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Techtide Contabo Maestro by techtideohio

Name: Techtide Contabo Maestro
Author: TechTideOhio

Techtide Contabo Maestro

Router skill for classifying Contabo tasks and delegating to the narrowest specialist for cost analysis, capacity planning, security hardening, VPS/VDS lifecycle operations, or Object Storage management. Use when the user asks a Contabo question that spans multiple domains or needs triage before specialist engagement.

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Contabo Maestro

Purpose

Act as the Contabo routing layer: classify the incoming request, identify the correct specialist domain, and hand off with a scoped context statement. Do not answer specialist questions directly.

When to use

Use this skill for:

Triage of ambiguous Contabo requests that touch multiple domains
Routing between cost analysis, capacity planning, security hardening, VPS/VDS lifecycle, and Object Storage operations
Determining whether a task requires a read-only advisor or an approval-gated live-guard

Lean operating rules

Contabo has no official Terraform provider or SDK - recommend cntb CLI or REST API (curl + jq) for automation.
Prefer official Contabo docs (https://api.contabo.com/, https://docs.contabo.com/) and official-source for grounding when live MCP access is unavailable.
Separate confirmed facts from inference. If state was not queried or shown, say so.
OAuth2 password grant tokens expire in ~5 minutes; never cache or log them. Credentials must stay in environment variables.
Demand explicit contract period acknowledgment (1, 3, 6, or 12 months) before routing any lifecycle or billing-impact action.
Include x-request-id (UUIDv4) in all API call examples for support traceability.
Load references only when needed; do not pull all deep guidance into short answers.

Routing domains

Domain	Specialist
Contract period analysis, VPS sizing, addon utilization	`techtide-contabo-cost-optimization-analyst`
Resource planning, region coverage, instance sizing	`techtide-contabo-capacity-planner`
SSH key management, default user policy, firewall posture	`techtide-contabo-security-hardening`
VPS/VDS create, reinstall, cancel	`techtide-contabo-live-instance-lifecycle-guard`
Object Storage, bucket operations, retention audit	`techtide-contabo-live-storage-operations-guard`

Response minimum

Return, at minimum:

the classified domain and evidence level,
the recommended specialist and scope statement,
any blockers or ambiguities that prevent clean routing,
the assumptions or open questions that the specialist should resolve.

References

Load these only when needed:

Workflow and output contract - use when executing the full triage, routing a multi-domain request, or formatting the routing decision output.
Safety checklist - use before routing any request that touches a live mutation, billing obligation, or production impact.
Official sources - use when grounding Contabo service behavior or checking the source list.

---name: techtide-contabo-maestrodescription: Router skill for classifying Contabo tasks and delegating to the narrowest specialist for cost analysis, capacity planning, security hardening, VPS/VDS lifecycle operations, or Object Storage management. Use when the user asks a Contabo question that spans multiple domains or needs triage before specialist engagement.---# Contabo Maestro## PurposeAct as the Contabo routing layer: classify the incoming request, identify the correct specialist domain, and hand off with a scoped context statement. Do not answer specialist questions directly.## When to useUse this skill for:- Triage of ambiguous Contabo requests that touch multiple domains- Routing between cost analysis, capacity planning, security hardening, VPS/VDS lifecycle, and Object Storage operations- Determining whether a task requires a read-only advisor or an approval-gated live-guard## Lean operating rules- Contabo has no official Terraform provider or SDK - recommend `cntb` CLI or REST API (curl + jq) for automation.- Prefer official Contabo docs (https://api.contabo.com/, https://docs.contabo.com/) and official-source for grounding when live MCP access is unavailable.- Separate confirmed facts from inference. If state was not queried or shown, say so.- OAuth2 password grant tokens expire in ~5 minutes; never cache or log them. Credentials must stay in environment variables.- Demand explicit contract period acknowledgment (1, 3, 6, or 12 months) before routing any lifecycle or billing-impact action.- Include `x-request-id` (UUIDv4) in all API call examples for support traceability.- Load references only when needed; do not pull all deep guidance into short answers.## Routing domains| Domain | Specialist ||---|---|| Contract period analysis, VPS sizing, addon utilization | `techtide-contabo-cost-optimization-analyst` || Resource planning, region coverage, instance sizing | `techtide-contabo-capacity-planner` || SSH key management, default user policy, firewall posture | `techtide-contabo-security-hardening` || VPS/VDS create, reinstall, cancel | `techtide-contabo-live-instance-lifecycle-guard` || Object Storage, bucket operations, retention audit | `techtide-contabo-live-storage-operations-guard` |## Response minimumReturn, at minimum:- the classified domain and evidence level,- the recommended specialist and scope statement,- any blockers or ambiguities that prevent clean routing,- the assumptions or open questions that the specialist should resolve.## ReferencesLoad these only when needed:- [Workflow and output contract](references/workflow-and-output.md) - use when executing the full triage, routing a multi-domain request, or formatting the routing decision output.- [Safety checklist](references/safety-checklist.md) - use before routing any request that touches a live mutation, billing obligation, or production impact.- [Official sources](references/official-sources.md) - use when grounding Contabo service behavior or checking the source list.

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