CAST AI Safe First Connection

Overview

Prove the minimum useful loop: identify one sandbox cluster, preview the connection, connect with Cost Monitoring, verify telemetry, and leave optimization automation unchanged.

Prerequisites

• A disposable or non-production kube context with an accountable owner
• castctl installed from an official distribution and authenticated to the intended organization
• Cluster-admin and reviewed provider permissions
• An approved evidence and cleanup plan

Instructions

Step 1: Confirm the sandbox

Use Bash(kubectl:*) to print the current context and inspect only basic cluster identity. Use Read and Grep to ensure the cluster is not already owned by CAST AI, another autoscaler, Terraform, or GitOps.