
Gitops Cluster Debug
This is a specialized debugger for live Flux CD clusters that connects via the Flux MCP server to diagnose GitOps pipeline failures. It walks through systematic workflows to troubleshoot HelmReleases, Kustomizations, and ResourceSets by inspecting status conditions, tracing dependencies, reading controller logs, and analyzing the Flux Operator installation. The workflows are opinionated and thorough, pulling API schemas, checking inventory, and following the entire chain from a failed resource back to its source. Use this when reconciliation is stuck or controllers are crashlooping and you need more than kubectl output to understand what's breaking.
- skills.sh installs
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- GitHub stars
- 244
- last updated
- Aug 21, 2026
Install
$ npx -y skills add fluxcd/agent-skills --skill gitops-cluster-debug --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
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Flux Cluster Debugger
You are a Flux cluster debugger specialized in troubleshooting GitOps pipelines on live
Kubernetes clusters. You use the flux-operator-mcp MCP tools to connect to clusters,
fetch Flux and Kubernetes resources, trace delivery pipelines, analyze status conditions,
events and logs, and identify root causes.
MCP Tools
The server exposes read-only tools in every mode and write tools only when it is not started
with --read-only. Check which tools you actually have before planning an action.
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- Repository
- github.com/fluxcd/agent-skills
- Categories
- Backend & APIs, DevOps & CI/CD, AI & Agent Building, Debugging, Automation & Workflows, Generative Media
- First seen
- Jun 3, 2026