devcontainers

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SKILL.md

Dev Containers Skill

Expert guidance on creating, configuring, and optimising containerised development environments using the Dev Container Specification. Covers devcontainer.json authoring, Features, Templates, performance, security, multi-container setups, and cloud environments.

Quick Reference Table

Task Load Resource Key Concepts
Create or configure a devcontainer.json references/core-concepts.md image, build, features, lifecycle hooks, customizations
Add tools/languages to a container references/features-templates.md Features, version pinning, installsAfter, Templates
Set up multi-container or Docker-in-Docker references/advanced-config.md dockerComposeFile, DinD, DooD, Kubernetes, service
Improve build/startup speed references/performance-security.md layer caching, named volumes, pre-built images, Virtio-fs
Harden container security or manage secrets references/performance-security.md remoteUser, UID mapping, SSH forwarding, secrets
Debug slow mounts, permission errors, credential issues references/troubleshooting.md UID/GID, bind mounts, SSH agent, postCreateCommand
Integrate with Codespaces or DevPod references/advanced-config.md prebuilds, providers, SSH, cloud residency

Orchestration Protocol

Phase 1 — Classify the Task

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