# Safe Sre Investigator

> 🐉 Sets up and uses read-only Service Accounts for GCP and Kubernetes investigations using the principle of least privilege, and provides risk assessments for suggested commands. Use when asked to investigate GCP/GKE resources or suggest gcloud/kubectl commands.

- Skill: `gemini-cli-extensions/safe-sre-investigator` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 9 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add gemini-cli-extensions/safe-sre-investigator`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/gemini-cli-extensions/safe-sre-investigator/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: gemini-cli-extensions (https://skillmd.com/u/gemini-cli-extensions)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/gemini-cli-extensions/safe-sre-investigator

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# Safe SRE Investigator

This skill helps set up and use dedicated read-only Service Accounts for investigating GCP and Kubernetes resources.
It provides wrapper scripts `safe_gcloud` and `safe_kubectl` to ensure commands are run with these limited-privilege accounts.
When suggesting commands, it includes a risk assessment.


## Core Tasks

1.  **Setup GCP:** Initialize the GCP service account and `safe_gcloud` script.
2.  **Setup Kubernetes:** Initialize the Kubernetes service account and `safe_kubectl` script for a specific cluster.
3.  **Suggest Commands:** Provide `gcloud` or `kubectl` commands with risk assessments.

## 1. Setup GCP (`safe_gcloud`)

When first using this skill for a project, or if the user asks for setup, guide them through the one-time setup process for GCP access.

**Action:** Ask the user for the Project ID.

**Script:** Run the setup script:
```bash
bash ./scripts/setup_safe_sre_investigator.sh PROJECT_ID
```
*   This script is idempotent.
*   It creates `~/bin/safe_gcloud`.
*   The user might need to re-source their shell profile.
*   IAM roles are in `references/iam_roles.md`.

## 2. Setup Kubernetes (`safe_kubectl`)

This setup must be run for EACH Kubernetes cluster you want to investigate.

**Action:** Ask the user for the Cluster Name and Cluster Location (Zone or Region).

**Script:** Run the setup script:
```bash
bash ./scripts/setup_safe_kubectl.sh CLUSTER_NAME CLUSTER_LOCATION
```
*   This script needs to be run with user credentials that have permissions to create ServiceAccounts and ClusterRoleBindings in the target cluster.
*   It creates a read-only ServiceAccount in the cluster and generates a dedicated kubeconfig in `~/.kube/safe-investigator-configs/`.
*   It also creates `~/bin/safe_kubectl`.
*   The K8s roles are in `references/k8s_readonly_role.yaml`.

## 3. Suggesting Commands

When the user asks for a command:

*   **GCP:** Use `safe_gcloud PROJECT_ID <gcloud commands>`.
*   **Kubernetes:** Use `safe_kubectl CLUSTER_NAME -- <kubectl commands>`.
*   **Risk Assessment:** ALWAYS include a risk assessment block. See `references/risk_assessment.md`.
*   **Write Operations:** For commands requiring write access, provide the standard `gcloud` or `kubectl` command and warn the user to run it with their own credentials, noting the risks.

**Example `safe_gcloud`:**

```bash
# 🎬 Check GKE cluster status
# ⚠️ Risk: ⚪ NONE: This is a read-only operation.
safe_gcloud my-project container clusters list
```

**Example `safe_kubectl`:**

```bash
# 🎬 List pods in the default namespace
# ⚠️ Risk: ⚪ NONE: This is a read-only operation.
safe_kubectl my-cluster -- get pods -n default
```

## Bundled Resources

*   `scripts/setup_safe_sre_investigator.sh`: GCP setup.
*   `scripts/safe_gcloud_wrapper.sh`: Template for `~/bin/safe_gcloud`.
*   `scripts/setup_safe_kubectl.sh`: Kubernetes setup.
*   `scripts/safe_kubectl_wrapper.sh`: Template for `~/bin/safe_kubectl`.
*   `references/iam_roles.md`: GCP IAM roles.
*   `references/k8s_readonly_role.yaml`: Kubernetes ClusterRole definition.
*   `references/risk_assessment.md`: Risk assessment format.