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Test Mr Ephemeral by dmzoneill — Agent Skill

Name: Test Mr Ephemeral
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: dmzoneill

Test Mr Ephemeral

Deploy an MR's image to ephemeral namespace for testing. Use when user says "deploy MR X to ephemeral", "test MR in ephemeral", or "ephemeral for MR !1234". Gets commit SHA from MR, checks Quay for image, reserves namespace, deploys, optionally runs pytest.

dmzoneill Updated Sep 10, 2026

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Test MR in Ephemeral

Deploy PR/MR image to ephemeral and optionally run smoke tests. Uses MCP tools only — never raw bonfire.

CRITICAL Rules

Image tags: FULL 40-char git SHA only. Short SHA (8 chars) → manifest unknown.
ITS deploy pattern: template_ref = git SHA; image_tag = sha256 digest from Quay (NOT git SHA).
Kubeconfig: Use --kubeconfig=~/.kube/config.e, never copy.
ClowdApps: Main = tower-analytics-clowdapp, Billing = tower-analytics-billing-clowdapp.
STOP if image not in Quay: Tell user to wait for Konflux build.

Inputs

Input	Type	Default	Purpose
`mr_id`	int	-	GitLab MR ID
`commit_sha`	string	-	Alternative to mr_id
`duration`	string	2h	Namespace reservation
`run_tests`	bool	true	Run pytest smoke tests
`billing`	bool	null	null=auto-detect, false=main, true=billing

Workflow

1. Load Developer Persona

persona_load("developer")

2. Get Commit SHA

If mr_id: gitlab_mr_sha(project="automation-analytics/automation-analytics-backend", mr_id="{{ mr_id }}")

3. Check Image in Quay

skopeo_get_digest(repository="redhat-user-workloads/aap-aa-tenant/aap-aa-main/automation-analytics-backend-main", tag="{{ commit_sha }}", namespace="redhat-user-workloads")
STOP if not found — report Konflux build status, do NOT retry deploy

4. Auto-Detect ClowdApp (if billing=null)

Check commit message for billing keywords
Check Jira issue for billing signals
Check git_diff_tree for billing file paths

5. Reserve Namespace

persona_load("devops")
bonfire_namespace_reserve(duration="{{ duration }}", pool="default")

6. Deploy

bonfire_deploy_aa(namespace="{{ namespace }}", template_ref="{{ commit_sha }}", image_tag="{{ sha256_digest }}", billing="{{ use_billing }}")

7. Wait & Verify

bonfire_namespace_wait(namespace="{{ namespace }}", timeout=300)
kubectl_get_pods(namespace="{{ namespace }}", environment="ephemeral")

8. Run Tests (if run_tests)

Get DB creds from automation-analytics-db secret
kubectl_cp test script to pod
kubectl_exec smoke tests

9. Cleanup

cleanup_on_failure: bonfire_namespace_release(namespace="{{ namespace }}") if deploy/tests fail
cleanup_on_success: release if requested

10. Error Recovery

"no route to host" → vpn_connect()
"unauthorized" → kube_login("ephemeral") or kube_login("konflux")
"manifest unknown" → image not built; wait for Konflux

---name: test-mr-ephemeraldescription: Deploy an MR's image to ephemeral namespace for testing. Use when user says "deploy MR X to ephemeral", "test MR in ephemeral", or "ephemeral for MR !1234". Gets commit SHA from MR, checks Quay for image, reserves namespace, deploys, optionally runs pytest.---# Test MR in EphemeralDeploy PR/MR image to ephemeral and optionally run smoke tests. **Uses MCP tools only** — never raw bonfire.## CRITICAL Rules- **Image tags**: FULL 40-char git SHA only. Short SHA (8 chars) → manifest unknown.- **ITS deploy pattern**: `template_ref` = git SHA; `image_tag` = sha256 digest from Quay (NOT git SHA).- **Kubeconfig**: Use `--kubeconfig=~/.kube/config.e`, never copy.- **ClowdApps**: Main = `tower-analytics-clowdapp`, Billing = `tower-analytics-billing-clowdapp`.- **STOP if image not in Quay**: Tell user to wait for Konflux build.## Inputs| Input | Type | Default | Purpose ||-------|------|---------|---------|| `mr_id` | int | - | GitLab MR ID || `commit_sha` | string | - | Alternative to mr_id || `duration` | string | 2h | Namespace reservation || `run_tests` | bool | true | Run pytest smoke tests || `billing` | bool | null | null=auto-detect, false=main, true=billing |## Workflow### 1. Load Developer Persona- `persona_load("developer")`### 2. Get Commit SHA- If `mr_id`: `gitlab_mr_sha(project="automation-analytics/automation-analytics-backend", mr_id="{{ mr_id }}")`### 3. Check Image in Quay- `skopeo_get_digest(repository="redhat-user-workloads/aap-aa-tenant/aap-aa-main/automation-analytics-backend-main", tag="{{ commit_sha }}", namespace="redhat-user-workloads")`- **STOP if not found** — report Konflux build status, do NOT retry deploy### 4. Auto-Detect ClowdApp (if billing=null)- Check commit message for billing keywords- Check Jira issue for billing signals- Check `git_diff_tree` for billing file paths### 5. Reserve Namespace- `persona_load("devops")`- `bonfire_namespace_reserve(duration="{{ duration }}", pool="default")`### 6. Deploy- `bonfire_deploy_aa(namespace="{{ namespace }}", template_ref="{{ commit_sha }}", image_tag="{{ sha256_digest }}", billing="{{ use_billing }}")`### 7. Wait & Verify- `bonfire_namespace_wait(namespace="{{ namespace }}", timeout=300)`- `kubectl_get_pods(namespace="{{ namespace }}", environment="ephemeral")`### 8. Run Tests (if run_tests)- Get DB creds from `automation-analytics-db` secret- `kubectl_cp` test script to pod- `kubectl_exec` smoke tests### 9. Cleanup- `cleanup_on_failure`: `bonfire_namespace_release(namespace="{{ namespace }}")` if deploy/tests fail- `cleanup_on_success`: release if requested### 10. Error Recovery- "no route to host" → `vpn_connect()`- "unauthorized" → `kube_login("ephemeral")` or `kube_login("konflux")`- "manifest unknown" → image not built; wait for Konflux

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