Helm Operator

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Inspect, template, install, and upgrade Helm releases safely; author and lint charts. Use for anything chart- or release-related.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Helm Operator skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by navinspire-ia/navin in navin/skills/helm-operator/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Overview

Manage Helm charts and releases with dry-run-first habits. Rendered output is inspected before anything reaches the cluster.

Common commands

helm list -A
helm status <release> -n <ns>
helm get values <release> -n <ns>
helm history <release> -n <ns>
helm template <chart> -f values.yaml
helm upgrade --install <release> <chart> -n <ns> -f values.yaml --dry-run
helm lint <chart-dir>
helm diff upgrade <release> <chart> -f values.yaml   # if helm-diff plugin present

Workflow

  1. Identify the release, chart source (repo/OCI/local), and current values.
  2. Render with helm template or --dry-run and review the manifests before applying.
  3. Apply with helm upgrade --install --atomic --timeout 5m so failures roll back automatically.
  4. Verify: helm status, rollout status of the workloads, then application health.
  5. In a GitOps setup, change values files in git instead of running helm upgrade by hand.

Rules

  • helm uninstall and prod upgrades require human-approval.
  • Pin chart versions; never deploy floating latest on shared clusters.
  • Report the exact chart version and value overrides applied.

Signals

GitHub stars
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Forks
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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Source
github.com/navinspire-ia/navin