total	10 / 12 Passed

Description

90%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong description with explicit what/when structure and natural trigger phrases, clearly niche-specific. Its main weakness is voice: it leads with imperative/second-person constructions ('Execute use when', 'Trigger with') instead of clean third person, which triggers the rubric's specificity penalty.

Suggestions

Rewrite in third person (e.g., 'Generates production-ready Helm charts... Use when the user asks to create or package a Helm chart') and drop the imperative 'Execute'/'Trigger with' phrasing to avoid the second-person voice penalty.

Remove the buzzword 'best practices' in favor of a concrete capability (e.g., 'with security contexts, health probes, and resource limits') to sharpen specificity.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	It names concrete artifacts ('Chart.yaml, values.yaml, templates') and the domain, but the description is written in imperative/second-person-implied voice ('Execute use when', 'Trigger with phrases like') rather than third person, so the rubric's voice penalty reduces the score by one.	2 / 3
Completeness	It explicitly answers both what ('Produces production-ready charts with Chart.yaml, values.yaml, templates') and when ('Execute use when generating Helm charts' plus 'Trigger with phrases like...'), with explicit trigger guidance present so completeness is not capped at 2.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	It lists four natural phrases a user would actually say ('create Helm chart', 'generate chart for app', 'package Kubernetes deployment', 'helm template'), giving good coverage of natural trigger terms.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Helm/Kubernetes chart generation is a clear niche with distinct triggers ('create Helm chart', 'helm template') that are unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Validation

87%

Warnings & errors only

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
allowed_tools_field	'allowed-tools' contains unusual tool name(s)	Warning
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills
Commit: 607d11b

Reviewed: about 14 hours ago

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