Best skills for DevOps engineer

As a DevOps engineer, your edge comes from automation and deep toolchain mastery. The AI coding skills curated here streamline CI/CD pipelines and repository management. The 'Automated Release Process' skill is a standout: it generates reliable release scripts, handles versioning and changelogs, cutting manual errors. Pair it with 'Gitea CLI (tea)' to command your Gitea repos from the terminal—automating PR creation, milestone tracking, and code review. But watch out: don't cascade these automations unchecked; always test in staging first. Focus on skills that mesh with your existing stack (Git, Docker, Kubernetes). These AI assistants aren't a replacement for pipeline expertise, but they free you up for high-impact work. Evaluate each critically and adapt to your specific workflow.

24 skills selected

Frappe HRMS Deployment to AWS

DevOps

Deploy Frappe HRMS code changes to AWS production, handling Docker rebuilds for Python/API changes with automatic bypass of caching when needed. Use it for deploying to the Docker Swarm infrastructure on EC2, especially when code changes require a fresh Docker build to avoid stale layers.

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Kubernetes Architect

DevOps

Expert Kubernetes architect specializing in cloud-native infrastructure, advanced GitOps, and enterprise container orchestration.

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Resource Provisioning

DevOps

Automate resource provisioning across cloud providers, bare metal, and virtual machines. Use for creating, managing, or automating infrastructure provisioning workflows.

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Mastering GitHub CLI

DevOps

Complete GitHub CLI (gh) command reference for repository search, CI/CD monitoring, resource creation, and workflow automation.

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Operational Runbook Documentation

DevOps

Document CI/CD, deployment, and operational procedures in structured runbooks. Use when creating or updating how-to guides for deployments, database migrations, incident response, and maintenance tasks. Ensures procedures include copy-paste commands, rollback steps, and risk levels.

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kubectl - Kubernetes Cluster Management

DevOps

Provides CLI operations for managing Kubernetes clusters using kubectl. Includes tools to inspect and manipulate pods, deployments, and services, such as listing, scaling, and viewing logs. Helps DevOps and developers interact with Kubernetes infrastructure efficiently.

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Deploying Kafka on Kubernetes with Strimzi

DevOps

Deploys Apache Kafka clusters on Kubernetes using the Strimzi operator with KRaft mode. Covers installation, cluster creation, topic management, and producer/consumer testing.

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DevOps Orchestration Patterns

DevOps

This skill offers DevOps orchestration patterns for setting up CI/CD pipelines, performing zero-downtime deployments, managing infrastructure as code (Terraform, Kubernetes), and establishing monitoring and incident response. It helps automate deployment workflows and ensure reliable production operations.

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Kubernetes - Deployment and Operations

DevOps

Covers Kubernetes resource configuration, deployment strategies, cluster architecture, security hardening, Helm chart development, and production operations. Helps create production-ready manifests, troubleshoot cluster issues, and implement security best practices.

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Deployment Pipeline Design

DevOps

Designs multi-stage CI/CD pipelines with approval gates, security checks, and deployment orchestration. Ideal for architecting deployment workflows, setting up continuous delivery, or implementing progressive delivery.

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Docker Best Practices & Security

DevOps

Covers Dockerfile best practices including security hardening (non-root user, secret management), multi-stage builds for image optimization, and cache-friendly instruction ordering. Helps developers write efficient, secure Dockerfiles and avoid common pitfalls.

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Add Helm Chart

DevOps

Scaffold a new Helm chart with standard templates and default values. Helps when adding a new service to a Kubernetes deployment while following project conventions.

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K8s Deployment Planner

DevOps

A reusable AI skill that generates complete, production-grade Kubernetes deployment plans from an application description.

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Kustomize Generators for ConfigMaps and Secrets

DevOps

Leverage Kustomize generators to automatically create Kubernetes ConfigMaps and Secrets from literals, files, or environment files. Generated resources include content hashes in their names, enabling automatic pod rollouts when configuration changes. Helps manage environment-specific settings and credentials without manual YAML creation.

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Docker Cleanup

DevOps

Provides commands and workflows to clean up Docker containers, images, volumes, and networks. Useful for freeing disk space, removing unused or dangling resources, and troubleshooting Docker Desktop issues like unresponsive daemon or hanging commands.

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DevOps Engineer - Analyst

DevOps

You assist as a DevOps analyst, focusing on monitoring, observability, and CI/CD. You can inspect Git history, logs, workflow runs, and DNS records to diagnose issues, but you cannot modify application code or execute production changes. This role is ideal for incident investigation and recommending infrastructure improvements without direct intervention.

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Workflow Automation

DevOps

Design and implement efficient CI/CD pipelines and automated development processes using tools like GitHub Actions. This skill reduces manual work, improves consistency, and accelerates delivery while maintaining quality and security. It analyzes existing workflows, identifies automation opportunities, and creates reliable automation that integrates with existing tools.

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GitOps Workflow

DevOps

Implement GitOps workflows with ArgoCD and Flux for automated, declarative Kubernetes deployments with continuous reconciliation.

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Act Docker Configuration and Setup

DevOps

For configuring Docker environments when testing GitHub Actions workflows locally with act. Helps select appropriate runner images (micro, medium, large), manage container resources, and troubleshoot Docker-related issues. Also covers persistent configuration via .actrc files and container lifecycle management.

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Log Viewer

DevOps

Tail and search logs across trading platform services. Supports filtering by service, error level, regex search, time range, and live follow. Useful for debugging, monitoring, and quickly identifying issues in real-time.

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Kubernetes Architect Expert

DevOps

Provides expert guidance on designing and managing Kubernetes platforms at scale, including multi-cluster strategies, GitOps workflows (ArgoCD/Flux), and progressive delivery. Helps teams implement secure, cost-effective infrastructure with service mesh, policy-as-code, and advanced IaC patterns.

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Infrastructure Code Review

DevOps

Infrastructure Code Review performs a comprehensive review of infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, migrations, logging, and observability. It spawns a senior review specialist agent that applies six specialized checklists to identify security misconfigurations, operational risks, and production readiness issues. This skill is particularly useful when reviewing changes to infrastructure files like Terraform, Kubernetes manifests, CI/CD configs, and database migrations.

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AWS Infrastructure Verification

DevOps

Use this skill to verify AWS infrastructure configuration before deploying code that depends on AWS services. It helps validate VPC endpoints, NAT Gateway capacity, and security groups, particularly when investigating Lambda connection timeouts or deterministic failure patterns where the first operations succeed and later ones fail.

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Together AI CI Integration

DevOps

Set up CI/CD for Together AI integrations: unit tests with mocked responses and live API integration tests.

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How to choose

How are these skills selected?
Each skill is curated and verified by the Skills Guides editorial team. We run a security and quality review on every entry, so only verified skills appear in this selection.
What do the security ratings mean?
We label skills Safe, Caution or Risky based on our security analysis — checking for prompt-injection risks, requested permissions and other red flags. The rating gives you an at-a-glance sense of how much trust a skill warrants.
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