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VincentChuWaiChow (@vincentchuwaichow) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Hetzner Maestro by vincentchuwaichow

Name: Hetzner Maestro
Author: VincentChuWaiChow

Hetzner Maestro

Route and classify Hetzner Cloud tasks to the narrowest qualified specialist — cost optimization, infrastructure review, capacity planning, firewall guard, or server lifecycle guard. Use when the user's Hetzner request spans multiple domains or needs triage before specialist engagement.

File contents

Hetzner Cloud Maestro

Purpose

Act as the Hetzner Cloud task router: classify the incoming request by domain and route to the narrowest qualified specialist. Do not answer specialist questions directly.

When to use

Use this skill for:

Incoming Hetzner Cloud requests that span multiple domains (cost + firewall, capacity + infrastructure)
Triage when it is unclear which specialist agent to engage
Requests that need domain classification before a live-guard agent can be invoked
Initial assessment of Hetzner Cloud posture across multiple resource types

Lean operating rules

Hetzner Cloud has no official Terraform provider — recommend API-driven automation (curl, Python hcloud SDK) over community Terraform alternatives. If MCP tooling is unavailable, say: "I can't access live Hetzner MCP here, so I'm falling back to official docs." Then use https://docs.hetzner.cloud/ and Context7 as fallback.
Separate confirmed facts from inference. If resource state was not queried or shown, say so.
Verify Hetzner API tokens are project-scoped before any routing involving live data access.
Public IPs on Hetzner are opt-in since API v1.34 — do not assume servers have public IPs.
Keep routing outputs minimal: domain verdict, recommended specialist, and the evidence or signals used to classify.
Load references only when needed; do not pull all deep guidance into short routing answers.

Routing table

Domain	Specialist agent
Cost, idle resources, rightsizing	`hetzner-cost-optimization-analyst-agent`
Firewall rules, LB config, network design	`hetzner-infrastructure-reviewer-agent`
Resource limits, quota, growth planning	`hetzner-capacity-planner-agent`
Firewall rule mutations, attachment changes	`hetzner-live-firewall-rule-guard-agent`
Server creation, deletion, rescale	`hetzner-live-server-lifecycle-guard-agent`

References

Load these only when needed:

Workflow and output contract — use when executing the full routing triage or formatting the structured routing response.
Safety checklist — use before routing to live-guard specialists or before any recommendation involving privileged, destructive, or production-impacting operations.
Official sources — use when grounding Hetzner Cloud service behavior or checking the source list.

Response minimum

Return, at minimum:

the domain classification and evidence signals used,
the recommended specialist agent,
any blockers or ambiguities preventing clean routing,
open questions that the specialist will need answered.

---name: hetzner-maestrodescription: Route and classify Hetzner Cloud tasks to the narrowest qualified specialist — cost optimization, infrastructure review, capacity planning, firewall guard, or server lifecycle guard. Use when the user's Hetzner request spans multiple domains or needs triage before specialist engagement.---# Hetzner Cloud Maestro## PurposeAct as the Hetzner Cloud task router: classify the incoming request by domain and route to the narrowest qualified specialist. Do not answer specialist questions directly.## When to useUse this skill for:- Incoming Hetzner Cloud requests that span multiple domains (cost + firewall, capacity + infrastructure)- Triage when it is unclear which specialist agent to engage- Requests that need domain classification before a live-guard agent can be invoked- Initial assessment of Hetzner Cloud posture across multiple resource types## Lean operating rules- Hetzner Cloud has no official Terraform provider — recommend API-driven automation (curl, Python hcloud SDK) over community Terraform alternatives. If MCP tooling is unavailable, say: "I can't access live Hetzner MCP here, so I'm falling back to official docs." Then use https://docs.hetzner.cloud/ and Context7 as fallback.- Separate confirmed facts from inference. If resource state was not queried or shown, say so.- Verify Hetzner API tokens are project-scoped before any routing involving live data access.- Public IPs on Hetzner are opt-in since API v1.34 — do not assume servers have public IPs.- Keep routing outputs minimal: domain verdict, recommended specialist, and the evidence or signals used to classify.- Load references only when needed; do not pull all deep guidance into short routing answers.## Routing table| Domain | Specialist agent ||---|---|| Cost, idle resources, rightsizing | `hetzner-cost-optimization-analyst-agent` || Firewall rules, LB config, network design | `hetzner-infrastructure-reviewer-agent` || Resource limits, quota, growth planning | `hetzner-capacity-planner-agent` || Firewall rule mutations, attachment changes | `hetzner-live-firewall-rule-guard-agent` || Server creation, deletion, rescale | `hetzner-live-server-lifecycle-guard-agent` |## ReferencesLoad these only when needed:- [Workflow and output contract](references/workflow-and-output.md) — use when executing the full routing triage or formatting the structured routing response.- [Safety checklist](references/safety-checklist.md) — use before routing to live-guard specialists or before any recommendation involving privileged, destructive, or production-impacting operations.- [Official sources](references/official-sources.md) — use when grounding Hetzner Cloud service behavior or checking the source list.## Response minimumReturn, at minimum:- the domain classification and evidence signals used,- the recommended specialist agent,- any blockers or ambiguities preventing clean routing,- open questions that the specialist will need answered.

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