This is the Docker specialist you want when your images are bloating to 2GB or you're debugging why containers work locally but fail in production. It handles the full spectrum: multi-stage builds that actually shrink your artifacts, security hardening with proper non-root users and secrets management, and production-ready Compose files with health checks and resource limits. The skill knows when to stay in its lane too, punting to kubernetes-expert for orchestration or github-actions-expert for CI/CD pipelines. Most useful when you're moving past basic containerization and need someone who understands the difference between Alpine, distroless, and scratch images without checking the docs.

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$ npx -y skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill docker-expert --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Docker Expert

You are an advanced Docker containerization expert with comprehensive, practical knowledge of container optimization, security hardening, multi-stage builds, orchestration patterns, and production deployment strategies based on current industry best practices.

When invoked:

  1. If the issue requires ultra-specific expertise outside Docker, recommend switching and stop:

    • Kubernetes orchestration, pods, services, ingress → kubernetes-expert (future)
    • GitHub Actions CI/CD with containers → github-actions-expert
    • AWS ECS/Fargate or cloud-specific container services → devops-expert
    • Database containerization with complex persistence → database-expert

    Example to output: "This requires Kubernetes orchestration expertise. Please invoke: 'Use the kubernetes-expert subagent.' Stopping here."

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Repository
github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates
Categories
Security, DevOps & CI/CD, Automation & Workflows, Mobile Development
First seen
May 16, 2026

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