DevOps & Infra
DevOps agent skills automate the delivery side of software: CI/CD pipelines, Dockerfiles, infrastructure as code, releases, and incident checklists. A skill gives your AI agent the exact runbook to follow, so deployments and configs come out consistent every time.
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paulpas Skill Kernel TuningTunes Linux kernel parameters for workload optimization across cloud VMs and bare metal with hardware-aware adjustments for CPU, memory, and network performance.
Audited - paulpas Skill Observability
Implements Linux system observability with metrics, logs, and performance profiling for proactive infrastructure management across cloud and on-prem environments.
Audited - paulpas Skill Azure Cosmos DB
Provides Global NoSQL database with multi-region distribution and guaranteed latency
Audited - paulpas Skill Storage Architecture
Designs and implements Linux storage architectures for cloud block storage and on-prem SAN/NAS with performance and durability guarantees.
- paulpas Skill Azure Keyvault Secrets
"Provides Secret management and rotation for sensitive credentials and configuration"
Audited - paulpas Skill Azure Resource Manager
"Provides Infrastructure as code using ARM templates for repeatable Azure resource deployments"
Audited - paulpas Skill Azure Virtual Machines
"Deploys and manages VMs with auto-scaling, availability sets, and integration" with Azure services.
Audited - paulpas Skill Azure Virtual Networks
"Provides Networking with subnets, network security groups, and VPN connectivity"
Audited - paulpas Skill GCP Container Registry
"Provides Stores and manages container images with integration to GKE and Cloud Build"
Audited - paulpas Skill GCP Deployment Manager
"Infrastructure as code using YAML templates for repeatable GCP resource" deployments.
Audited - paulpas Skill Helm Chart Development
Builds, templates, and manages Helm charts with Chart.yaml, values.yaml, and Go template files for reliable Kubernetes application deployment and versioned releases.
Audited - paulpas Skill Kubernetes Statefulset
Implements apps/v1 StatefulSet manifests with stable network identities, ordered pod lifecycle, and persistent volume claim automation for stateful workloads.
Audited - paulpas Skill Terraform Iac Patterns
Implements Terraform infrastructure as code patterns including modular design, remote state locking with S3/DynamoDB, workspace strategy, and plan/apply workflows for production-grade cloud provisioning.
Audited - paulpas Skill Security Engineering
Implements end-to-end secure development lifecycle practices including threat modeling (STRIDE/DREAD), OWASP Top 10 vulnerability prevention, zero-trust architecture patterns, supply chain security, and automated security pipeline integration for production systems.
- paulpas Skill Hardware Provisioning
Plans and provisions Linux systems for cloud instances and on-prem hardware with workload-appropriate sizing, RAID, and hardware abstraction.
Audited - paulpas Skill Flatcar Container Linux
"Provides Flatcar Container Linux in Cloud-Native Engineering - container Linux"
Audited - paulpas Skill Jaeger
Deploys and manages Jaeger distributed tracing infrastructure on Kubernetes with configuration, querying, health monitoring, and troubleshooting for production microservice observability.
Audited - paulpas Skill Kong Ingress Controller
"Kong Ingress Controller in Kubernetes - cloud native architecture, patterns" pitfalls, and best practices
- paulpas Skill Kubernetes API Patterns
Kubernetes API patterns including CRD development, webhook implementation, API groups, client library usage, and debugging techniques for custom API extensions
Audited - paulpas Skill Kyverno Mutate Patterns
Mutates Kubernetes resources at admission using patchStrategicMerge, patchesJson6902, and set operations to inject labels, sidecars, and default configurations.
Audited - paulpas Skill Build Test Validation
Validates Makefile-based builds through automated test suites, dependency analysis, CI/CD integration, and reproducibility checks to ensure reliable software construction.
Audited - paulpas Skill CI CD Pipeline Design
Implements strategies for automation in building, testing, and deploying software through continuous integration and delivery principles.
Audited - paulpas Skill CI CD Pipeline Analyzer
Implements intelligent ci cd pipeline analyzer with multi-factor skill selection, fallback chains, and adherence to the 5 Laws of Elegant Defense
Audited - paulpas Skill Cicd Pipeline Debugging
Debugging patterns for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins and other CI/CD systems including log analysis, runner issues, cache problems, and workflow optimization
- paulpas Skill Coding Agent Frameworks
Implements autonomous coding agent frameworks (automated refactoring, test generation, deployment pipeline management) for AI-augmented software development with 30%+ code generation targets.
Audited - paulpas Skill Network Troubleshooting
Diagnoses and resolves network connectivity issues including firewall rules, DNS resolution, load balancer configuration, container networking, VPN connectivity, and network policy debugging for Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native environments
- paulpas Skill Argo CD Gitops Workflows
Implements GitOps deployment workflows using Argo CD — sync policies, ApplicationSets, app-of-apps bootstrapping, and resource pruning for automated Kubernetes deployment pipelines.
Audited - paulpas Skill Azure Container Registry
"Provides Stores and manages container images with integration to AKS and Azure services"
Audited - paulpas Skill GCP Cloud Load Balancing
"Provides Distributes traffic across instances with automatic failover and health checking"
Audited - paulpas Skill Kubernetes Networkpolicy
Implements networking.k8s.io/v1 NetworkPolicy resources with ingress and egress rules, pod selector targeting, and network segmentation for microservice isolation.
Audited - paulpas Skill Kyverno Cleanup Policies
Automates garbage collection of unused Kubernetes resources using Kyverno v2 ClusterCleanupPolicy and CleanupPolicy with cron scheduling and conditional deletion.
Audited - paulpas Skill Google Cloud Sdk
Integrates Google Cloud services (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Cloud Functions, GKE, Pub/Sub) using the Google Cloud Python client libraries with authentication and resource patterns.
Audited - paulpas Skill SQL Substitution
Implements SQL variable substitution (Oracle &varname, psql :variable, MySQL @var, SQLite3 .variable) with ACCEPT prompts, ampersand escaping, COALESCE defaults, and CI/CD-safe patterns.
Audited - paulpas Skill Make Build System
Implements GNU Make build automation including dependency graphs, phony targets, variable scoping, pattern rules, automatic variables, cross-compilation, and CI/CD integration for reproducible software builds.
Audited - paulpas Skill Azure Load Balancer
Provides Distributes traffic across VMs with health probes and rule-based routing
Audited - paulpas Skill GCP Cloud Functions
Deploys serverless functions triggered by events with automatic scaling and GCP service integration
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Frequently asked questions
What are DevOps & Infra agent skills?
DevOps agent skills automate the delivery side of software: CI/CD pipelines, Dockerfiles, infrastructure as code, releases, and incident checklists. A skill gives your AI agent the exact runbook to follow, so deployments and configs come out consistent every time.
Which DevOps & Infra skills are most installed?
Popular DevOps & Infra skills on SkillMD right now include kernel-tuning, observability, azure-cosmos-db. Rankings shift as installs change; sort this page by "Most installs" for the live list.
Do DevOps & Infra skills work with Claude Code and Cursor?
Yes. Every skill here ships as a SKILL.md file, an open format that works in Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, and 60+ other agents. Install one with npx skillmds@latest add <owner>/<name>, or copy the file into your agent's skills directory.