Generate a GitLab CI/CD pipeline and a Helm chart that builds the current project with kaniko, pushes to the GitLab Container Registry, and deploys to a Kubernetes namespace via a user-provided kubeconfig. Reusable across apps: inspect the repo first, ask for the unknowns, then generate only the stages and templates that apply. If no Dockerfile exists, generate one tailored to the detected runtime.
Gitlab Helm Deploy is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the research-methods sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/gitlab-helm-deploy/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
When to invoke it: Use when the user asks to set up CI/CD, create a GitLab pipeline, write a Helm chart, containerize and deploy an app to Kubernetes/GKE, or wire up "push to deploy". Also generates a Dockerfile tailored to the detected runtime when one is missing, handles backend + frontend split repos, and covers both ingress-nginx and Gateway API routing.
The Gitlab Helm Deploy Claude Code skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 191,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/gitlab-helm-deploy curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/gitlab-helm-deploy/SKILL.md \ -o ~/.claude/skills/gitlab-helm-deploy/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/gitlab-helm-deploy/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/gitlab-helm-deploy/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\gitlab-helm-deploy\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
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SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/gitlab-helm-deploy/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Gitlab Helm Deploy is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:
@misc{gitlab-helm-deploy-2026,
author = {smk-labs},
title = {Gitlab Helm Deploy [Claude Code skill]},
year = {2026},
publisher = {ClaudSkills},
url = {https://claudskills.com/skills/gitlab-helm-deploy/}
}Grade A · scanned 2026-08-26 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.
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