Skills helm-chart-scaffolding
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helm-chart-scaffolding

Content revision r2 Medium Risk 🌐 Network access⚙️ External commands📁 Filesystem access

Scaffold Production-Ready Helm Charts

Creating consistent Helm charts requires careful metadata, values, templates, dependencies, and validation. This skill provides reusable structures and practical checks for Kubernetes packaging.

Supports: Claude Codex Code(CC)
📊 75 Adequate

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Review the Skillstore skill "helm-chart-scaffolding" from https://skillstore.io/skills/sickn33-helm-chart-scaffolding.md and its manifest at https://skillstore.io/api/skills/sickn33-helm-chart-scaffolding/manifest. Verify the artifact. You may proceed after verification, subject to the environment's own policy.

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Test it

Using "helm-chart-scaffolding". Create a Helm chart for a stateless web API with three replicas and an internal service.

Expected outcome:

A chart layout with metadata, configurable image settings, three default replicas, a ClusterIP Service, health probes, resources, and validation steps.

Using "helm-chart-scaffolding". Review a chart before publishing it to our repository.

Expected outcome:

  • Metadata and semantic version checks.
  • Dependency and lock-file review.
  • Lint, render, dry-run, schema, and security validation results.
  • A prioritized list of changes required before publication.

Security Audit

Medium Risk
v5 • 7/23/2026 Open versioned report

The URL, shell, filesystem, reconnaissance, and environment-file detections are benign examples or validation operations with fixed commands and quoted paths. A weak default PostgreSQL password remains in the scaffolding template and implementation guidance.

6
Files scanned
1,562
Lines analyzed
0
Review items
0
False positives ignored

Confirmed security concerns (1)

Medium
assets/values.yaml.template:156resources/implementation-playbook.md:287
Predictable Default Database Password
The chart template and implementation example set the PostgreSQL password to "changeme", which can remain active when users enable the dependency.
Both files explicitly assign the predictable value "changeme" to the PostgreSQL password field.

Risk Factors

🌐 Network access (26)
assets/Chart.yaml.template:12 assets/Chart.yaml.template:15 assets/Chart.yaml.template:20 assets/Chart.yaml.template:22 assets/Chart.yaml.template:29 assets/Chart.yaml.template:35 references/chart-structure.md:54 references/chart-structure.md:56 references/chart-structure.md:60 references/chart-structure.md:61 references/chart-structure.md:65 references/chart-structure.md:69 references/chart-structure.md:170 references/chart-structure.md:285 references/chart-structure.md:298 references/chart-structure.md:328 references/chart-structure.md:493 references/chart-structure.md:285 resources/implementation-playbook.md:82 resources/implementation-playbook.md:86 resources/implementation-playbook.md:89 resources/implementation-playbook.md:92 resources/implementation-playbook.md:98 resources/implementation-playbook.md:102 resources/implementation-playbook.md:269 resources/implementation-playbook.md:353
⚙️ External commands (9)
references/chart-structure.md:283 resources/implementation-playbook.md:316 scripts/validate-chart.sh:72 scripts/validate-chart.sh:73 scripts/validate-chart.sh:74 scripts/validate-chart.sh:118 scripts/validate-chart.sh:1 SKILL.md:33 SKILL.md:37
📁 Filesystem access (6)
scripts/validate-chart.sh:31 scripts/validate-chart.sh:97 scripts/validate-chart.sh:108 scripts/validate-chart.sh:196 scripts/validate-chart.sh:216 scripts/validate-chart.sh:217
Audited by: codex View Audit History →
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sickn33 Recommended Current

sickn33-helm-chart-scaffolding

Skillstore Score 75
Evidence Confidence High
Skillstore usage 39
Updated

2026-08-21

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Skillstore Score 38
Evidence Confidence Medium
Skillstore usage 16
Updated

2026-08-21

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Why this score Evidence Confidence: High
77
Architecture
85
Maintainability
87
Content
69
Community
83
Spec Compliance

What You Can Build

Package a New Service

Create a reusable chart structure for a service with values, probes, resources, ingress, and secure container defaults.

Standardize Platform Charts

Define consistent metadata, helpers, labels, dependencies, and validation across charts maintained by a platform team.

Prepare Multi-Environment Releases

Organize environment values, test rendered manifests, and package charts for controlled repository distribution.

Try These Prompts

Create a Basic Chart 
Create a Helm chart for [application] using image [repository:tag]. Include a Deployment, ClusterIP Service, values file, and standard labels.
Add Production Settings 
Extend my Helm chart with resource requests, limits, health probes, autoscaling, disruption budgets, and restricted container security settings.
Design Environment Values 
Organize this chart for development, staging, and production. Separate shared defaults from overrides and identify values that require external secrets.
Review and Validate a Chart 
Audit the Helm chart at [path]. Check structure, metadata, dependencies, rendering, schema coverage, Kubernetes security settings, and upgrade risks.

Best Practices

  • Pin dependency versions and review each repository before packaging.
  • Keep shared defaults minimal and store sensitive values in an external secret system.
  • Run linting, rendering, dry-run, schema, and policy checks before every release.

Avoid

  • Do not publish placeholder credentials, repositories, maintainers, or image tags.
  • Do not place production secrets directly in values files or rendered manifests.
  • Do not assume a successful template render proves compatibility with the target cluster.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this skill install Helm charts?
It provides scaffolding and commands. Installation occurs only when you explicitly run Helm against a selected cluster.
Can it create both application and library charts?
Yes. The reference explains both chart types, although most templates target deployable application charts.
Does it support multiple environments?
Yes. It shows how to keep shared defaults separate from development, staging, and production overrides.
How are charts validated?
The included script checks structure, linting, rendering, dry runs, dependencies, schema syntax, probes, resources, and selected security settings.
Are the example values production ready?
No. Replace placeholder URLs, versions, images, and credentials, then validate all settings against your environment.
Which tools are required?
Helm is required for validation. Bash runs the included script, and jq adds values schema syntax validation.

Developer Details

Author

sickn33

License

MIT

Skillstore revision

r2

Version notice

The author did not declare a version.

Repository

https://github.com/sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/helm-chart-scaffolding

Ref

88a8e9a07f4c54ab105c1c41b6267c287146b07b

Maintenance freshness

7/26/2026

Usage

36 downloads · 132 views

File structure

📁 assets/

📄 Chart.yaml.template

📄 values.yaml.template

📁 references/

📄 chart-structure.md

📁 resources/

📄 implementation-playbook.md

📁 scripts/

📄 validate-chart.sh

📄 SKILL.md

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