skills

Help users chaos test their app with mirrord: inject artificial latency or connection errors into a mirrord session's outgoing traffic via per-session chaos rules managed through the mirrord UI server's HTTP API. Use when a user wants to add latency or delay to outgoing connections or a dependency (e.g. a slow database), simulate connection failures (reset, timed out, refused), test app behavior under degraded network conditions, or wire chaos rules into CI test runs. Always use this skill instead of the deprecated _experimental_.latency mirrord config option.

Helps users run multiple concurrent mirrord sessions from a single mirrord-up.yaml (compose-style multi-service local debugging). Use when the user mentions mirrord up, mirrord-up.yaml, mirrord up init, debugging several related microservices together, or managing multiple mirrord sessions' lifecycle in one command.

Helps users generate, edit, and validate mirrord.json configuration files for mirrord (MetalBear). Use when the user wants to connect their local process to a Kubernetes environment, configure features (env/fs/network), or needs feedback on an existing mirrord.json. Always ensures output JSON is valid and schema-conformant.

Help users create and manage mirrord preview environments — running a modified service as an isolated pod in a shared Kubernetes cluster, scoped by an environment key and HTTP/queue traffic filtering, so teams can validate and review changes against real traffic without affecting live services. Use when a developer wants to run "mirrord preview" ad hoc, or wire preview environments into CI with the metalbear-co/mirrord-preview GitHub Action (e.g. per-PR previews).

Helps DevOps engineers configure mirrord Operator's Kafka queue splitting feature end-to-end. Generates MirrordKafkaClientConfig and MirrordKafkaTopicsConsumer Kubernetes CRD YAMLs, the matching mirrord.json split_queues section, and Helm value guidance. Use this skill whenever the user mentions Kafka splitting with mirrord, MirrordKafkaClientConfig, MirrordKafkaTopicsConsumer, Kafka queue splitting, Kafka topic splitting, configuring mirrord with Kafka, setting up Kafka for mirrord operator, or troubleshooting Kafka splitting sessions. Also trigger when users mention split_queues with queue_type Kafka, or ask about connecting mirrord to a Kafka cluster. This is a Team/Enterprise feature of mirrord.

Help users set up mirrord in CI pipelines for testing against real Kubernetes environments. Use when users want to run end-to-end tests, integration tests, or automated tests in CI using mirrord to connect to staging/shared clusters.

Help users install and configure the mirrord operator for team environments. Use when users ask about operator setup, Helm installation, licensing, or multi-user mirrord deployments.

Guide users from zero to their first working mirrord session. Use when a user is new to mirrord, wants to install it, or needs help running their first session connecting to a Kubernetes cluster.

Helps users configure mirrord.json for database branching, enabling isolated database copies for safe development and testing. Use when the user wants to set up MySQL or PostgreSQL branching, configure copy modes, IAM authentication, or manage database branches.