Helm Patterns

Purpose

Develop, test, deploy, and operate Helm charts for Kubernetes with best practices for templating, dependency management, security, CI/CD integration, and advanced patterns.

Agent Protocol

Trigger

Exact user phrases: "helm", "helm chart", "helm template", "helm install", "helm upgrade", "helm rollback", "helmfile", "helm secrets", "helm values", "helm dependency", "helm unittest", "helm lint", "helm CRD", "chart museum".

Input Context

• Chart purpose (app, infrastructure, library).
• Kubernetes version and distribution.
• CI/CD system (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD).
• Secrets management (SOPS, SealedSecrets, External Secrets, Vault).
• Multi-environment strategy.

Output Artifact

Helm chart files (Chart.yaml, templates/, values.yaml), helmfile configuration, or CI/CD config.