Microservices Starter

Set up and deploy production-ready microservices with API gateway, service templates, service mesh support, distributed tracing, and container orchestration.

Security Scan

The SKILL.md promises runnable scripts and production deployments (Kubernetes, Helm, Istio, tracing), but the package contains no scripts, manifests, or install steps and has an unknown source — the instructions don't match the provided artifacts and could lead to risky behavior if followed blindly.

Purpose & Capability

The skill's name/description claim full microservices scaffolding (API gateway, service templates, Istio, Helm charts, tracing). However, the package contains no code, templates, manifests, or installation artifacts. You would reasonably expect service templates, K8s manifests, Helm charts, and the referenced shell scripts to be included; their absence is incoherent with the stated purpose.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md instructs running shell scripts (./create-service.sh, ./create-gateway.sh, ./deploy.sh production, ./monitor.sh install) that are not present. Those commands imply system-level changes (Docker/Kubernetes/Helm operations) and potentially network activity, but the instructions provide no provenance for the scripts or limits on where they communicate. The guidance to run unspecified scripts is risky and out-of-scope for an instruction-only skill without included artifacts.

Install Mechanism

There is no install spec (instruction-only). That is low-risk in itself, but combined with references to local scripts and many capabilities it is surprising: a microservices starter would normally include files or point to a repository/release. The lack of an install/source location means there's nothing for the agent to fetch safely.

Credentials

The skill declares no required env vars or config paths, yet its workflow requires Docker, kubectl/cluster access, and Helm — operations that normally need kubeconfig, cloud credentials, or other secrets. The absence of any declared credential or config requirements is inconsistent and hides where cluster access would come from, increasing the chance an operator might run scripts with overly broad privileges.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill is not always-enabled and allows normal model invocation. It doesn't request persistent privileges or modify other skills. However, its instructions (if followed) can make permanent changes to the system or clusters — a capability that should require careful provenance which is not provided here.

Scan Findings in Context

[no_code_to_scan] unexpected: The regex scanner found no code because the package is instruction-only. For a 'starter' that advertises templates and scripts, we would expect files to scan; their absence is a red flag.

What to consider before installing

Do not run the listed scripts or deploy commands as-is. Ask the publisher for the repository or release that contains the referenced scripts, manifests, and Helm charts and review those files before executing anything. If you want to try this, require a complete, verifiable source (e.g., GitHub repo or packaged release) and inspect create-*/deploy/monitor scripts and all manifests for network calls, credentials usage, and destructive commands. Test in an isolated environment (local VM or disposable cluster) and avoid providing kubeconfig or cloud credentials until you have reviewed the code. Prefer skills that include their templates or link to a trusted, auditable release.

Build production-ready microservices architecture.

Features

API Gateway

• Request routing
• Rate limiting
• Authentication
• Load balancing

Service Templates

• Node.js microservice
• Python microservice
• Go microservice

Service Mesh Ready

• Kubernetes manifests
• Istio configurations
• Prometheus metrics

Distributed Tracing

• OpenTelemetry integration
• Jaeger support
• Request tracing

Container Orchestration

• Docker Compose
• Kubernetes manifests
• Helm charts

Quick Start

# Create new service
./create-service.sh user-service --lang node

# Create API gateway
./create-gateway.sh

# Deploy to K8s
./deploy.sh production

# Add monitoring
./monitor.sh install

Architecture

┌─────────────┐
│   Gateway   │
└──────┬──────┘
       │
┌──────┴──────┐
│  Services   │
└──────┬──────┘
       │
┌──────┴──────┐
│  Database   │
└─────────────┘

Services Included

• User Service
• Order Service
• Product Service
• Payment Service
• Notification Service

Requirements

• Docker 20.10+
• Kubernetes 1.24+
• Helm 3.8+

Author

Sunshine-del-ux