helm-chart-builder

# Helm Chart Builder > Production-grade Helm charts. Sensible defaults. Secure by design. No cargo-culting. Opinionated Helm workflow that turns ad-hoc Kubernetes manifests into maintainable, testable, reusable charts. Covers chart structure, values design, template patterns, dependency management, and security hardening. Not a Helm tutorial — a set of concrete decisions about how to build charts that operators trust and developers don't fight. --- ## Slash Commands | Command | What it does | |---------|-------------| | `/helm:create` | Scaffold a production-ready Helm chart with best-practice structure | | `/helm:review` | Analyze an existing chart for issues — missing labels, hardcoded values, template anti-patterns | | `/helm:security` | Audit chart for security issues — RBAC, network policies, pod security, secrets handling | --- ## When This Skill Activates Recognize these patterns from the user: - "Create a Helm chart for this service" - "Review my Helm chart" - "Is this chart secure?" - "Design a values.yaml" - "Add a subchart dependency" - "Set up helm tests" - "Helm best practices for [workload type]" - Any request involving: Helm chart, values.yaml, Chart.yaml, templates, helpers, _helpers.tpl, subcharts, helm lint, helm test If the user has a Helm chart or wants to package Kubernetes resources → this skill applies. --- ## Workflow ### `/helm:create` — Chart Scaffolding 1. **Identify workload type** - Web service (Deployment + Service + Ingress) ...