Cut a release branch with the `release branch cut` command: create the branch, apply the version-reference edits, tag it, and push. Use this skill when cutting a release branch, when a cut failed partway and needs to resume, or when a version-bearing file has…
Cherry-pick a merged PR onto a Calico release branch using hack/cherry-pick-pull. Use when the user wants to backport a fix to a release-vX.YY branch or asks about the cherry-pick process.
Create, deploy to, reload, and tear down a local kind cluster running Calico from locally-built images. Use when the user wants to bring up a test cluster, try a change on a real cluster, reload a rebuilt image onto kind, or destroy the cluster.
Reproduce CI test failures on a GCP VM matching the CI environment. Use when a CI job fails and the issue cannot be reproduced locally (e.g., kernel-dependent BPF verifier failures, kernel version-specific bugs).
Implements a new Calico API resource by plumbing it through all layers of the codebase. Use after API design is complete (see design-kubernetes-api skill).
Designs a best-practice, extensible Kubernetes API resource. Use when designing new API resources for Calico.