GitOps Operations Skill

Use this skill when the user asks about:

• Deploying infrastructure changes
• Managing Kubernetes manifests
• GitOps workflow operations
• Cluster management
• Security and compliance checks

Prerequisites

• GitOps Control Plane access
• kubectl configured
• Repository write access

GitOps Deployment Steps

1. Analyze Request

bash
# Understand what needs to be deployed
read /workspace/agentic-reconciliation-engine/README.md

2. Check Current State

bash
# Check current cluster state
kubectl get pods -A
kubectl get deployments -A
git status

3. Validate Changes

bash
# Validate manifests
kubectl apply --dry-run=client -f manifests/
helm template ./charts/ | kubectl apply --dry-run=client -f -

4. Create Pull Request

bash
# Create feature branch
git checkout -b feature/infrastructure-update
git add .
git commit -m "Infrastructure update: [description]"
git push origin feature/infrastructure-update

# Create PR (via gh CLI)
gh pr create --title "Infrastructure Update" --body "Changes: [description]"

5. Monitor Deployment

bash
# Monitor after merge
kubectl get pods -w
kubectl logs -f deployment/name

Security Checklist

Before any deployment:

• ] Review manifests for security issues
• ] Check resource limits
• ] Validate network policies
• ] Ensure secrets are properly managed
• ] Verify RBAC permissions

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Pod Not Starting:

bash
kubectl describe pod <pod-name>
kubectl logs <pod-name>
kubectl get events --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp

Deployment Stuck:

bash
kubectl rollout status deployment/<name>
kubectl rollout undo deployment/<name>

Resource Issues:

bash
kubectl top nodes
kubectl top pods
kubectl describe node <node-name>

Integration with Memory Agent

bash
# Query memory agent for similar past operations
curl -X POST "$MEMORY_AGENT_URL/api/query" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "previous deployment issues", "limit": 5}'

Examples

Deploy New Service

bash
# User: "Deploy the new payment service to staging"

# 1. Check manifests
ls /workspace/agentic-reconciliation-engine/core/gitops/staging/payment-service/

# 2. Validate
kubectl apply --dry-run=client -f core/gitops/staging/payment-service/

# 3. Deploy via GitOps
git add core/gitops/staging/payment-service/
git commit -m "Add payment service to staging"
git push origin main

# 4. Monitor
kubectl get pods -n staging -l app=payment-service

Rollback Deployment

bash
# User: "Rollback the payment service deployment"

# 1. Check previous revisions
kubectl rollout history deployment/payment-service -n staging

# 2. Rollback
kubectl rollout undo deployment/payment-service -n staging

# 3. Verify
kubectl get pods -n staging -l app=payment-service

Cost Optimization

When making changes:

• Review resource requests/limits
• Check for unused resources
• Consider spot instances for dev/test
• Monitor cost impact

Monitoring

Set up alerts for:

• Deployment failures
• High resource usage
• Security violations
• Cost anomalies

References

• GitOps Control Plane documentation
• Kubernetes best practices
• Security guidelines
• Cost optimization strategies