How does it identify the root cause of a failure?

The skill analyzes health statuses, reviews recent configuration changes and diffs, and investigates related parent or child resources to find where the error originated.

Does it show what specifically changed in a configuration?

Yes, it uses the search_catalog_changes tool to review specific patches, diffs, and the severity of recent modifications to understand what triggered an issue.

Can I use this for non-cloud applications?

Yes, it can troubleshoot any application configuration item as long as it is discoverable within the Mission Control catalog.

What types of infrastructure can this skill troubleshoot?

It supports any resource tracked in Mission Control, including Kubernetes pods, deployments, services, AWS EC2 instances, volumes, and Azure VMs.

How does the skill handle complex dependencies?

It maps hierarchical relationships, such as Deployment to ReplicaSet to Pod, allowing it to trace failures from high-level services down to specific failing containers.

Mission Control Config Troubleshooting

Name: Mission Control Config Troubleshooting
Author: flanksource

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Cloud Infrastructure

Troubleshoots infrastructure and application configuration issues by diagnosing health status, analyzing recent changes, and mapping resource dependencies.

About

This skill empowers Claude to perform deep-dive investigations into infrastructure and application health within Mission Control. It enables the AI to systematically identify unhealthy resources—such as Kubernetes pods, AWS EC2 instances, and Azure VMs—by analyzing their configuration state, history of changes, and hierarchical relationships. Whether diagnosing a CrashLoopBackOff in Kubernetes or a capacity issue in AWS, this skill provides evidence-based root cause analysis and remediation steps by connecting dots between parent-child resource dependencies and recent system modifications.

Key Features

Systematic change analysis to correlate updates with system failures
Integration with Mission Control notifications and catalog search
Resource relationship mapping for parent-child dependency investigation
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Detailed configuration inspections using manifest and JSON specifications
Comprehensive health and status diagnosis for multi-cloud resources

Use Cases

Diagnosing why a Kubernetes Deployment is failing or showing degraded health
Investigating recent AWS infrastructure changes to identify the source of a service outage
Tracing resource dependencies to find hidden failing components within complex microservices

About

Key Features

Systematic change analysis to correlate updates with system failures
Integration with Mission Control notifications and catalog search
Resource relationship mapping for parent-child dependency investigation
0 GitHub stars
Detailed configuration inspections using manifest and JSON specifications
Comprehensive health and status diagnosis for multi-cloud resources

Use Cases

Diagnosing why a Kubernetes Deployment is failing or showing degraded health
Investigating recent AWS infrastructure changes to identify the source of a service outage
Tracing resource dependencies to find hidden failing components within complex microservices