A comprehensive auditing tool designed to evaluate Helm charts for security vulnerabilities, Kubernetes best practices, and production-grade template logic.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install helm-chart-auditor
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install helm-chart-auditor using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is Helm Chart Auditor?
The Helm Chart Auditor is a specialized utility designed to streamline the validation and hardening of Kubernetes deployments. By analyzing the structural integrity of your charts, it ensures that your infrastructure as code follows industry standards before it ever reaches a cluster. As a key component of Openclaw Skills, this tool bridges the gap between development and operations by providing actionable insights into complex configurations.
This skill doesn't just check for syntax; it performs deep inspections of Chart.yaml, values.yaml, and individual templates. It helps developers maintain high-quality charts that are secure, scalable, and easy to manage, making it an essential asset for any team utilizing Openclaw Skills for automated Kubernetes workflows.
Helm Chart Auditor Use Cases
- Identifying security misconfigurations such as privileged containers or root access within templates.
- Validating production readiness by checking for missing health probes and resource limits.
- Improving template maintainability by enforcing standard labels and helper template usage.
- Auditing Helm values to ensure sensitive data isn't exposed and schemas are properly defined.
- Pre-deployment validation to catch rendering errors before pushing to a live environment.
How Helm Chart Auditor Works
- Chart Discovery: The tool scans the local directory for essential files like Chart.yaml and values.yaml while listing the templates folder.
- Security & Best Practice Scanning: It performs a multi-layered audit covering container security contexts, resource limits, and RBAC permissions.
- Logic Validation: The auditor checks for template rendering errors, the proper use of namespace scoping, and adherence to app.kubernetes.io labeling standards.
- Production Readiness Check: It evaluates the presence of high-availability configurations like PodDisruptionBudgets and anti-affinity rules.
- Report Generation: A structured summary is produced, categorizing findings into Critical issues, Improvements, and Good Practices.
Helm Chart Auditor Setup
To integrate this capability into your workflow, ensure you have the Helm CLI installed. You can then invoke the auditor via your AI agent using Openclaw Skills commands:
# Ensure Helm is installed locally
helm version
# Run a manual lint as a baseline
helm lint ./path-to-your-chart
# The agent will handle the deep audit via Openclaw Skills protocols
Helm Chart Auditor Data Schema & Taxonomy
The Helm Chart Auditor organizes its analysis based on the standard Helm directory structure and outputs a categorized taxonomy of findings:
| Data Point | Description |
|---|---|
| Metadata | Extracts versioning, appVersion, and description from Chart.yaml. |
| Templates | Analyzes YAML files in the templates/ directory for K8s resource definitions. |
| Values | Validates values.yaml against values.schema.json if present. |
| Issues Taxonomy | Findings are ranked as Critical (Red), Improvements (Yellow), or Good Practices (Green). |
Helm Chart Auditor Advanced Features
- Support for JSON Schema validation to ensure values.yaml remains consistent across environments.
- Automated identification of missing NetworkPolicies and excessive Service Account permissions.
- Analysis of anti-affinity rules to ensure high availability in multi-replica deployments.
- Scoping validation to ensure templates correctly utilize .Release.Namespace for multi-tenancy.
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