kustomize

name	kustomize
description	Use this skill when the user wants to customize Kubernetes configurations, manage K8s YAML with overlays, patch resources, or build kustomizations for different environments.

kustomize Plugin

Kubernetes configuration customization tool.

Commands

Build

• kustomize build run — Build kustomization to produce Kubernetes resources
• kustomize build output — Build and write output to file

Edit

• kustomize edit add-resource — Add a resource to kustomization.yaml

Usage Examples

• "Build Kubernetes resources from kustomization"
• "Add a resource to kustomization.yaml"
• "Generate K8s YAML for production overlay"

Installation

brew install kustomize

Examples

# Build kustomization
kustomize build .

# Build with overlay
kustomize build overlays/production

# Output to file
kustomize build . -o output.yaml

# Add resource
kustomize edit add resource deployment.yaml

# Add label transformer
kustomize edit add label app:myapp