Cilium & eBPF

Purpose

Design, deploy, and manage Cilium-based Kubernetes networking with eBPF for high-performance networking, identity-aware security policies, multi-cluster connectivity, and deep observability.

Agent Protocol

Trigger

Exact user phrases: "Cilium", "eBPF", "Hubble", "Cilium NetworkPolicy", "Cilium ClusterMesh", "service mesh", "kube-proxy replacement", "BPF", "XDP", "TC hook", "CO-RE", "BTF", "Cilium CNI", "Cilium L7 policy".

Input Context

Before activating, verify:

• Kubernetes version and cluster size.
• Current CNI plugin (Calico, Flannel, Weave, etc.) and migration plan.
• Cilium version to deploy (minimum 1.14+).
• Network policy requirements (L3/L4, L7, API-aware).
• Multi-cluster connectivity needs.