The VCF Operations content object model: super metrics, views, dashboards, custom groups, symptoms, alerts, and reports. Covers what each content type is, how they reference each other, UUID contracts, policy enablement, and identity schemes. Use this skill whenever authoring, reviewing, or planning VCF Ops content — especially when working out cross-references between content types, deciding which content types a request needs, or understanding the dependency graph (SM → view → dashboard, symptom → alert). Also use for questions about VCF Operations / Aria Operations / vRealize Operations content management concepts.
Project-specific conventions for the VCF Content Factory repo. Covers the [VCF Content Factory] naming prefix, YAML schema conventions, validation commands, the TOOLSET GAP reporting format, and the recon-before-authoring requirement. Use this skill whenever authoring content in this repo, reporting gaps, or validating content. For delegation protocol and workflow patterns, use vcfops-orchestration instead. This skill is specific to this project — the domain knowledge lives in the vcfops-api, vcfops-content-model, and vcfops-supermetric-dsl global skills.
Playbook for authoring Tier 2 Java SDK management pack adapters in the VCF Content Factory (content/sdk-adapters/). Covers the adapter lifecycle, reflection-tolerant vim25 SOAP reads over JAX-WS, the Suite API property pusher that bypasses the Java SDK SuiteAPIClient, ARIA_OPS stitching identity (the MOID trap), the canonical benchmark loader contract, the unreadable-is-not-compliant scoring rule, and the build-sdk → pak-compare verify loop. Use this skill whenever writing, modifying, debugging, or reviewing a Tier 2 SDK adapter's Java source, describe.xml, or build. The compliance adapter (content/sdk-adapters/compliance/) is the reference implementation.
The VCF Operations super metric formula DSL: looping functions, single functions, operators, resource entry forms, depth modifiers, where clauses, aliasing, cross-SM references, and critical pitfalls (silent failures with string && operators, instanced metrics, property vs metric addressing). Use this skill whenever writing, reviewing, debugging, or explaining a super metric formula. Also use when a formula produces no data, when choosing between where clauses and custom groups for filtering, or when planning a multi-SM subtraction pattern.
How to authenticate and interact with the VCF Operations Suite API. Covers the public REST surface, the internal /internal/* endpoints, the content-zip import/export mechanism, authentication via env vars, token lifecycle, and common failure modes (import-task-busy, ghost state, marker files). Use this skill whenever working with VCF Ops API calls, building API clients, debugging import/export failures, or planning which endpoint to use for a content management task. Also use when asked about VCF Operations, Aria Operations, or vRealize Operations API capabilities.