Check Operator Chart Contribution Practices
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Then ask your AI: use the Check Operator Chart Contribution Practices skill
About this capability
Validates operator chart contribution practices (helm template, ct lint, docs generation) before committing changes.
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by stacklok/toolhive in .claude/skills/check-contribution/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Verify that all contribution guidelines from deploy/charts/operator/CONTRIBUTING.md are followed before committing Helm chart changes. Do not make any edits to files.
Checks
1. Helm Template Validation
cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"/deploy/charts/operator && helm template test .
Verify the output contains valid Kubernetes YAML without errors.
2. Chart Linting
ct lint
Report any linting errors or warnings.
3. Documentation Generation
helm-docs --dry-run
Verify that values.yaml variables are documented and the generated README.md matches.
Output Format
✅ or ❌ Helm template renders successfully
✅ or ❌ Chart linting passes
✅ or ❌ Documentation up-to-date
Note: Chart version bumps are automated by the release bot. Feature PRs should NOT modify Chart.yaml.
Include specific errors for any failing checks with actionable remediation commands.
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 2k
- Forks
- 294
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
Advanced
- Catalog kind
- skill
- Gateway key
check-contribution- Source
- github.com/stacklok/toolhive