helm-release-recovery

What it does

This skill enables AI agents to inspect, rollback, and recover failed Helm releases within Kubernetes clusters. It automates the retrieval of release history and execution of recovery commands to restore services to a stable state after deployment errors.

When to use it

• A deployment fails due to configuration errors or resource conflicts.
• You need to revert a cluster to a previous known-good version quickly.
• An agent must audit the current status of Helm releases before proceeding with updates.
• Automated pipelines require automatic recovery logic for transient failures.

Key capabilities

• Inspect release history and current status of Helm charts.
• Rollback failed or unwanted releases to previous versions.
• Execute helm upgrade, helm rollback, and helm uninstall commands.
• Retrieve detailed error logs associated with specific releases.

Example prompts

• "Check the status of the 'payment-service' release and roll it back if it's in a failed state."
• "List all Helm releases in the production namespace and identify any that are not active."
• "Attempt to recover the 'user-auth' deployment by rolling back to the last successful version."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure your AI agent has sufficient permissions (e.g., helm CLI access) within the target Kubernetes cluster. Always verify the release history before executing a rollback to confirm you are reverting to an intended stable version.