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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Does it follow best practices?
Impact
100%
1.06xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Advisory
Suggest reviewing before use
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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./plugins/kubernetes-operations/skills/helm-chart-scaffolding/SKILL.mdQuality
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. Its main weakness is that the capability actions are somewhat high-level—terms like 'design, organize, and manage' could be more concrete with specific sub-tasks. Overall it performs well for skill selection purposes.
Suggestions
Add more specific concrete actions such as 'create values.yaml files, write Go templates, manage chart dependencies, configure chart repositories' to improve specificity.
| 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 deeply specific—e.g., it doesn't mention concrete tasks like creating values.yaml, writing templates, managing dependencies, or handling chart repositories. | 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 specific mention of Helm, chart packaging, and templated deployments makes this highly distinguishable from general Kubernetes skills or generic deployment tools. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
55%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 code and a well-sequenced workflow, but it is far too verbose — it explains Helm basics Claude already knows, includes boilerplate that `helm create` generates, and dumps everything into a single monolithic file. References to bundle files (assets/, scripts/) that don't exist further weaken the progressive disclosure. Trimming to essential patterns and project-specific conventions while splitting detailed templates into referenced files would dramatically improve this skill.
Suggestions
Remove the 'Helm Overview' and 'When to Use This Skill' sections — Claude knows what Helm is and when to use it. Focus only on project-specific conventions and non-obvious patterns.
Move the full _helpers.tpl, Chart.yaml template, and values.yaml template into actual bundle files (assets/) since they're already referenced but don't exist, and keep only key snippets inline.
Cut the standard boilerplate that `helm create` already generates (e.g., the full helpers template, standard chart structure) and focus on what's different or opinionated about this project's approach.
Consolidate the 'Common Patterns' and 'Best Practices' sections — the patterns are standard Go templating that Claude knows, and the best practices list is generic Helm advice available in any tutorial.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is extremely verbose at ~350+ lines. It explains what Helm is (Claude already knows), includes a 'When to Use This Skill' section listing obvious use cases, provides exhaustive Chart.yaml fields (keywords, maintainers, icon, home), and includes boilerplate like the full _helpers.tpl that `helm create` generates automatically. Much of this content is standard Helm knowledge that doesn't need to be spelled out. | 1 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides fully executable, copy-paste ready 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 | The 10-step workflow is clearly sequenced from initialization through validation, packaging, and multi-environment deployment. Step 7 includes explicit validation commands with a validation script that acts as a checkpoint before proceeding to packaging, and there's a clear lint → dry-run → template → validate progression. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is a monolithic wall of text with everything inline. It references `assets/Chart.yaml.template`, `assets/values.yaml.template`, and `scripts/validate-chart.sh` but no bundle files exist. The full deployment template, helpers, hooks, values, and patterns are all crammed into one file when they should be split into referenced files. | 1 / 3 |
Total | 8 / 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 (561 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking | Warning |
Total | 10 / 11 Passed | |
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- wshobson/agents
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