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Nomad by kbarbel640-del — Agent Skill

Name: Nomad
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: kbarbel640-del

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Nomad Skill

Query HashiCorp Nomad clusters using the nomad CLI. Read-only operations for monitoring and troubleshooting.

Requirements

nomad CLI installed
NOMAD_ADDR environment variable set (or defaults to http://127.0.0.1:4646)
NOMAD_TOKEN if ACLs are enabled

Commands

Jobs

List all jobs:

nomad job status

Get job details:

nomad job status <job-id>

Job history:

nomad job history <job-id>

Job deployments:

nomad job deployments <job-id>

Allocations

List allocations for a job:

nomad job allocs <job-id>

Allocation details:

nomad alloc status <alloc-id>

Allocation logs (stdout):

nomad alloc logs <alloc-id>

Allocation logs (stderr):

nomad alloc logs -stderr <alloc-id>

Follow logs:

nomad alloc logs -f <alloc-id>

Nodes

List all nodes:

nomad node status

Node details:

nomad node status <node-id>

Node allocations:

nomad node status -allocs <node-id>

Evaluations

List recent evaluations:

nomad eval list

Evaluation details:

nomad eval status <eval-id>

Services

List services (Nomad native service discovery):

nomad service list

Service info:

nomad service info <service-name>

Namespaces

List namespaces:

nomad namespace list

Variables

List variables:

nomad var list

Get variable:

nomad var get <path>

Cluster

Server members:

nomad server members

Agent info:

nomad agent-info

JSON Output

Add -json to most commands for JSON output:

nomad job status -json
nomad node status -json
nomad alloc status -json <alloc-id>

Filtering

Use -filter for expression-based filtering:

nomad job status -filter='Status == "running"'
nomad node status -filter='Status == "ready"'

Common Patterns

Find failed allocations

nomad job allocs <job-id> | grep -i failed

Get logs from latest allocation

nomad alloc logs $(nomad job allocs -json <job-id> | jq -r '.[0].ID')

Check cluster health

nomad server members
nomad node status

Environment Variables

NOMAD_ADDR — Nomad API address (default: http://127.0.0.1:4646)
NOMAD_TOKEN — ACL token for authentication
NOMAD_NAMESPACE — Default namespace
NOMAD_REGION — Default region
NOMAD_CACERT — Path to CA cert for TLS
NOMAD_CLIENT_CERT — Path to client cert for TLS
NOMAD_CLIENT_KEY — Path to client key for TLS

Notes

This skill is read-only. No job submissions, stops, or modifications.
Use nomad-tui for interactive cluster management.
For job deployment, use nomad job run <file.nomad.hcl> directly.

---name: nomaddescription: Query HashiCorp Nomad clusters. List jobs, nodes, allocations, evaluations, and services. Read-only operations for monitoring and troubleshooting.---# Nomad SkillQuery HashiCorp Nomad clusters using the `nomad` CLI. Read-only operations for monitoring and troubleshooting.## Requirements- `nomad` CLI installed- `NOMAD_ADDR` environment variable set (or defaults to http://127.0.0.1:4646)- `NOMAD_TOKEN` if ACLs are enabled## Commands### JobsList all jobs:```bashnomad job status```Get job details:```bashnomad job status <job-id>```Job history:```bashnomad job history <job-id>```Job deployments:```bashnomad job deployments <job-id>```### AllocationsList allocations for a job:```bashnomad job allocs <job-id>```Allocation details:```bashnomad alloc status <alloc-id>```Allocation logs (stdout):```bashnomad alloc logs <alloc-id>```Allocation logs (stderr):```bashnomad alloc logs -stderr <alloc-id>```Follow logs:```bashnomad alloc logs -f <alloc-id>```### NodesList all nodes:```bashnomad node status```Node details:```bashnomad node status <node-id>```Node allocations:```bashnomad node status -allocs <node-id>```### EvaluationsList recent evaluations:```bashnomad eval list```Evaluation details:```bashnomad eval status <eval-id>```### ServicesList services (Nomad native service discovery):```bashnomad service list```Service info:```bashnomad service info <service-name>```### NamespacesList namespaces:```bashnomad namespace list```### VariablesList variables:```bashnomad var list```Get variable:```bashnomad var get <path>```### ClusterServer members:```bashnomad server members```Agent info:```bashnomad agent-info```## JSON OutputAdd `-json` to most commands for JSON output:```bashnomad job status -jsonnomad node status -jsonnomad alloc status -json <alloc-id>```## FilteringUse `-filter` for expression-based filtering:```bashnomad job status -filter='Status == "running"'nomad node status -filter='Status == "ready"'```## Common Patterns### Find failed allocations```bashnomad job allocs <job-id> | grep -i failed```### Get logs from latest allocation```bashnomad alloc logs $(nomad job allocs -json <job-id> | jq -r '.[0].ID')```### Check cluster health```bashnomad server membersnomad node status```## Environment Variables- `NOMAD_ADDR` — Nomad API address (default: http://127.0.0.1:4646)- `NOMAD_TOKEN` — ACL token for authentication- `NOMAD_NAMESPACE` — Default namespace- `NOMAD_REGION` — Default region- `NOMAD_CACERT` — Path to CA cert for TLS- `NOMAD_CLIENT_CERT` — Path to client cert for TLS- `NOMAD_CLIENT_KEY` — Path to client key for TLS## Notes- This skill is read-only. No job submissions, stops, or modifications.- Use `nomad-tui` for interactive cluster management.- For job deployment, use `nomad job run <file.nomad.hcl>` directly.

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