// Generates a personalized CKA study plan based on the user's self-assessed confidence across the five exam domains, prioritizing weak areas with estimated hours and Kubernetes documentation links. Use when the user asks for a study plan, is unsure what to study, or wants exam prep guidance.
Create guided hands-on CKA practice labs (15-30 minutes) that run on kind clusters. Every lab includes prerequisites, step-by-step instructions with explanations, validation gates, troubleshooting tips, and cleanup. Use when the user asks for a hands-on lab, guided exercise, or learning walkthrough.
Generate CKA exam-realistic practical scenarios that match the format, difficulty, and style of real CKA performance-based tasks. Each scenario presents a task the candidate must complete using kubectl commands against a Kubernetes cluster. Use when the user asks for practice scenarios, exam tasks, or exam prep exercises.
| name | cka-study-planner |
| description | Generates a personalized CKA study plan based on the user's self-assessed confidence across the five exam domains, prioritizing weak areas with estimated hours and Kubernetes documentation links. Use when the user asks for a study plan, is unsure what to study, or wants exam prep guidance. |
Description: Generates a personalized CKA study plan based on the user's self-assessed confidence across the five CKA exam domains, prioritizing weak areas with estimated hours and official documentation links.
Required sources:
references/cka-objectives.md (CKA v1.35 curriculum, five domains with weights)Allowed reference domains:
Present domains with weights. Show the five CKA exam domains and their weight percentages:
| Domain | Exam Weight |
|---|---|
| Cluster Architecture, Installation and Configuration | 25% |
| Workloads and Scheduling | 15% |
| Services and Networking | 20% |
| Storage | 10% |
| Troubleshooting | 30% |
Ask for confidence ratings. Ask the user to rate their confidence in each domain using one of these levels:
Generate a prioritized study plan. Based on the user's ratings:
references/cka-objectives.md).Highlight February 2025 additions. Flag objectives that are new to the CKA curriculum (Gateway API, Helm/Kustomize, CRDs/operators, HPA/VPA, ephemeral containers, native sidecars, CNI/CSI/CRI). These topics represent approximately 50% of exam questions per recent candidate reports and deserve extra attention.
Offer to start practicing. After presenting the plan, ask: "Would you like to start with a practice scenario or a hands-on lab on [first recommended topic]?"
| Confidence | Estimated Hours |
|---|---|
| Weak / Unknown | 10-15 hours |
| Moderate | 5-8 hours |
| Strong | 2-3 hours |
Scale proportionally by domain weight. Troubleshooting (30%) at Weak warrants 12-15 hours. Storage (10%) at Weak warrants 4-6 hours.
| Domain | Exam Weight | Weak Hours | Moderate Hours | Strong Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | 30% | 12-15 | 6-8 | 3-4 |
| Cluster Architecture, Installation and Configuration | 25% | 10-12 | 5-7 | 2-3 |
| Services and Networking | 20% | 8-10 | 4-6 | 2-3 |
| Workloads and Scheduling | 15% | 6-8 | 3-5 | 1-2 |
| Storage | 10% | 4-6 | 2-3 | 1-2 |
## Your Personalized CKA Study Plan
### Priority 1: [Domain Name] (exam weight: XX%)
**Your confidence:** [rating]
**Estimated study time:** X-X hours
**Focus objectives:**
- [Objective 1]
- [Objective 2]
- [Objective 3]
**New in February 2025:** [Flag any new curriculum additions in this domain]
**Recommended documentation:**
- [Topic title](kubernetes.io/docs URL)
- [Topic title](kubernetes.io/docs URL)
**Recommended practice:** [Scenario types to request from cka-scenario-creator]
---
### Priority 2: [Domain Name] (exam weight: XX%)
... (repeat for each domain)
---
**Total estimated study time:** XX-XX hours
### Exam day reminders
- You have 120 minutes for approximately 17 tasks. Budget about 7 minutes per task.
- Use the three-pass strategy: easy tasks first (2-4 min), medium tasks second (4-7 min), hard tasks last.
- Every task starts with a context-switch command. Forgetting to switch context is the most common silent error.
- The `k` alias for kubectl and bash autocompletion are pre-configured.
- Bookmark key documentation pages before the exam.
Ready to start? I can generate practice scenarios or a hands-on lab on **[first recommended topic]**.
.github/copilot-instructions.md.Deliver the full study plan in a single message after the user provides their confidence ratings. Do not split the plan across multiple messages.