Systematic debugging workflows for Kubernetes issues including pod failures, resource problems, and networking. Use when debugging CrashLoopBackOff, OOMKilled, ImagePullBackOff, pod not starting, k8s issues, or any Kubernetes troubleshooting.
Quickly install kubernetes-troubleshooting AI skill to your development environment via command line
Source: nik-kale/sre-skills.
| Symptom | Likely Cause | Go To Section |
| Pending | Scheduling issue | Scheduling Issues | | CrashLoopBackOff | Application crash | CrashLoopBackOff | | ImagePullBackOff | Image/registry issue | Image Pull Issues | | OOMKilled | Memory exhaustion | OOMKilled | | Running but not Ready | Health check failing | Readiness Issues | | Error | Container error | Container Errors |
| Insufficient cpu/memory | Not enough resources | Add nodes or reduce requests | | node(s) had taints | Node taints | Add tolerations or remove taints | | no nodes available | No matching nodes | Check node selector/affinity | | persistentvolumeclaim not found | PVC missing | Create the PVC |
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npx skills add https://github.com/nik-kale/sre-skills --skill kubernetes-troubleshootingSystematic debugging workflows for Kubernetes issues including pod failures, resource problems, and networking. Use when debugging CrashLoopBackOff, OOMKilled, ImagePullBackOff, pod not starting, k8s issues, or any Kubernetes troubleshooting. Source: nik-kale/sre-skills.
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/nik-kale/sre-skills --skill kubernetes-troubleshooting Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw
https://github.com/nik-kale/sre-skills