{"slug":"fluxcd-kustomization-helmrelease-review","title":"fluxcd-kustomization-helmrelease-review","summary":"Use this skill when reviewing FluxCD Kustomization, HelmRelease, GitRepository, HelmRepository, or OCIRepository resources. Trigger when the user asks whether a Flux configuration is safe for production, whether SOPS encryption is required, whether prune is safe on a given worklo","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T21:52:10.20701Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/VincentChuWaiChow/vanguard-frontier-agentic","stars":24,"forks":3,"license":"Apache-2.0","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T13:00:24Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: fluxcd-kustomization-helmrelease-review\ndescription: Use this skill when reviewing FluxCD Kustomization, HelmRelease, GitRepository, HelmRepository, or OCIRepository resources. Trigger when the user asks whether a Flux configuration is safe for production, whether SOPS encryption is required, whether prune is safe on a given workload, whether commit signature verification is enabled, or whether a Flux multi-tenant setup uses least-privilege ServiceAccounts.\nallowed-tools: Read Grep Glob\nmetadata:\nauthor: \"github: VincentChuWaiChow\"\nversion: \"0.1.0\"\nupdated: \"2026-05-05\"\ncategory: delivery</h2>\n<h1>FluxCD Kustomization and HelmRelease Review</h1>\n<h2>Purpose</h2>\n<p>Review FluxCD <code>Kustomization</code>, <code>HelmRelease</code>, <code>GitRepository</code>, <code>HelmRepository</code>, and <code>OCIRepository</code> resources for source trust guarantees, SOPS secret encryption, prune-enabled blast radius on stateful workloads, per-Kustomization ServiceAccount scoping, HelmRelease upgrade remediation safety, and health check completeness. FluxCD's default posture gives the <code>kustomize-controller</code> cluster-admin-equivalent reach — the security surface lives in per-Kustomization ServiceAccounts, commit signature verification, SOPS encryption at rest, and prune annotation guards.</p>\n<h2>Lean operating rules</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prefer user-provided sanitized resource YAML as primary evidence; official FluxCD docs are the authoritative fallback.</li>\n<li>Treat unencrypted Kubernetes <code>Secret</code> manifests committed to any Git source as a CRITICAL finding — anyone with repo read access (CI, PR participants, auditors) has those secrets.</li>\n<li>Treat <code>GitRepository.spec.ref.semver: \"&gt;=0.0.0\"</code> or an unbound semver range in a production source as a HIGH finding — any tag push from a compromised upstream triggers a deploy.</li>\n<li>Treat the absence of <code>spec.verify.secretRef</code> (commit GPG signature verification) on production <code>GitRepository</code> sources as a HIGH finding.</li>\n<li>Treat <code>Kustomization.spec.serviceAccountName</code> not set as a HIGH finding — the kustomize-controller SA applies with cluster-admin-equivalent scope for all tenants.</li>\n<li>Treat <code>spec.prune: true</code> on Kustomizations covering stateful workloads (StatefulSets, PVCs, CRDs) without <code>kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/prune: disabled</code> annotations as a HIGH finding.</li>\n<li>Treat <code>HelmRelease.spec.chart.spec.version: \"*\"</code> or an unbound version range as a HIGH finding — any upstream chart publish triggers an auto-upgrade.</li>\n<li>Treat <code>HelmRelease.spec.upgrade.remediation.retries: -1</code> (infinite retry) as a MEDIUM finding — a broken release blocks other reconciliation loops indefinitely.</li>\n<li>Keep the answer scoped: report what was reviewed, the evidence level, and the exact field path for each finding.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>References</h2>\n<p>Load these only when needed:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"references/workflow-and-output.md\">Workflow and output contract</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Response minimum</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Scoped target (resource kind/name/namespace) and evidence level</li>\n<li>Source trust verdict (commit verification, semver pinning, SOPS encryption)</li>\n<li>Kustomization ServiceAccount scope assessment</li>\n<li>Prune safety verdict for any stateful workloads</li>\n<li>HelmRelease version pinning and upgrade remediation assessment</li>\n<li>Health check completeness verdict</li>\n<li>Safe next actions and open questions</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"metadata.json","sizeBytes":1379,"isText":true},{"path":"references/workflow-and-output.md","sizeBytes":7318,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":3205,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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