Our review
Completely removes a virtual machine including all disks and configuration, with irreversible data loss.
Strengths
- Thorough removal of all VM artifacts
- Irreversible to prevent accidental recreation
- Clear confirmation steps prevent mistakes
- Uses a simple `just` command
Limitations
- Requires the user to know the VM name
- Destructive and irreversible
- Only works with this specific `just`-based setup
Use when you need to permanently delete a VM and all its associated data to free up resources or clean up old machines.
Do not use if you might need the VM or its data in the future, or if you only want to temporarily stop the VM.
Security analysis
CautionThe skill performs a legitimate administrative task (VM purge) but involves irreversible data loss. The use of Bash to execute the destructive command poses risk, but user confirmation is required, and there is no exfiltration or obfuscation.
- •The skill instructs running a Bash command that permanently deletes an entire VM and its configuration, including all associated data, with no possibility of recovery.
- •The use of `yes |` auto-confirms a destructive command, bypassing the underlying tool's confirmation prompt, though the skill enforces explicit user confirmation beforehand.
Examples
I want to permanently delete the VM named 'dev-server'. Remove it completely including all disks and config.List my VMs and help me purge the ones I no longer need. I want to remove them permanently.name: purge-vm description: Completely remove a VM including its machine config. Use when user wants to permanently delete everything about a VM. allowed-tools: Read, Bash, AskUserQuestion
Purge VM Skill
Completely remove a VM including its disks AND machine configuration. This cannot be undone.
Instructions
Step 1: Get VM Name
Run just list-machines to show existing machine configs. Ask which VM to purge.
Step 2: Confirm Purge
IMPORTANT: Warn the user clearly:
- The VM will be stopped and removed
- All VM disks will be deleted
- All data in /var and /home will be PERMANENTLY LOST
- The machine config (machines/{name}/) will ALSO be deleted
- This CANNOT be undone - unlike
destroy, there's no way to recreate the VM
Ask for explicit confirmation.
Step 3: Purge
Run:
yes | just purge {NAME}
The yes | is required to bypass the interactive confirmation prompt.
Step 4: Report Results
Confirm the VM and its config were completely removed.
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