import-compose

import-compose is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from kurtosis-tech/kurtosis. It costs 36 tokens per session (325 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A tool for bringing Docker Compose files into Kurtosis, a system for running groups of containerized services in isolated environments. It can run the file directly or convert it into Starlark code, the configuration language used by Kurtosis.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to run Compose services in a Kurtosis enclave, create a named enclave, use a chosen environment file, or convert supported services, ports, variables, volumes, and dependencies into Starlark.
Why use it?
It avoids rewriting an existing Compose setup by hand when moving it to Kurtosis. It also lets you generate code for later customization.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to run Compose services in a Kurtosis enclave, create a named enclave, use a chosen environment file, or convert supported services, ports, variables, volumes, and dependencies into Starlark.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/import-compose
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add kurtosis-tech/kurtosis --skill import-compose
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 36 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 325 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector warn 7 Sept 2026
SkillSpector: 1 finding, up to high

These are SkillSpector’s own severities. On a checked sample its high-severity flags on skills were ~96% false positives — a documented command, a public API, a “never do X” rule — so we show them as a caution to read, not a verdict. Why →

  • high Privilege Escalation · line 38
    Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.
    Fix: Remove references to credential paths. Use environment variables or secrets managers. For docs, use placeholder paths (e.g., /path/to/config). Never load .env or token files in production code paths.
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00036 $0.00325
Opus 5 $0.00018 $0.00162
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00065
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00032

Measured 8d ago against content hash ba844dcb98b1, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

import-compose scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/import-compose/SKILL.md · 61 lines

What it actually says

Import Compose

Import Docker Compose files into Kurtosis, either running them directly or converting to Starlark.

Run a Docker Compose file

kurtosis import docker-compose.yml

This creates an enclave and runs all services defined in the Compose file.

Run with a named enclave

kurtosis import -n my-enclave docker-compose.yml

Convert only (don't run)

Generate Starlark code from a Compose file without executing:

kurtosis import -c docker-compose.yml

This outputs Starlark that you can save and customize.

Custom .env file

kurtosis import -e ./custom.env docker-compose.yml

Default is .env in the current directory.

Supported Compose features

Most common Compose features are supported:

  • Services with images
  • Port mappings
  • Environment variables
  • Volumes (converted to file artifacts)
  • Depends-on (converted to service ordering)
  • Networks (Kurtosis handles networking automatically)

Limitations

  • Build directives are not supported (images must be pre-built)
  • Some advanced networking features may not translate directly
  • Volume mounts become file artifacts (not persistent volumes)
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 61 lines · 36 tokens per session scan A ba844dcb98b1

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import-compose is a skill published in the GitHub repository kurtosis-tech/kurtosis (550 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 36 tokens to every session and 325 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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