
Yaml Config Helper
- 47 installs
- 16 repo stars
- Updated November 20, 2025
- jackspace/claudeskillz
Validate, format, and troubleshoot YAML config files for Docker Compose, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, and Ansible.
About
This skill checks YAML syntax and validates config files against common schemas. A developer uses it to fix indentation, quoting, and formatting errors in Docker Compose, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, or Ansible files.
- Schema-aware validation for Docker Compose, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Ansible
- Flags common errors like tabs, bad indentation, and missing colons
Yaml Config Helper by the numbers
- 47 all-time installs (skills.sh)
- Ranked #745 of 1,438 DevOps & CI/CD skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
- Data as of Aug 2, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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| Installs | 47 |
|---|---|
| repo stars | ★ 16 |
| Last updated | November 20, 2025 |
| Repository | jackspace/claudeskillz ↗ |
What it does
Validate, format, and troubleshoot YAML config files for Docker Compose, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, and Ansible.
Files
Yaml-config-helper
Instructions
When working with YAML files: 1. Check syntax (indentation, colons, quotes) 2. Validate against schemas when possible:
- Docker Compose
- Kubernetes
- GitHub Actions
- Ansible
- Tabs instead of spaces (YAML requires spaces)
- Incorrect indentation levels
- Missing colons after keys
- Unquoted strings with special characters
- Inconsistent list formatting
- Use 2-space indentation (standard)
- Quote strings with special characters
- Use explicit typing when needed (!!str, !!int)
- Add comments for complex configurations
- Use anchors and aliases for repeated content
- Suggest yamllint for validation
- Provide corrected versions
- Explain validation errors
Examples
Add examples of how to use this skill here.
Notes
- This skill was auto-generated
- Edit this file to customize behavior
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description: Validate, format, and troubleshoot YAML configuration files
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# Yaml-config-helper
## Instructions
When working with YAML files:
1. Check syntax (indentation, colons, quotes)
2. Validate against schemas when possible:
- Docker Compose
- Kubernetes
- GitHub Actions
- Ansible
- Tabs instead of spaces (YAML requires spaces)
- Incorrect indentation levels
- Missing colons after keys
- Unquoted strings with special characters
- Inconsistent list formatting
- Use 2-space indentation (standard)
- Quote strings with special characters
- Use explicit typing when needed (!!str, !!int)
- Add comments for complex configurations
- Use anchors and aliases for repeated content
- Suggest yamllint for validation
- Provide corrected versions
- Explain validation errors
## Examples
Add examples of how to use this skill here.
## Notes
- This skill was auto-generated
- Edit this file to customize behavior