CNCF Landscape technology selection

Use this skill to turn a capability or architecture problem into a defensible shortlist of cloud-native technologies. The Landscape is a discovery and evidence source, not a recommendation engine.

When to load

Load this skill when someone:

• asks what projects or tools exist for a capability that is not in the current stack;
• wants to compare CNCF projects by maturity, category, repository signals, license, or ecosystem evidence;
• asks for a shortlist for an architecture decision, proof of concept, technology radar entry, or build-versus-buy discussion;
• needs to discover a CNCF project before reading its documentation or source repository.

When not to use

• For operating or configuring a named technology, load its operational skill or use its authoritative documentation.
• For the general adoption/hold governance process, load technology-radar and use this skill only for candidate discovery and evidence.
• For broad platform architecture, data architecture, or API design without a Landscape discovery question, use the matching methodology skill.
• For procurement, contract, export-control, or licensing advice, treat this skill's license fields as discovery evidence and obtain qualified review.