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Destroy a VM and its disks. Use when user wants to remove a VM but keep its machine config for later recreation.
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| name | destroy-vm |
| description | Destroy a VM and its disks. Use when user wants to remove a VM but keep its machine config for later recreation. |
| allowed-tools | Read, Bash, AskUserQuestion |
Destroy a VM and delete its disks while preserving the machine config.
Run just list to show existing VMs. Ask which VM to destroy.
IMPORTANT: Warn the user clearly:
just recreate {name}Ask for explicit confirmation.
Run:
yes | just destroy {NAME}
Confirm the VM was destroyed. Mention they can recreate it with just recreate {name} or fully remove it with just purge {name}.
If the user wants to completely remove everything including machine config, use:
yes | just purge {NAME}
This deletes the VM, disks, AND machine config. Cannot be undone.
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Completely remove a VM including its machine config. Use when user wants to permanently delete everything about a VM.
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Create or restore VM backups. Use for full VM backups that can survive VM destruction.
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