gke-upgrades
gke-upgrades is an agent skill published by google, listed under deploy & operate. It lives in the google/skills repository, which has 21,580 GitHub stars and is licensed under Apache-2.0; we last read it on 2026-10-20.
Plans, executes, and validates Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster upgrades and maintenance operations for both Standard and Autopilot clusters, producing upgrade plans, checklists, and runbooks. Requires gcloud credentials.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads google/skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add google/skills
Maintenance
Plans, executes, and validates Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster upgrades and maintenance operations for both Standard and Autopilot clusters. Produces upgrade plans, pre/post-upgrade checklists, maintenance runbooks with gcloud commands, release channel strategy, and troubleshooting guides. Handles node pool upgrade strategies (surge, blue-green), version compatibility, PDB management, and workload-specific concerns (stateful, GPU, operators). Use this skill whenever the user mentions GKE upgrades, Kubernetes version bumps, node pool maintenance, GKE patching, cluster version management, release channel selection, maintenance windows, surge upgrades, stuck upgrades, or any GKE lifecycle management task — even casual mentions like "we need to upgrade our clusters" or "plan our next GKE maintenance" or "our upgrade is stuck." Don't use for GKE cluster creation, application onboarding, general networking/routing setup, or security policy configurations (use gke-basics or relevant GKE skills instead).
gke-upgrades compared with similar skills
| Skill | Publisher | What it does | Repo stars | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gke-upgrades (this page) | Plans, executes, and validates Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster upgrades and maintenance operations for… | 21,580 | 2026-10-25 | |
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Skills from the same repository first, then others for this job by repository stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about gke-upgrades
- What does gke-upgrades do?
- Plans, executes, and validates Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster upgrades and maintenance operations for both Standard and Autopilot clusters, producing upgrade plans, checklists, and runbooks. Requires gcloud credentials.
- How do I install gke-upgrades?
- Run npx skills add google/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes gke-upgrades?
- google.
- Is gke-upgrades maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 21,580 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-25. The repository declares the Apache-2.0 licence.
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