Instructions on how to diagnose deployment or runbook failures using Octopus MCP or API. Use this skill when a user asks to analyze a deployment failure, failed task or a live production issue related to an Octopus Deploy project.
Use this skill when a user asks to produce audit reports or compliance evidence from Octopus Deploy event data through the Octopus MCP server. It covers questions about who deployed, who edited which variables, when a release shipped, why a permission changed, and what activity happened in a Space over a given window. Trigger on phrasing such as audit report, audit trail, change log, who changed what, who deployed, compliance evidence, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, security investigation, access review, user activity, or runbook history.
Comprehensive knowledge about Octopus Deploy, including core concepts, deployment processes, variables, releases, lifecycles, tenants, runbooks, AI-powered features, and best practices. Trigger when user mentions Octopus Deploy or general software deployment concepts.
Guides a user through their first Octopus Deploy setup โ connecting a code repository, registering a deployment target (Kubernetes, Azure App Service, AWS ECS, Lambda, on-prem Tentacle, etc.), wiring up packages from their existing CI, and reaching their first real deployment. Prefers the Octopus MCP server's tools and resources when connected, and falls back to direct Octopus REST API calls when not. Trigger on "set up Octopus", "deploy my service", "connect my repo to Octopus", "first Octopus deployment", "Octopus project setup", "onboard to Octopus", "configure Octopus deployments", or any conversation where a user has Octopus credentials in hand and wants to stand up a working deployment from scratch โ even if they don't use those exact phrases.
Authoritative guide to writing OCL (Octopus Configuration Language) for Octopus Deploy Config-as-Code projects. Use when authoring or editing any .ocl file under .octopus/ โ deployment processes, runbooks, variables, deployment settings, schema_version, or process templates. Covers full OCL syntax (HCL-like), the property key namespace for every action_type, slug rules for entity references (accounts, feeds, environments, worker pools, channels, tenant tags, teams), and the canonical file layout. Trigger on "OCL", "octopus configuration language", ".ocl", "deployment_process.ocl", "runbook.ocl", "variables.ocl", "config-as-code", "CaC", or any request to author Octopus deployment processes/runbooks declaratively.