How does it help with troubleshooting deployment failures?

The skill provides a curated list of CLI commands to check application health, view controller logs, diff current state against desired state, and inspect sync events.

Can I use this skill for Helm charts and Kustomize?

Yes, the skill covers ArgoCD Application CR patterns which are the standard way to point ArgoCD at Helm charts or Kustomize manifests in a source repository.

What is the primary benefit of the ArgoCD Management skill?

It ensures your Kubernetes resources stay synchronized with Git by enforcing ArgoCD-specific patterns and preventing manual configuration drift that occurs with direct kubectl usage.

Does this skill support manual Kubernetes overrides?

While it strongly discourages manual changes, it provides a safe 'Emergency Override' workflow to temporarily pause sync, apply manual fixes, and then reconcile the Git repository.

ArgoCD Management & GitOps

Name: ArgoCD Management & GitOps
Author: colek42

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Deployment & DevOps

Streamlines Kubernetes application lifecycles by enforcing GitOps best practices and managing ArgoCD resources through standardized sync patterns.

About

This skill empowers developers to manage Kubernetes applications via ArgoCD effectively by guiding them through the GitOps workflow. It provides standardized patterns for creating Application Custom Resources (CRs), executing CLI commands for syncing and debugging, and prevents common pitfalls like manual resource modification that lead to configuration drift. By integrating these best practices into the Claude environment, teams can ensure their cluster state always matches their Git repository while maintaining clear visibility into deployment health and synchronization status.

Key Features

Comprehensive ArgoCD CLI command reference for debugging
Standardized ArgoCD Application CR templates
GitOps-aligned resource management workflows
Emergency override patterns for safe manual interventions
Automated sync and self-healing configuration guidance
0 GitHub stars

Use Cases

Synchronizing cluster state with source control after configuration changes
Deploying new Kubernetes applications via Git-based manifests
Troubleshooting deployment health and sync failures using the ArgoCD CLI

About

Key Features

Comprehensive ArgoCD CLI command reference for debugging
Standardized ArgoCD Application CR templates
GitOps-aligned resource management workflows
Emergency override patterns for safe manual interventions
Automated sync and self-healing configuration guidance
0 GitHub stars

Use Cases

Synchronizing cluster state with source control after configuration changes
Deploying new Kubernetes applications via Git-based manifests
Troubleshooting deployment health and sync failures using the ArgoCD CLI