Is this skill limited to minikube?

While the default configurations and URLs are optimized for minikube, the operational patterns and kubectl commands are standard across most Kubernetes environments.

Can I debug pods that fail to start?

Yes, the skill includes logic for investigating pod startup failures using kubectl events, logs for previous container instances, and ephemeral containers for live inspection.

How do I access the monitoring dashboards?

Grafana is accessible at a standardized local URL (https://grafana.minikube.127.0.0.1.nip.io), which serves as the primary entry point for all observability signals.

How does this skill interact with ArgoCD?

The skill provides specific commands to patch ArgoCD applications, allowing you to disable the selfHeal policy before making manual changes and re-enable it once the work is complete to maintain GitOps integrity.

Which observability signals can I monitor?

You can monitor four key signals: Traces (Tempo), Metrics (Mimir/Prometheus), Logs (Loki), and Profiles (Pyroscope), all centralized through a Grafana dashboard.

Kubernetes Operations & Observability

Name: Kubernetes Operations & Observability
Author: hippocampus-dev

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Deployment & DevOps

Manages Kubernetes cluster operations, observability, and debugging workflows within minikube environments.

The Kubernetes Operations skill enables Claude to perform sophisticated cluster management, troubleshooting, and monitoring tasks. It provides a standardized framework for interacting with the LGTM observability stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir) to investigate latency and errors, while also facilitating deep-dive debugging using kubectl ephemeral containers. Additionally, it streamlines GitOps workflows by managing ArgoCD self-healing properties, ensuring that manual cluster interventions are handled safely without immediate reconciliation conflicts.

Key Features

01Advanced pod debugging using ephemeral containers for process and network inspection

02Automated ArgoCD selfHeal control for safe manual cluster modifications

03Standardized management of Kubernetes manifests and cluster components

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05Pre-configured observability queries for TraceQL, LogQL, and PromQL

06Full LGTM stack integration for logs, metrics, traces, and profiling via Grafana

Use Cases

01Investigating application latency and 5xx errors by tracing requests through Tempo

02Managing GitOps deployments and performing manual patches while bypassing ArgoCD auto-sync

03Debugging network connectivity and in-container processes using restricted ephemeral containers

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add hippocampus-dev/hippocampus kubernetes-operations

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