kube-noob

No AI inside. Works with yours. kube-noob is a Kubernetes, OpenShift, ROSA HCP, Helm and RHACS/StackRox expert in a box: audit rules, read-only-first playbooks, cited docs and graded exercises. Claude, OpenShift Lightspeed or any MCP client calls it as tools; the CLI runs it with no AI at all. It makes no network calls unless you turn them on.

• Audit: 60 rules plus strict schemas (Kubernetes 1.35, Routes, SCCs, EgressFirewall, Gateway API, StackRox), removed-API checks, safe auto-fixes, 9 red-team scenarios, RHACS policy mapping.
• Generate: hardened manifests and Helm charts for Kubernetes, OpenShift and ROSA, re-audited before they are returned.
• Debug: 33 offline playbooks, read-only steps first; opt-in, read-only cluster evidence (Secrets are never read).
• Learn: 5 tracks, 16 lessons, graded exercises; remembers confirmed fixes locally.
• Cite: answers cite local knowledge as [kn:<doc>#<n>].

Every design request runs a 7-step protocol: Clarify, Validate, Research, Audit, Calibrate, Generate, Red Team.

Who does the thinking

Quick start

pipx install kube-noob
kube-noob demo --list
kube-noob audit -f k8s/ --platform openshift --version 4.22
kube-noob diagnose 'paste events or errors'
kube-noob doctor
kube-noob selftest

Homebrew (Apple silicon, Linux): brew tap aashishmahajan/kube-noob https://github.com/aashishmahajan/kube-noob, then brew install aashishmahajan/kube-noob/kube-noob. Roles, demos: use cases.

Use with Claude or any MCP client

Claude plugin (skills plus the bundled server; runs in Claude Code and Cowork):

/plugin marketplace add aashishmahajan/kube-noob
/plugin install kube-noob@kube-noob

Any MCP client:

{"mcpServers": {"kube-noob": {"command": "uvx", "args": ["--from", "kube-noob==0.2.1", "kube-noob", "mcp"]}}}

Cluster and web tools appear only when enabled.

Run on OpenShift

As a token-protected service, a loopback-only sidecar, or a tool for OpenShift Lightspeed: docs/openshift.md. The chart ships NetworkPolicies and runs under restricted-v2.

Safe by default

kube-noob doctor prints what the process can reach and exits 1 when the configuration contradicts the lock.

Config is never read from the current directory implicitly. All keys: kube-noob.example.yaml.

Docs

• Use cases by role and learning with kube-noob
• Enterprise roadmap
• Architecture and trust boundaries
• Corpus, training and the reward
• Operations: weekly risk review and releases
• Guidance traceability (every rule and its test) and release readiness
• Privacy, security policy and contributing

Credits

Built on public, credited sources: see THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md. Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm, ROSA, RHACS and StackRox are trademarks of their owners; kube-noob is independent and not endorsed by them. Licensed under Apache-2.0.