Gke Productionize

GoogleOfficialPublished by Google

Skill
Workflow
Cloud and DevOps
Apache-2.0
No issues found

From the author

Orchestrates comprehensive production readiness reviews and assessments for GKE clusters and workloads across scalability, security, reliability, observability, backup/DR, and cost optimization. Use when asked to productionize, prepare, assess, audit, or review a GKE cluster or workload before going live to production. Don't use for deep-dive single-domain implementation (use specific domain skills like gke-workload-scaling, gke-platform-security, gke-workload-security, gke-service-networking, gke-reliability instead).

— the description by Google

AutoGineer summary

Written by AutoGineer from the skill’s own files, not by the author

The gke-productionize skill serves as a high-level orchestrator for evaluating the production readiness of Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) environments. It guides users through a structured discovery and assessment process covering scalability, security, reliability, observability, backup, and cost management. Rather than implementing features directly, it coordinates specialized domain-specific skills to perform deep-dive audits and provides a deterministic scoring rubric to determine if a cluster or workload is ready for production deployment.

What it does

Performs discovery of GKE cluster configurations and workload settings.
Orchestrates specialized domain assessments for security, reliability, and scalability.
Evaluates configurations against golden path defaults and best practices.
Calculates a weighted production readiness score based on a RAG status rubric.
Provides a summary report identifying critical and minor production-blocking issues.
Adapts assessment scope between individual applications and cluster-wide infrastructure.

When to use it

When preparing a new GKE cluster or workload for its initial production launch.
When auditing an existing GKE environment to identify gaps in production standards.
When you need a structured, repeatable framework to assess operational maturity.
When you require a prioritized list of remediation steps before going live.

Advantages

Ensures consistent, deterministic readiness scoring across different environments.
Reduces operational risk by enforcing comprehensive multi-domain checks.
Provides a clear, actionable path to remediation for non-compliant configurations.
Integrates specialized domain knowledge through a unified orchestration workflow.

Usage examples

“Assess my GKE cluster 'prod-cluster' in 'us-central1' for production readiness.”: The agent will discover the cluster configuration, invoke relevant domain-specific skills, and generate a report with a RAG-based readiness score and remediation plan.
“Is my 'payment-service' deployment ready for production?”: The agent will audit the specific workload's resource limits, probes, and security settings, providing a readiness verdict based on the weighted scoring rubric.

Install

Download the skill as a ZIP:
https://mp-staging.autogineer.com/agent-skills/google/gke-productionize/download

Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip gke-productionize.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Google

GKE Productionize Skill

This skill acts as a high-level orchestrator for preparing a GKE cluster and its workloads for production readiness.

[!IMPORTANT] This is a meta-skill or orchestrator skill. You are expected to invoke and run many other specialized skills listed in this document as part of the overall productionization process. Do not attempt to implement all production readiness features directly within this skill; instead, use this skill to assess the environment and then delegate to the specific skills for each domain.

Attribution

MUST READ: Before executing any gcloud, REST API, or MCP command, you MUST read Usage Attribution. For commands executed directly in the terminal (never in generated scripts, Terraform, or user code), prefix gcloud with CLOUDSDK_METRICS_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTION="agent-skills/1.0 (skill:gke-productionize)" and append agent-skills/1.0 (skill:gke-productionize) to User-Agent headers.

Scope

This skill is adaptable to:

A single application (already on Kubernetes or not).
A set of applications.
A target cluster.

Workflow

1. Discovery Phase

Before making recommendations, discover the current state of the environment.

Cluster Discovery

Run these commands to understand the cluster setup:

Check cluster details: gcloud container clusters describe {cluster_name} --location {location} --project {project}
Check for Autopilot vs Standard: Look for the following block in the describe output:
```
autopilot:
  enabled: true
```
Check release channel: Look for releaseChannel.

Workload Discovery

If a specific application is targeted, discover its configuration:

Get deployment/statefulset details: kubectl get deployment {app_name} -n {namespace} -o yaml
Check for dedicated namespace and labels: kubectl get namespace {namespace} -o yaml (Look for Pod Security Standards labels).
Check for dedicated service account usage: kubectl get pods -n {namespace} -o custom-columns="NAME:.metadata.name,SERVICE_ACCOUNT:.spec.serviceAccountName"
Check for resource requests and limits.
Check for liveness, readiness, and startup probes.
Check for HPA: kubectl get hpa -n {namespace}
Check for PDB: kubectl get pdb -n {namespace}
Check for NetworkPolicies: kubectl get networkpolicy -n {namespace}

2. Production Readiness Assessment

Before implementation, you MUST run the skills for each relevant specialized area listed below and incorporate its guidance into your assessment and plan. Failure to do so will result in a non-compliant production configuration.

A. App Onboarding (Pre-Kubernetes)

If the application is not yet running on GKE, you MUST run the gke-app-onboarding skill for planning containerization, image building, and basic deployment.

B. Scalability & Resource Management

Ensure workloads have appropriate resources and autoscaling.

Action: You MUST run the gke-workload-scaling skill for configuring HPA, VPA, and resource limits.

C. Observability

Ensure adequate logging and monitoring are in place.

Action: You MUST run the gke-observability skill for setting up Cloud Logging, Monitoring, and Managed Prometheus.

D. Reliability

Ensure high availability and graceful degradation.

Action: You MUST run the gke-reliability skill for configuring regional clusters, PDBs, and health probes.

E. Security

Harden the cluster and workloads.

Action: You MUST run the gke-platform-security and gke-workload-security skills for Workload Identity, Network Policies, and Shielded Nodes.
Namespace Isolation: Ensure workloads run in dedicated namespaces with Pod Security Standards (PSS) enforced via labels.
Least Privilege: Ensure workloads use dedicated ServiceAccounts instead of the default ServiceAccount.

F. Backup & Disaster Recovery

Ensure stateful data is protected.

Action: You MUST run the gke-backup-dr skill for configuring Backup for GKE and restore procedures.

G. Edge Security & Ingress

Secure external access.

Action: You MUST run the gke-service-networking skill for Gateway API, Ingress, and Cloud Armor.

H. Cost Optimization

Ensure efficient use of resources.

Action: You MUST run the gke-cost-optimization skill for strategies on rightsizing, quotas, and Spot VMs.

I. Upgrades & Maintenance Posture

Ensure a safe, predictable upgrade posture.

Action: You MUST run the gke-upgrades skill for release channel selection, maintenance windows/exclusions, and node pool upgrade strategy.

J. Golden Path Defaults Audit

Ensure the cluster configuration matches recommended defaults.

Action: You MUST run the gke-golden-path skill to compare the cluster against golden path defaults and report deviations with severity and remediation.

3. Production Readiness Scoring

After the assessment, provide a summary report with a RAG (Red, Amber, Green) status for each area and an overall readiness score. This helps prioritize remediation efforts.

Apply this rubric deterministically so repeated assessments of the same environment produce the same result:

Per-domain criteria: For each assessed domain (A-J), list the concrete checks performed (from the domain skill's guidance) and classify each check as pass, fail-critical (production-blocking, e.g., no resource requests, no backups for stateful data, public control plane in a locked down environment), or fail-minor (improvement, e.g., missing VPA recommendations, no Spot usage for batch).
RAG mapping (per domain):
- Red = one or more fail-critical checks.
- Amber = no fail-critical, but one or more fail-minor checks.
- Green = all checks pass.
Domain score: Green = 100, Amber = 50, Red = 0.
Weighted overall score: weight Security, Reliability, and Backup/DR at 2x; all other assessed domains at 1x. Overall score = sum(domain score x weight) / sum(weights), rounded to the nearest integer. Exclude domains that are not applicable (e.g., Backup/DR for fully stateless workloads) from both sums and note the exclusion.
Readiness verdict: >= 90 with no Red domains = "Production ready"; 70-89 with no Red domains = "Ready with follow-ups"; anything else = "Not production ready".

In the report, show the per-domain check lists, RAG status, weights, and the computed overall score.

Adaptability Guidelines

Single App: Focus on Health Probes, HPA, Resource Limits, PDB, and Workload Identity for that specific app.
Cluster Wide: Focus on Cluster Autoscaler, Multi-zonal setup, Release Channels, Maintenance Windows, and default Network Policies.
Proactive Execution: Proactively execute relevant skills (e.g., observability, security, scaling, reliability) to assess and propose improvements, seeking user confirmation before applying state-changing implementations.

Files

ATTRIBUTION.mdAdded by AutoGineer852 B
LICENSELicence file added by AutoGineer11.1 KiB
SKILL.md7.7 KiB
references/attribution.md1.8 KiB

LICENSE


                                 Apache License
                           Version 2.0, January 2004
                        http://www.apache.org/licenses/

   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION

   1. Definitions.

      "License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction,
      and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 9 of this document.

      "Licensor" shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by
      the copyright owner that is granting the License.

      "Legal Entity" shall mean the union of the acting entity and all
      other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common
      control with that entity. For the purposes of this definition,
      "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the
      direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or
      otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the
      outstanding shares, or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity.

      "You" (or "Your") shall mean an individual or Legal Entity
      exercising permissions granted by this License.

      "Source" form shall mean the preferred form for making modifications,
      including but not limited to software source code, documentation
      source, and configuration files.

      "Object" form shall mean any form resulting from mechanical
      transformation or translation of a Source form, including but
      not limited to compiled object code, generated documentation,
      and conversions to other media types.

      "Work" shall mean the work of authorship, whether in Source or
      Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a
      copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work
      (an example is provided in the Appendix below).

      "Derivative Works" shall mean any work, whether in Source or Object
      form, that is based on (or derived from) the Work and for which the
      editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications
      represent, as a whole, an original work of authorship. For the purposes
      of this License, Derivative Works shall not include works that remain
      separable from, or merely link (or bind by name) to the interfaces of,
      the Work and Derivative Works thereof.

      "Contribution" shall mean any work of authorship, including
      the original version of the Work and any modifications or additions
      to that Work or Derivative Works thereof, that is intentionally
      submitted to Licensor for inclusion in the Work by the copyright owner
      or by an individual or Legal Entity authorized to submit on behalf of
      the copyright owner. For the purposes of this definition, "submitted"
      means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent
      to the Licensor or its representatives, including but not limited to
      communication on electronic mailing lists, source code control systems,
      and issue tracking systems that are managed by, or on behalf of, the
      Licensor for the purpose of discussing and improving the Work, but
      excluding communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise
      designated in writing by the copyright owner as "Not a Contribution."

      "Contributor" shall mean Licensor and any individual or Legal Entity
      on behalf of whom a Contribution has been received by Licensor and
      subsequently incorporated within the Work.

   2. Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions of
      this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual,
      worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable
      copyright license to reproduce, prepare Derivative Works of,
      publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the
      Work and such Derivative Works in Source or Object form.

   3. Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of
      this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual,
      worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable
      (except as stated in this section) patent license to make, have made,
      use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Work,
      where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable
      by such Contributor that are necessarily infringed by their
      Contribution(s) alone or by combination of their Contribution(s)
      with the Work to which such Contribution(s) was submitted. If You
      institute patent litigation against any entity (including a
      cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Work
      or a Contribution incorporated within the Work constitutes direct
      or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses
      granted to You under this License for that Work shall terminate
      as of the date such litigation is filed.

   4. Redistribution. You may reproduce and distribute copies of the
      Work or Derivative Works thereof in any medium, with or without
      modifications, and in Source or Object form, provided that You
      meet the following conditions:

      (a) You must give any other recipients of the Work or
          Derivative Works a copy of this License; and

      (b) You must cause any modified files to carry prominent notices
          stating that You changed the files; and

      (c) You must retain, in the Source form of any Derivative Works
          that You distribute, all copyright, patent, trademark, and
          attribution notices from the Source form of the Work,
          excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of
          the Derivative Works; and

      (d) If the Work includes a "NOTICE" text file as part of its
          distribution, then any Derivative Works that You distribute must
          include a readable copy of the attribution notices contained
          within such NOTICE file, excluding those notices that do not
          pertain to any part of the Derivative Works, in at least one
          of the following places: within a NOTICE text file distributed
          as part of the Derivative Works; within the Source form or
          documentation, if provided along with the Derivative Works; or,
          within a display generated by the Derivative Works, if and
          wherever such third-party notices normally appear. The contents
          of the NOTICE file are for informational purposes only and
          do not modify the License. You may add Your own attribution
          notices within Derivative Works that You distribute, alongside
          or as an addendum to the NOTICE text from the Work, provided
          that such additional attribution notices cannot be construed
          as modifying the License.

      You may add Your own copyright statement to Your modifications and
      may provide additional or different license terms and conditions
      for use, reproduction, or distribution of Your modifications, or
      for any such Derivative Works as a whole, provided Your use,
      reproduction, and distribution of the Work otherwise complies with
      the conditions stated in this License.

   5. Submission of Contributions. Unless You explicitly state otherwise,
      any Contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the Work
      by You to the Licensor shall be under the terms and conditions of
      this License, without any additional terms or conditions.
      Notwithstanding the above, nothing herein shall supersede or modify
      the terms of any separate license agreement you may have executed
      with Licensor regarding such Contributions.

   6. Trademarks. This License does not grant permission to use the trade
      names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor,
      except as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the
      origin of the Work and reproducing the content of the NOTICE file.

   7. Disclaimer of Warranty. Unless required by applicable law or
      agreed to in writing, Licensor provides the Work (and each
      Contributor provides its Contributions) on an "AS IS" BASIS,
      WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
      implied, including, without limitation, any warranties or conditions
      of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A
      PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You are solely responsible for determining the
      appropriateness of using or redistributing the Work and assume any
      risks associated with Your exercise of permissions under this License.

   8. Limitation of Liability. In no event and under no legal theory,
      whether in tort (including negligence), contract, or otherwise,
      unless required by applicable law (such as deliberate and grossly
      negligent acts) or agreed to in writing, shall any Contributor be
      liable to You for damages, including any direct, indirect, special,
      incidental, or consequential damages of any character arising as a
      result of this License or out of the use or inability to use the
      Work (including but not limited to damages for loss of goodwill,
      work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all
      other commercial damages or losses), even if such Contributor
      has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

   9. Accepting Warranty or Additional Liability. While redistributing
      the Work or Derivative Works thereof, You may choose to offer,
      and charge a fee for, acceptance of support, warranty, indemnity,
      or other liability obligations and/or rights consistent with this
      License. However, in accepting such obligations, You may act only
      on Your own behalf and on Your sole responsibility, not on behalf
      of any other Contributor, and only if You agree to indemnify,
      defend, and hold each Contributor harmless for any liability
      incurred by, or claims asserted against, such Contributor by reason
      of your accepting any such warranty or additional liability.

   END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

   APPENDIX: How to apply the Apache License to your work.

      To apply the Apache License to your work, attach the following
      boilerplate notice, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]"
      replaced with your own identifying information. (Don't include
      the brackets!)  The text should be enclosed in the appropriate
      comment syntax for the file format. We also recommend that a
      file or class name and description of purpose be included on the
      same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
      identification within third-party archives.

   Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.

Requirements and compatibility

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

“Works with” means the tool reads the open Agent Skills format; a skill written for one tool may use features others lack.

Needs: Needs Node.js

Security

No issues found by our static scan· No issues found

A static scan is not a guarantee. Skills are third-party content: review a skill before you let an agent use it.

Attribution and licence

Published by

Google

Publisher

Google (Official)

Source

google/skills · skills/cloud/gke-productionize · commit 2194d3b

Licence

Apache License 2.0 (redistribution allowed)

LICENSE (added by AutoGineer from LICENSE)
ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)

Synced

2026-11-08

AutoGineer is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.

Download ZIP

The ZIP holds the skill’s files, its licence files and an ATTRIBUTION.md. Download gke-productionize.zip