Use this skill to work with Kubernetes through kubectl. It explains how to inspect and change resources, manage deployments, troubleshoot pods, configure contexts, format command output, and handle node maintenance.
Use when working with the kubectl CLI — Kubernetes command-line tool for managing cluster resources. Covers the command structure, resource types and API groups, kubeconfig and contexts, declarative apply, workload management (deployments, rollout, scale, autoscale, expose), debugging (logs, exec, port-forward, debug, top), cluster management (cordon, drain, taint), output formats (jsonpath, go-template, custom-columns), patches, labels, annotations, kustomize, and the plugin system. Triggers on: "kubectl", "kubectl get", "kubectl apply", "kubectl create", "kubectl delete", "kubectl describe", "kubectl logs", "kubectl exec", "kubectl config", "kubectl rollout", "kubectl scale", "kubectl expose", "kubectl port-forward", "kubectl top", "kubectl drain", "kubectl cordon", "kubectl taint", "kubectl patch", "kubectl label", "kubectl annotate", "kubectl kustomize", "kubectl wait", "kubectl debug", "kubectl explain", "kubeconfig", "kubectl context", "kubectl plugin".
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Comprehensive reference for kubectl, the CLI for communicating with the Kubernetes control plane. Covers command structure, resource types, kubeconfig, declarative management, workload operations, debugging, cluster administration, and output formatting.
kubectl command
→ parse global flags (--context, --namespace, --kubeconfig, --server)
→ resolve kubeconfig (KUBECONFIG env, ~/.kube/config, in-cluster)
→ authenticate (client cert, token, in-cluster service account)
→ REST request to API server
→ response marshalling (table, json, yaml, jsonpath, go-template)
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| Keywords | Reference |
|---|---|
| concept, model, control plane, API server, pod, container, deployment, replicaSet, service, namespace, node, kubeconfig, context, cluster, declarative, imperative, reconciliation, controller, reconciliation loop, label, annotation, selector, service account, RBAC, workloads, control plane vs data plane | references/concepts.md |
| resource type, API group, core/v1, apps/v1, batch/v1, networking.k8s.io, rbac, short name, abbreviation, namespaced, cluster-scoped, resource specification, TYPE/NAME, TYPE NAME, api-resources, api-versions, field selector, label selector, resource version, kind, crd, custom resource | references/resources.md |
| cli, command, subcommand, command groups, basic commands, intermediate commands, deploy commands, cluster management, troubleshooting, advanced commands, settings commands, global flags, --context, --namespace, --kubeconfig, --server, --as, --as-group, --token, --certificate-authority, verbosity, -v, completion, options, version | references/cli.md |
| config, kubeconfig, context, cluster, user, current-context, config view, config use-context, config set-context, config set-cluster, config set-credentials, config get-contexts, config get-clusters, KUBECONFIG, kubeconfig file, merge kubeconfig, named context, default namespace, namespace override | references/config.md |
| output format, json, yaml, kyaml, name, wide, go-template, go-template-file, jsonpath, jsonpath-as-json, jsonpath-file, custom-columns, custom-columns-file, sort-by, field-selector, template, --output, -o, jsonpath syntax, go template syntax, custom columns syntax, table output, server-print | references/output.md |
| apply, declarative, server-side apply, client-side apply, last-applied-configuration, prune, dry-run, validate, field-manager, managed fields, conflict, force-conflicts, diff, replace, create, delete, cascade, graceful deletion, save-config, kustomize, kustomization, edit, patch, strategic merge patch, json patch, merge patch, patch type | references/apply.md |
| workload, deployment, statefulset, daemonset, replicaset, replicationcontroller, rollout, rollout history, rollout undo, rollout pause, rollout resume, rollout restart, rollout status, scale, autoscale, expose, service, run, set, set image, set env, set resources, set selector, set serviceaccount, set subject, job, cronjob, rolling update, canary | references/workloads.md |
| debugging, logs, exec, attach, cp, port-forward, proxy, top, top node, top pod, describe, events, debug, ephemeral container, wait, condition, troubleshoot, metrics | references/debugging.md |
| cluster management, node, cordon, uncordon, drain, taint, cluster-info, cluster-info dump, certificate, certificate approve, certificate deny, CSR, top node, top pod, metrics-server, auth, auth can-i, auth reconcile, auth whoami, RBAC, role, clusterrole, rolebinding, clusterrolebinding | references/cluster.md |
| plugin, krew, kubectl plugin list, kubectl- prefix, plugin discovery, kubectl plugin, plugin manager, kubectl convert, kubectl alpha, custom plugin, shell plugin, plugin path | references/plugins.md |
kubectl apply work vs kubectl create? → references/apply.mdkubectl patch? → references/apply.mdcompleters/common/kubectl_completer/ synthetic cobra tree, shared actions in pkg/actions/tools/kubectl/, macros like tools.kubectl.Resources), see the carapace skill → references/action.md.kubectl kustomize integration only.kubectl kustomize --enable-helm can inflate Helm charts.No reviews yet. Tell others what you thought.
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