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Nomad by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Nomad
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: modbender

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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 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: ```bash nomad job status ``` Get job details: ```bash nomad job status <job-id> ``` Job history: ```bash nomad job history <job-id> ``` Job deployments: ```bash nomad job deployments <job-id> ``` ### Allocations List allocations for a job: ```bash nomad job allocs <job-id> ``` Allocation details: ```bash nomad alloc status <alloc-id> ``` Allocation logs (stdout): ```bash nomad alloc logs <alloc-id> ``` Allocation logs (stderr): ```bash nomad alloc logs -stderr <alloc-id> ``` Follow logs: ```bash nomad alloc logs -f <alloc-id> ``` ### Nodes List all nodes: ```bash nomad node status ``` Node details: ```bash nomad node status <node-id> ``` Node allocations: ```bash nomad node status -allocs <node-id> ``` ### Evaluations List recent evaluations: ```bash nomad eval list ``` Evaluation details: ```bash nomad eval status <eval-id> ``` ### Services List services (Nomad native service discovery): ```bash nomad service list ``` Service info: ```bash nomad service info <service-name> ``` ### Namespaces List namespaces: ```bash nomad namespace list ``` ### Variables List variables: ```bash nomad var list ``` Get variable: ```bash nomad var get <path> ``` ### Cluster Server members: ```bash nomad server members ``` Agent info: ```bash nomad agent-info ``` ## JSON Output Add `-json` to most commands for JSON output: ```bash nomad job status -json nomad node status -json nomad alloc status -json <alloc-id> ``` ## Filtering Use `-filter` for expression-based filtering: ```bash nomad job status -filter='Status == "running"' nomad node status -filter='Status == "ready"' ``` ## Common Patterns ### Find failed allocations ```bash nomad job allocs <job-id> | grep -i failed ``` ### Get logs from latest allocation ```bash nomad alloc logs $(nomad job allocs -json <job-id> | jq -r '.[0].ID') ``` ### Check cluster health ```bash 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.

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