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AI for Reviewing Helm and Kustomize Manifest PRs
Add an LLM check that flags resource limits, probe gaps, and label drift before YAML hits the cluster.
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What this lesson covers
Learning path
The main moves in order
- 1The premise
- 2Helm
- 3Kustomize
- 4manifest review
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Section 1
The premise
Run the model on rendered manifests in CI to catch the boring-but-painful issues humans skim past.
What AI does well here
- Flag missing resource requests/limits
- Detect missing or wrong probe configs
- Highlight label/selector mismatches
What AI cannot do
- Validate cluster-specific admission policy
- Predict actual resource needs
- Catch logic bugs in templated values
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