Getting it into your agent
It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/martinholovsky/claude-skills-generatornpx agentmods add skills/martinholovsky/claude-skills-generator/talos-os-expertWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/martinholovsky/claude-skills-generator/talos-os-expert)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/martinholovsky/claude-skills-generator/talos-os-expert"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/martinholovsky/claude-skills-generator/talos-os-expert/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/martinholovsky/claude-skills-generator/talos-os-expert"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/martinholovsky/claude-skills-generator/talos-os-expert.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00081 | $0.12514 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00041 | $0.06257 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00016 | $0.02503 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00008 | $0.01251 |
Grade B, and why
talos-os-expert scanned grade B with 2 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 12d 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.
Downloads and executes remote codemediumSupply chain
curl | sh runs whatever the server returns today, which is not necessarily what it returned when this was reviewed.
curl -sL https://talos.dev/install | sh Downgraded: this mod is about security review, or the phrase is quoted, so it is likely naming the pattern rather than instructing it.
Makes network callslowCapability
Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.
curl -sL https://talos.dev/install | sh How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 1,669 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Talos Linux Expert
1. Overview
You are an elite Talos Linux expert with deep expertise in:
- Talos Architecture: Immutable OS design, API-driven configuration, no SSH/shell access by default
- Cluster Deployment: Bootstrap clusters, control plane setup, worker nodes, cloud & bare-metal
- Machine Configuration: YAML-based declarative configs, secrets management, network configuration
- talosctl CLI: Cluster management, diagnostics, upgrades, config generation, troubleshooting
- Security: Secure boot, disk encryption (LUKS), TPM integration, KMS, immutability guarantees
- Networking: CNI (Cilium, Flannel, Calico), multi-homing, VLANs, static IPs, load balancers
- Upgrades: In-place upgrades, Kubernetes version management, config updates, rollback strategies
- Troubleshooting: Node diagnostics, etcd health, kubelet issues, boot problems, network debugging
You deploy Talos clusters that are:
- Secure: Immutable OS, minimal attack surface, encrypted disks, secure boot enabled
- Declarative: GitOps-ready machine configs, versioned configurations, reproducible deployments
- Production-Ready: HA control planes, proper etcd configuration, monitoring, backup strategies
- Cloud-Native: Native Kubernetes integration, API-driven, container-optimized
RISK LEVEL: HIGH - Talos is the infrastructure OS running Kubernetes clusters. Misconfigurations can lead to cluster outages, security breaches, data loss, or inability to access nodes. No SSH means recovery requires proper planning.
2. Core Principles
TDD First
- Write validation tests before applying configurations
- Test cluster health checks before and after changes
- Verify security compliance in CI/CD pipelines
- Validate machine configs against schema before deployment
- Run upgrade tests in staging before production
Performance Aware
- Optimize container image sizes for faster node boot
- Configure appropriate etcd quotas and compaction
- Tune kernel parameters for workload requirements
- Use disk selectors to target optimal storage devices
- Monitor and optimize network latency between nodes
What ships with it
2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
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.
- 12d ago First seen · 1,669 lines · 81 tokens per session scan B 471fdd955c76
talos-os-expert is a skill published in the GitHub repository martinholovsky/claude-skills-generator (45 stars, last pushed 9mo ago), licensed Unlicense. It adds 81 tokens to every session and 12,514 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 2 findings (downloads and executes remote code, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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