artifact-management

name	artifact-management
type	skill
description	Manage container images, Helm charts, and build artifacts — registry organization, retention, promotion between environments.
related-rules	["pipeline-standards.md","supply-chain-security.md"]
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash

Skill: Artifact Management

Expertise: OCI registry organization, image tagging strategy, Helm chart registry, artifact promotion, retention policies.

When to load

When designing artifact storage, setting up Helm chart publishing, configuring image retention, or promoting artifacts between environments.

Image Tagging Strategy

Registry: registry.example.com / myorg/<service>

Development (PR):
  registry.example.com/myorg/order-service:pr-123-abc1234   ← per-PR, short-lived

Staging (main branch merge):
  registry.example.com/myorg/order-service:main-abc1234def   ← branch + sha

Release (git tag):
  registry.example.com/myorg/order-service:v2.3.1            ← semver tag
  registry.example.com/myorg/order-service:v2.3              ← minor floating (optional)
  registry.example.com/myorg/order-service@sha256:abc...     ← digest (use in K8s manifests)

❌ NEVER in production:
  :latest / :main / :develop   ← mutable, untraceable