# Platform Engineering

Infrastructure as code, CI/CD, container orchestration, service networking — methodology and reference patterns for building and operating internal developer platforms.

## Why Install This Skill

Your agent gets a structured loading order and dense reference patterns for IaC, CI/CD, containers, networking, secrets, observability, and the product work that makes an internal platform adopted and useful.

The skill helps teams decide whether a platform investment is justified, turn stakeholder needs into testable self-service contracts, and measure value after launch. It also gives developers autonomy while keeping security, compliance, and operational response visible and owned.

## What You Get

| Directory | Purpose |
|-----------|---------|
| `SKILL.md` | Core methodology, trigger conditions, reference index |
| `references/` | Deep-dive reference files loaded on demand |
| `templates/` | Fillable records for golden paths, platform value, exceptions, IaC reviews, and observability contracts |
| `evals/` | Output-quality eval manifest for the skill's methodology cases |

## Triggers

Designing CI/CD pipelines, writing Terraform/Pulumi, deploying containers, configuring service networking, managing secrets, building observability stacks, shaping self-service platform products, or reviewing platform adoption and policy evidence.

## Requirements

Platform-agnostic. References cover Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, Vault, Prometheus, Traefik, and Tailscale.

## Quick Start

Load SKILL.md for the methodology overview and reference table, then load specific references as needed for the task at hand.