Kaizen Infrastructure

name: kaizen-infrastructure description: Kaizen infrastructure management. Use when working on Kubernetes manifests, Talos configuration, Flux GitOps, or cluster operations. Triggers on: k8s, kubernetes, flux, talos, cluster, node, deployment, helm, kustomize. allowed-tools: Read, Write, Bash, Grep, Glob

Kaizen Infrastructure Skill

When to Use

• Creating or modifying Kubernetes manifests
• Configuring Talos Linux nodes
• Setting up Flux GitOps resources
• Deploying applications to the cluster
• Troubleshooting cluster issues

Key Directories

• k8s/ — All Kubernetes manifests
• talos/ — Talos Linux configuration
• specs/architecture.md — System design decisions
• specs/hardware-inventory.md — Available hardware

Conventions

Manifest Structure

Follow the Flux monorepo pattern:

k8s/
├── clusters/<cluster>/     # Bootstrap per cluster
├── infrastructure/base/    # Shared infrastructure
├── infrastructure/overlays/<env>/
├── apps/base/              # Application definitions
└── apps/overlays/<env>/

Naming

• Namespaces: lowercase, hyphenated (inference, mcp-gateway)
• Resources: <app>-<component> (e.g., sglang-server, qdrant-cluster)
• ConfigMaps: <app>-config
• Secrets: <app>-secret

Labels (Required)

metadata:
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: <app>
    app.kubernetes.io/component: <component>
    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: kaizen

GPU Workloads

nodeSelector:
  nvidia.com/gpu.present: "true"
resources:
  limits:
    nvidia.com/gpu: 1

Flux Patterns

HelmRelease

apiVersion: helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v2
kind: HelmRelease
metadata:
  name: <app>
  namespace: <namespace>
spec:
  interval: 5m
  chart:
    spec:
      chart: <chart>
      version: "<version>"
      sourceRef:
        kind: HelmRepository
        name: <repo>
  values:
    # Inline values or reference valuesFrom

Kustomization

apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: Kustomization
metadata:
  name: <name>
  namespace: flux-system
spec:
  interval: 10m
  path: ./k8s/apps/<path>
  prune: true
  sourceRef:
    kind: GitRepository
    name: flux-system

Talos Patterns

Machine Config Patches

Store per-node patches in talos/patches/:

# talos/patches/interface.yaml
machine:
  install:
    disk: /dev/nvme0n1
  network:
    hostname: interface

Apply Configuration

talosctl apply-config -n <node-ip> -f controlplane.yaml --config-patch @patches/interface.yaml

Common Tasks

Add a new application

1. Create base in k8s/apps/base/<app>/
2. Add kustomization.yaml
3. Create overlay in k8s/apps/overlays/<env>/<app>/
4. Add to cluster kustomization

Check cluster health

kubectl get nodes
kubectl get pods -A | grep -v Running
flux get all

Force Flux sync

flux reconcile source git flux-system
flux reconcile kustomization flux-system

Validation

Before committing:

1. yamllint on all YAML files
2. kubectl diff if cluster is available
3. Verify Flux can parse: flux diff kustomization

Reference Docs

• Read k8s/README.md for detailed conventions
• Check specs/architecture.md for design decisions