Given a GitHub issue number, plan and implement the work described in the issue. Supports direct user requests and unattended queue processing through the agent: workflow labels. Includes tests, documentation updates, and PR creation. Trigger keywords - build from issue, implement issue, work on issue, build issue…
Maintain and validate OpenShell's build-only Windows MSVC lane for x64 and ARM64. Use when working on Windows compilation, windows: mise tasks, unsupported Windows compute-driver contracts, or Windows build reports. This skill does not implement Docker, Kubernetes, Podman, VM, MXC driver, policy translation, MSI…
Create GitHub issues using the gh CLI. Use when the user wants to create a new issue, report a bug, request a feature, or create a task in GitHub. Trigger keywords - create issue, new issue, file bug, report bug, feature request, github issue.
Create GitHub pull requests using the gh CLI. Use when the user wants to create a new PR, submit code for review, or open a pull request. Trigger keywords - create PR, pull request, new PR, submit for review, code review.
Create OpenShell RFC proposals in rfc/ from a design request. Use when the user asks to write, draft, start, create, or update an RFC, Request for Comments, architecture proposal, API proposal, process proposal, or cross-cutting design proposal that should follow the OpenShell RFC process and template.
Investigate a plain-language problem description by deeply exploring the codebase, then create a structured GitHub issue with technical findings. Prequel to build-from-issue — maps vague ideas to concrete, buildable issues. Trigger keywords - spike, investigate, explore, research issue, technical investigation, create…
Debug why inference.local, direct external inference, or supervisor-only system inference is failing. Use when the user cannot reach a local model server, has provider base URL issues, sees inference verification failures, hits protocol mismatches, or needs to diagnose inference on local vs remote gateways. Trigger…
Debug why an OpenShell gateway deployment is unhealthy, unreachable, or unable to create sandboxes. Use for gateway health failures, Docker/Podman runtime issues, Helm failures, Kubernetes scheduling, TLS or auth, gateway interceptors, supervisor middleware startup or runtime failures, external compute-driver sockets…
Implement a fix for a reviewed security issue. Takes a directly requested issue number or scans for issues labeled topic:security and agent:implementation-requested. Reads the security review from the issue comments and implements the remediation plan. Trigger keywords - fix security issue, remediate security…
Generate sandbox security policies from plain-language requirements and optional REST API documentation. Produces L4 or fine-grained L7 network policies and ordered network middleware configuration. Use for API access rules, middleware host selection, failure behavior, or built-in and operator-run middleware…
Start up, tear down, and configure the local Kubernetes development environment for OpenShell. Uses k3d (Docker-backed k3s) + Skaffold + Helm. Covers cluster lifecycle, optional add-ons (Keycloak OIDC, Envoy Gateway), HA testing, and port mappings. Trigger keywords - local k8s, local cluster, k3d, skaffold, helm dev…
Launch and supervise OpenShell gator agents. Use when starting gator on issues or PRs, checking gator sandboxes, building the gator sandbox image, restarting stuck gators, inspecting gator logs, or experimenting with gator harness/model overrides. Trigger keywords - launch gator, start gator, run gator, gator sandbox…
Guide agents through using the OpenShell CLI (openshell) for sandbox management, gateway registration, provider configuration and refresh, policy iteration, settings, service exposure, BYOC workflows, and inference routing. Covers basic through advanced multi-step workflows. Trigger keywords - openshell, sandbox…
Review a GitHub pull request by summarizing its diff and key design decisions. Use when the user wants to review a PR, understand changes in a branch, or get a code review summary. Trigger keywords - review PR, review pull request, summarize PR, summarize diff, code review, review branch, PR summary, diff summary.
Given a GitHub issue, review the issue for security implications. You'll make a determination if the claim in the issue is legitimate and should be addressed or will be a "won't fix." Trigger keywords - security issue, review security ticket, review security issue.
Generate and manage Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) for the OpenShell project. Covers SBOM generation with Syft, license resolution via public registries, and CSV export for compliance review. Trigger keywords - SBOM, sbom, bill of materials, license audit, license resolution, generate sbom, sbom csv, dependency…
Detect and fix drift across agent-first infrastructure files. Ensures skill inventories, workflow chains, architecture tables, issue/PR templates, and cross-references stay consistent when skills, crates, or workflows change. Run after adding, removing, or renaming skills or components. Trigger keywords - sync agent…
Manually dispatch and iterate on the Release Canary workflow that smoke-tests published OpenShell artifacts (install.sh on macOS/Ubuntu/Fedora, Helm chart on kind) after each Release Dev publish. Use when changing .github/workflows/release-canary.yml, validating a release before tagging, debugging a canary failure, or…
Assess, validate, and route community-filed issues for human disposition and roadmap placement. Takes a specific issue number or processes a confirmed batch of issues labeled state:triage-needed. Investigates reported behavior, separates objective findings from product decisions, and prepares validated issues for a…
Scan recent git commits for changes that affect user-facing behavior, then draft or update the corresponding documentation pages. Use when docs have fallen behind code changes, after a batch of features lands, or when preparing a release. Trigger keywords - update docs, draft docs, docs from commits, sync docs, catch…
Watch and monitor GitHub Actions workflow runs using the gh CLI. Use when the user wants to check workflow status, watch a running workflow, view CI/CD jobs, or monitor build progress. Trigger keywords - watch pipeline, pipeline status, CI status, check build, monitor CI, view pipeline, pipeline progress, workflow…
Validate and monitor OpenShell GitHub issues and PRs using the gator: state machine. Use when asked to triage issues/PRs for project validity, gate PRs, run gator, validate submissions, or monitor PRs toward merge readiness.