Kubernetes Patterns

This is a reference card for production Kubernetes, organized by task rather than theory. It gives you complete, copy-pasteable YAML for deployments with proper security contexts, resource limits, and all three probe types configured correctly. The real value is in the specifics: a decision table for when to use startup versus liveness probes, the math on failureThreshold timing, RBAC chains for least privilege, and a kubectl debugging section that maps common errors like CrashLoopBackOff to actual commands. If you're tired of Googling "kubernetes readiness probe best practices" or fixing the same manifest mistakes, this consolidates the patterns you actually need when writing or debugging workloads.

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$ npx -y skills add affaan-m/ecc --skill kubernetes-patterns --agent claude-code

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Kubernetes Patterns

Production-grade Kubernetes patterns for deploying, managing, and debugging workloads reliably.

When to Activate

Writing Kubernetes manifests (Deployments, Services, Ingress, Jobs)
Configuring resource requests/limits, liveness/readiness probes
Setting up RBAC, namespaces, or ServiceAccounts
Managing configuration and secrets in K8s
Debugging CrashLoopBackOff, OOMKilled, pending pods, or image pull errors
Configuring HPA (Horizontal Pod Autoscaler) or PodDisruptionBudgets
Reviewing K8s YAML for security or correctness

When to Use

Same as When to Activate above. This alias satisfies repo skill-format conventions. Use this skill any time you are writing, reviewing, or debugging Kubernetes YAML and workloads.