# Helm Chart Diff & Upgrade Manager

> Uses helm-diff to compute a human-readable diff between deployed and candidate chart versions before upgrade. Automatically bumps image tags by querying the OCI registry, then executes helm upgrade --atomic with configurable rollback timeouts. Sends upgrade status to PagerDuty or Datadog.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/helm-chart-diff-upgrade-manager` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/helm-chart-diff-upgrade-manager`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/helm-chart-diff-upgrade-manager/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/helm-chart-diff-upgrade-manager

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# Helm Chart Diff & Upgrade Manager

Uses helm-diff to compute a human-readable diff between deployed and candidate chart versions before upgrade. Automatically bumps image tags by querying the OCI registry, then executes helm upgrade --atomic with configurable rollback timeouts. Sends upgrade status to PagerDuty or Datadog.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) users can use brew install helm.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Find and use [popular software packaged as Helm Charts](https://artifacthub.io/packages/search?kind=0) to run in Kubernetes
- Helm runs on your laptop, CI/CD, or wherever you want it to run.
- Binary downloads of the Helm client can be found on [the Releases page](https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/latest).

- Source: https://github.com/helm/helm
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/helm-chart-diff-upgrade-manager/)