agnosticv:catalog-builder

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context: main model: claude-opus-4-6

Skill: agnosticv-catalog-builder

Name: AgnosticV Catalog Builder Description: Create or update AgnosticV catalog files for RHDP deployments Version: 2.1.0 Last Updated: 2026-02-03

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⚠️ CRITICAL: Keep Questions Simple and Direct

When asking for paths, URLs, or locations:

• Just ask for the path or URL directly
• DO NOT ask about GitHub organizations, root folders, subdirectories, or try to find/detect them
• DO NOT offer multiple options to search or auto-detect
• Accept exactly what the user provides - don't try to be smart about it

Example of what NOT to do:

❌ Which GitHub organization? (rhpds / redhat-scholars / Other)
❌ Should I auto-detect your catalog directory? [Y/n]
❌ Which subdirectory should I use?

Example of what TO do:

✅ What is the URL or path to your Showroom repository?
✅ What is the path to the catalog/CI directory?

Just ask, use what they give you, move on. Users know their paths - trust them.

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Purpose

Unified skill for creating and updating AgnosticV catalog configurations. Handles everything from full catalog creation to updating individual files like description.adoc or info-message-template.adoc.

Workflow Diagram

What You'll Need Before Starting

Have these ready before running this skill:

Choose your mode first:

1. Full Catalog - Creating complete new catalog
2. Description Only - Just updating description.adoc
3. Info Message Template - Creating info-message-template.adoc
4. Virtual CI - Creating published/ Virtual CI

For Full Catalog mode:

• 📁 AgnosticV repo path - Where your local AgnosticV repository is (e.g., ~/work/code/agnosticv)
• 🏢 Catalog details:
  • Display name (appears in RHDP UI)
  • Short name (directory name, lowercase with hyphens)
  • Brief description (1-2 sentences)
  • Category (workshop, demo, integration, etc.)
• 🔧 Infrastructure choices:
  • Cloud provider (AWS, Azure, OpenShift CNV, None)
  • Sandbox architecture (single-node, multi-node)
  • Workloads needed (which ocp4_workload_* roles)
• 🔗 Showroom URL (optional) - Link to your workshop/demo repository

For Description Only mode:

• 📁 Showroom path or URL - Where your workshop content is
• 📁 Catalog directory path - Where to save description.adoc
• 📋 Module content - Completed Showroom modules to extract from

For Info Message Template:

• 📁 Catalog path - Path to existing AgV catalog
• 📊 User data keys - List of data your workload shares via agnosticd_user_info

For Virtual CI:

• 📁 Base component path - Existing component to create Virtual CI from
• 🏷️ Naming - Virtual CI folder name (must be unique)

Access needed:

• ✅ Write permissions to AgnosticV repository
• ✅ Git configured with SSH access to GitHub
• ✅ RHDP account with AgnosticV repository access

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When to Use This Skill

Use /agnosticv-catalog-builder when you need to:

• Create a complete new RHDP catalog item
• Generate just description.adoc from Showroom content
• Create info-message-template.adoc for user data display
• Update catalog files after Showroom content changes
• Set up infrastructure provisioning for workshops/demos

Prerequisites:

• RHDP account with AgnosticV repository access
• AgnosticV repository cloned locally (e.g., ~/work/code/agnosticv or ~/devel/git/agnosticv)
• Git configured with SSH access to GitHub
• For description generation: Showroom content in content/modules/ROOT/pages/

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Skill Workflow Overview

Step 0:   Prerequisites & Scope Selection
  ↓
  ├─ Full Catalog →
  │    Step 1: Context (event + type + technologies)
  │    Step 2: Discovery (search AgV for reference)
  │    Step 3: Infrastructure gate (OCP or VMs?)
  │            ├─ OCP → @agnosticv/docs/ocp-catalog-questions.md
  │            │        (Steps 3B-8: cluster size, version, pool, auth,
  │            │         workloads, LiteMaaS, showroom+console_embed, multi-user)
  │            └─ VMs → @agnosticv/docs/cloud-vms-base-catalog-questions.md
  │                     (Steps 3B-8: CNV/AWS, RHEL image, ports, auth skip,
  │                      VM workloads, vm_workload_showroom, multi-user warning)
  │    Step 7: Catalog Details  +  Step 7a: Repo setup  ← return point
  │    Step 9: Generate Files (common.yaml, dev.yaml, description, info-message)
  │    Step 10: Directory Path
  │    Step 11: Write Files
  │    Step 12: Commit
  ├─ Description Only  → Steps 1-4
  ├─ Info Message      → Steps 1-2
  └─ Virtual CI        → Steps 1-10

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Step 0: Prerequisites & Scope Selection (FIRST)

CRITICAL: Start by asking what the user wants to generate.

Ask for Scope

🏗️  AgnosticV Catalog Builder

What would you like to create or update?

1. Full Catalog (common.yaml, dev.yaml, description.adoc, info-message-template.adoc)
   └─ For: New catalog from scratch with infrastructure setup

2. Description Only (description.adoc)
   └─ For: Generate/update description from Showroom content

3. Info Message Template (info-message-template.adoc)
   └─ For: Display user data from your workload CI

4. Create Virtual CI (published/ folder)
   └─ For: Create Virtual CI from existing base component

Your choice [1-4]:

Get AgnosticV Repository Path

Detect AgV path automatically by checking config files (~/CLAUDE.md, ~/claude/*.md, ~/.claude/*.md) for a line containing agnosticv with a path. If found, confirm with user. If not found, ask the user for their AgV repository path (e.g., ~/work/code/agnosticv). Validate the path exists and is a git repo.

See @agnosticv/docs/AGV-COMMON-RULES.md for the full detection procedure.

Git Branch Selection

cd "$agv_path"

# Show current branch
current_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")

Ask about branch:

📍 I see you are working on branch: $current_branch

Q: Do you want to use this branch or should I create a new one?

1. Use current branch: $current_branch
2. Create new branch

Choice [1/2]:

If user chooses 1 (Use current branch):

✓ Using your current branch: $current_branch

If user chooses 2 (Create new branch):

Q: New branch name (e.g., add-my-catalog or update-description):
   (no 'feature/' prefix needed)

Branch name:

# Strip feature/ prefix if user added it
branch_name="${branch_name#feature/}"

# Create and switch to new branch
git checkout -b "$branch_name"

echo "✓ Created and switched to branch: $branch_name"

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MODE 1: Full Catalog Creation

When selected: User chose option 1 (Full Catalog)

Step 1: Context (REQUIRED — ask before anything else)

Ask these THREE questions sequentially before touching anything else.

Question 1 — Catalog type:

🏗️  What type of catalog is this?

1. Lab — multi-user     (multiple students, hands-on exercises)
2. Lab — single-user    (one student, hands-on exercises)
3. Lab — admin only     (no student users, admin access only)
4. Demo                 (presenter-led, no student interaction)
5. Sandbox              (self-service, open environment)

Choice [1-5]:

Auto-set from choice:

Choice	category	multiuser	workshop_user_mode
1 (Lab multi-user)	Labs	true	multi
2 (Lab single-user)	Labs	false	single
3 (Lab admin only)	Labs	false	none
4 (Demo)	Demos	false	none
5 (Sandbox)	Sandboxes	false	none

Question 2 — Event (MANDATORY — never skip):

CRITICAL: Always ask this, even if the user did not mention an event. Event catalogs require different directory structure, branding labels, and access restrictions.

Q: Is this for a specific Red Hat event? [Y/n]

If YES:

Which event?

1. Red Hat Summit 2026  (summit-2026)
2. Red Hat One 2026     (rh1-2026)
3. Other — enter event name

Choice [1-3]:

If event selected → category becomes Brand_Events (overrides Question 1 category). If event selected → ask immediately:

Q: Lab ID? (e.g., lb2298)

Auto-set from event:

Event	event_name	category override	Brand_Event label	keywords auto-added
Summit 2026	summit-2026	Brand_Events	Red_Hat_Summit_2026	summit-2026, <lab-id>
RH One 2026	rh1-2026	Brand_Events	Red_Hat_One_2026	rh1-2026, <lab-id>
Other	<entered>	Brand_Events	(ask user)	<event-name>, <lab-id>
No event	none	(from Q1)	(omit)	(none)

Question 3 — Technologies:

Q: What technologies will users learn or see? (comma-separated)
   Examples: ansible, openshift ai, pipelines, gitops, kubevirt

Technologies:

Store: event_name, lab_id, catalog_type, category, technologies.

Naming standards (applied automatically from here):

Item	Pattern	Example
AgnosticV directory (event)	<event-name>/<lab-id>-<short-name>-<cloud_provider> ≤ 50 chars	summit-2026/lb1234-ocp-fish-swim-aws
AgnosticV directory (no event)	<subdirectory>/<short-name> ≤ 50 chars	agd_v2/ocp-fish-swim
Showroom repo	<short-name>-showroom	ocp-fish-swim-showroom
Slack channel (event)	<event-name>-<lab-id>-<short-name>	summit-2026-lb1234-ocp-fish-swim

All GitHub repositories must be in github.com/rhpds.

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Step 2: Catalog Discovery (Search Existing)

Silently search agd_v2/ and openshift_cnv/ using technologies from Step 1. Read each result's config: field to show infra type.

grep -rl "$technologies" "$AGV_PATH/agd_v2/" "$AGV_PATH/openshift_cnv/" \
  --include="common.yaml" -l 2>/dev/null \
  | xargs -I{} dirname {} | head -5

Show results with infra type — ask ONE question:

📖 Found similar catalogs:

1. agd_v2/ansible-aap-workshop/         [OCP cluster]
   └─ Ansible Automation Platform Self-Service

2. openshift_cnv/ocp-cnv-kubevirt-demo/ [OCP cluster]
   └─ KubeVirt Virtualization Demo

3. agd_v2/vllm-playground-aws/          [RHEL/AAP VMs]
   └─ vLLM Playground on AWS

Would you like to use one of these as a reference? [Y/n]

If YES: Which one? Enter number:

Read that catalog's common.yaml:

• Copy workloads, collections as defaults
• Read config: field → auto-set infra type (openshift-workloads → OCP, cloud-vms-base → VMs)
• Skip Step 3 Question A (OCP or VMs?) — infra type already known
• Still ask all sizing questions in Step 3 (SNO vs multinode, OCP version, autoscale, AWS) — reference may be SNO but user may want multinode with scaling

If NO or none found: Proceed to Step 3 and ask all questions including infra type.

Category (auto — set from Step 1, no question)

Category is already determined from Step 1. Confirm internally:

Type answered in Step 1	Event?	Category set
Lab multi-user	Yes	Brand_Events
Lab single-user / admin-only	Yes	Brand_Events
Demo	Yes	Brand_Events
Lab multi-user	No	Labs
Lab single-user / admin-only	No	Labs
Demo	No	Demos
Sandbox	No	Sandboxes

multiuser: Lab multi-user → true, all others → false.

UUID (auto — generated and collision-checked silently)

🔑 UUID Generation

Every catalog needs a unique RFC 4122 compliant UUID.

Generating UUID...

Generate and validate:

# Generate lowercase UUID
new_uuid=$(uuidgen | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')

# Check for collisions
echo "Generated: $new_uuid"
echo "Checking for collisions..."

# Search all common.yaml files
grep -r "asset_uuid: $new_uuid" $AGV_PATH/ --exclude-dir=.git

if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
  echo "⚠️  Collision detected! Regenerating..."
  # Regenerate until unique
fi

Step 3: Infrastructure Selection

Ask sequentially — ONE question at a time.

Question A — Infrastructure type gate:

SKIP if infra type was determined from reference catalog in Step 2. If no reference, ask once — then follow the appropriate question file:

🏗️  What type of infrastructure?

1. OpenShift cluster      (OCP — workshops, demos on OpenShift)
2. RHEL / AAP VMs         (cloud-vms-base — RHEL demos, AAP, non-OCP)
3. Sandbox API CI         (shared OCP cluster + per-tenant deployments)

Choice [1/2/3]:

BRANCH 1: OpenShift cluster → Follow @agnosticv/docs/ocp-catalog-questions.md for Steps 3B through 8. That file covers: cluster size, OCP version, pool, autoscale, AWS gate, authentication, OCP workloads, LiteMaaS, collection versions, Showroom (with console embed), and multi-user config. Return here for Step 7 when complete.

BRANCH 2: RHEL / AAP VMs — cloud-vms-base → Follow @agnosticv/docs/cloud-vms-base-catalog-questions.md for Steps 3B through 8. That file covers: CNV or AWS gate, RHEL image, sizing, port exposure, authentication skip, VM workloads, VM showroom (no console embed), and multi-user isolation warning. Return here for Step 7 when complete.

BRANCH 3: Sandbox API CI

Ask:

Which half of the Sandbox API CI pair are you creating?

1. Cluster CI  — provisions the shared OCP cluster sized for N tenants
                  (config: openshift-workloads, cloud_provider: none)
2. Tenant CI   — deploys per-user workloads on a pre-configured cluster
                  (config: namespace, targets cluster via sandbox labels)

Choice [1/2]:

BRANCH 3A: Cluster CI → Follow @agnosticv/docs/sandbox-cluster-ci-questions.md for Steps 3B through 8. Return here for Step 7 when complete.

BRANCH 3B: Tenant CI → Follow @agnosticv/docs/sandbox-tenant-ci-questions.md for Steps 3B through 8. Return here for Step 7 when complete.

Step 7: Catalog Details

📝 Catalog Details

Q: Display name (appears in RHDP UI):
   Example: Ansible Automation Platform with OpenShift Artificial_Intelligence

Name:

Q: Short name (lowercase, hyphens, descriptive):
   Example: ansible-aap-ai-workshop

Short name:

Q: Brief description (1-2 sentences):
   This appears in the catalog listing.

Description:

Q: Maintainer name and email?
   This goes into __meta__.owners.maintainer
   Example: Wolfgang Kulhanek / wkulhanek@redhat.com

Name:
Email:

Validate directory name before writing any files:

# 1. Length check — platform limit is 52 chars; skill enforces 50 (per JK)
dir_name="<full-directory-name>"   # e.g. lb1234-ocp-fish-swim-aws
if [ ${#dir_name} -gt 50 ]; then
  echo "❌ Directory name too long (${#dir_name} chars, max 50): $dir_name"
  echo "Shorten the short name and try again."
  exit 1
fi

# 2. Uniqueness check — must not already exist in AgV repo
if find "$AGV_PATH" -maxdepth 2 -type d -name "$dir_name" 2>/dev/null | grep -q .; then
  echo "⚠️  Directory '$dir_name' already exists in AgnosticV repo"
  echo "Choose a different name."
  exit 1
fi

Tell the developer how many characters the proposed name uses: "Directory name: {dir_name} ({N}/50 chars) ✓" or flag it before proceeding.

Step 7a: Repository Setup

If no Showroom repo was provided in Step 6, show creation instructions and pause:

📚 Create Showroom Repository (Showroom 1.5.4+ REQUIRED)

1. Create a new empty GitHub repo in github.com/rhpds
   Naming: {short-name}-showroom

2. Clone it locally and run: /showroom:create-lab --new
   Creates: default-site.yml, ui-config.yml, supplemental-ui/,
            content/lib/, .github/workflows/gh-pages.yml

   Reference: https://github.com/rhpds/lb2298-ibm-fusion

⚠️  Do NOT use showroom_template_nookbag — it is pre-1.5.4.

⏸️  Re-run this skill once the Showroom repo is ready.

If Showroom repo URL was already provided in Step 6, skip this step.

Ask about custom Ansible collection:

Q: Will this catalog use a custom Ansible collection? [Y/n]

ℹ️  Custom collections are needed when:
   - Creating new workloads specific to this catalog
   - Sharing workload logic across multiple catalogs
   - Building reusable automation components

If YES:

Collection naming: rhpds.{short-name}
Repository: https://github.com/rhpds/rhpds.{short-name}

Note:
- Collection must be created in github.com/rhpds organization
- Will be added to requirements_content in common.yaml
- Use this for catalog-specific workloads

Example structure:
  rhpds.{short-name}/
  ├── galaxy.yml
  ├── roles/
  │   └── ocp4_workload_{catalog_feature}/
  └── README.md

If NO:

✓ Using standard collections only (agnosticd.core_workloads, agnosticd.showroom, etc.)

Step 9: Generate Files

Now generate all four files:

9.1: Generate common.yaml

Read the template at @agnosticv/skills/catalog-builder/templates/common.yaml.template and use it as the base structure. Replace all <placeholders> with actual values collected from the user in previous steps.

Step 1 — Look for a real catalog in the AgnosticV repo first:

Read CLAUDE.md to find the AgnosticV repo path (look for AgnosticV: in Repository Locations). Then find an existing catalog that matches the same infra type:

# Find a similar existing catalog by config type
grep -rl "config: <type>" <agv_path>/**/common.yaml 2>/dev/null | head -3

Read that real catalog as the primary reference — it reflects current patterns and conventions actually in use. Prefer this over the bundled examples below.

Step 2 — Fall back to bundled examples if no real catalog found:

• @agnosticv/skills/catalog-builder/examples/ocp-demo/ — OCP openshift-workloads via CNV pool
• @agnosticv/skills/catalog-builder/examples/ocp-cnv/ — OCP via openshift_cnv pool
• @agnosticv/skills/catalog-builder/examples/ocp-aws/ — OCP via AWS pool (Route53 includes)
• @agnosticv/skills/catalog-builder/examples/cloud-vms-base/ — RHEL VMs on AWS
• @agnosticv/skills/catalog-builder/examples/published-virtual-ci/ — Virtual CI structure (MODE 4)
• @agnosticv/skills/catalog-builder/examples/sandbox-tenant/ — Sandbox API Tenant CI (config: namespace)
• @agnosticv/skills/catalog-builder/examples/sandbox-cluster/ — Sandbox API Cluster CI (config: openshift-workloads, cloud_provider: none, num_users: 0)

Also available — official test examples in the AgnosticV repo:

• ~/work/code/agnosticv/tests/ex-multi-user-ocp-tenant/ — canonical tenant CI pattern (Nate Stephany)
• ~/work/code/agnosticv/tests/ex-multi-user-ocp-cluster/ — canonical cluster CI pattern (Nate Stephany / Judd Maltin)

Developer Guidelines (naming, meta rules, FTL requirement): @agnosticv/skills/catalog-builder/references/developer-guidelines.md

CRITICAL — Workload variable names must be verified, never invented:

Before generating any ocp4_workload_X_* variable block, find the role's actual defaults/main.yml:

1. Check if collection is cloned locally (from CLAUDE.md or common paths):

find ~/work/code -name "defaults" -path "*/{role_name}/*" 2>/dev/null | head -3

2. If not local — shallow-clone to /tmp to read defaults:

# Get repo URL from requirements_content.collections in common.yaml
git clone --depth=1 --filter=blob:none --sparse {collection_repo_url} /tmp/collection-verify/
cd /tmp/collection-verify && git sparse-checkout set roles/{role_name}/defaults

3. Read defaults/main.yml — only use variable names that actually exist there. Do not guess or invent names.

4. If clone fails — use the bundled examples above as reference, or ask:

I cannot verify variable names for {workload} without access to the collection.
Please confirm: which variables from this workload do you want to set?
(Check the role's defaults/main.yml in {collection_repo_url})

Never invent a variable name. If unsure, ask — do not guess.

CRITICAL — File structure: requirements_content must be near the top:

Place requirements_content (collections list) and workloads immediately after the mandatory vars section — before passwords, bastion config, and workload-specific variables. It must appear within the first 200 lines of common.yaml.

This is a platform standard enforced by the validator (Check 22). Burying collections at line 400+ in a large config makes troubleshooting harder — reviewers need to see what collections are in use immediately.

# CORRECT — collections near the top, right after mandatory vars
---
#include /includes/...
config: openshift-workloads
cloud_provider: none
tag: main

requirements_content:      # ← HERE, before everything else
  collections:
    - name: https://github.com/agnosticd/core_workloads.git
      type: git
      version: "{{ tag }}"

workloads:                 # ← immediately after collections
  - agnosticd.core_workloads.ocp4_workload_...

# passwords, bastion, workload vars below...

# WRONG — collections buried in the middle:
# [500 lines of workload config]
# requirements_content:   ← not visible without scrolling

CRITICAL — Password generation:

Always use the lookup('password') pattern. Never use hash/GUID-based passwords and never use plain static strings. A hardcoded value like password: "ansible123!" is an ERROR (validator Check 19). Each password variable must use a unique file path — two variables with the same path generate identical passwords.

# CORRECT — unique path per variable
common_admin_password: >-
  {{ lookup('password', output_dir ~ '/common_admin_password', length=12, chars=['ascii_letters', 'digits']) }}
common_user_password: >-
  {{ lookup('password', output_dir ~ '/common_user_password', length=12, chars=['ascii_letters', 'digits']) }}

# WRONG — same path = same password value for both variables
# common_admin_password: >-
#   {{ lookup('password', output_dir ~ '/common_password', ...) }}
# common_user_password: >-
#   {{ lookup('password', output_dir ~ '/common_password', ...) }}  ← identical!

# WRONG — hash/GUID patterns never allowed:
# common_password: "{{ guid | hash('sha256') }}"
# common_password: "{{ (guid[:5] | hash('md5') | int(base=16) | b64encode)[:8] }}"

# WRONG — plain static string never allowed:
# common_password: "ansible123!"
# admin_password: "redhat"

CRITICAL — Image tagging (prod/event catalogs):

All container image references must use explicit pinned version tags. Never use :latest, :main, :master, or no tag at all in prod or event catalogs. This is enforced by validator Check 23.

# CORRECT
image: quay.io/agnosticd/ee-multicloud:chained-2025-12-17

# WRONG — unacceptable in prod/event
# image: quay.io/someorg/sometool:latest
# image: quay.io/someorg/sometool        # no tag

CRITICAL — Tenant catalogs (config: namespace) — Showroom namespace:

Never add ocp4_workload_showroom_namespace or a showroom suffix entry in ocp4_workload_tenant_namespace_namespaces. The Showroom workload creates and manages its own namespace — students only get a route.

Auto-add #include lines at the top — only what's needed:

CRITICAL — Avoid duplicate includes (causes include loop): Before adding any #include line, check if it already appears in:

1. The event directory's account.yaml (e.g. summit-2026/account.yaml)
2. The AgV root account.yaml
3. Anywhere else in common.yaml itself

If an include is already present in any of these files, do NOT add it again — AgnosticV will error with "included more than once / include loop". This applies to ALL includes, not just event restriction includes.

Standard boilerplate (always):

Icon include — conditional on infra type:

• OCP catalogs: #include /includes/catalog-icon-openshift.yaml
• cloud-vms-base catalogs: Ask user which icon applies:

  Q: Which product icon should this catalog use?
  1. catalog-icon-openshift.yaml  (OpenShift)
  2. catalog-icon-rhel.yaml       (RHEL)
  3. catalog-icon-aap.yaml        (Ansible Automation Platform)
  

  Use the answer in the include line below.

#include /includes/agd-v2-mapping.yaml
#include /includes/catalog-icon-<chosen>.yaml
#include /includes/terms-of-service.yaml
#include /includes/parameters/purpose.yaml
#include /includes/parameters/salesforce-id.yaml
#include /includes/secrets/ocp4_token.yaml
#include /includes/secrets/demosat-rhel-9-10-latest.yaml

Event restriction (event catalogs — in common.yaml until event.yaml is created):

Before adding: check if the event directory already has an account.yaml that includes the restriction:

grep "access-restriction-summit-devs" $AGV_PATH/summit-2026/account.yaml 2>/dev/null

• If found in account.yaml: do NOT add to common.yaml — it would create an include loop error
• If NOT found: add to common.yaml:

#include /includes/access-restriction-summit-devs.yaml   # summit-2026
#include /includes/access-restriction-rh1-2026-devs.yaml # rh1-2026

AWS only (CNV pool handles cert_manager and auth — AWS needs explicit Route53/letsencrypt):

#include /includes/aws-sandbox-meta.yaml
#include /includes/parameters/aws-regions-standard.yaml
#include /includes/secrets/letsencrypt_with_zerossl_fallback.yaml

LiteMaaS (added automatically if user answers YES in Step 5):

#include /includes/secrets/litemaas-master_api.yaml       # LiteLLM API URL + master key
#include /includes/parameters/litellm_metadata.yaml        # LiteLLM metadata (model list, endpoints)

Workload-specific secrets not in pool (e.g. ibm-fusion.yaml, partner credentials) — add manually, leave TODO comment otherwise.

9.2: Generate dev.yaml

---
# -------------------------------------------------------------------
# Purpose - Cost tag. One of development, ilt, production, event
# -------------------------------------------------------------------
purpose: development
__meta__:
  deployer:
    scm_ref: main
    scm_type: git

Note: dev.yaml is minimal — only overrides scm_ref and sets purpose tag for cost tracking.

9.2a: Generate __meta__ block for common.yaml (REQUIRED — ask sequentially)

This block goes into common.yaml, not dev.yaml. The __meta__ block is generated based on all information collected. Use the following rules exactly.

NEVER define anarchy.namespace — it is set at the top level of AgV now. Omit it entirely.

Ask: deployer actions (for workloads that touch resources OUTSIDE the cluster/sandbox):

Q: Does any workload in this catalog deploy or configure something
   outside the provisioned environment? (e.g., external DNS,
   cloud resources, external registries, shared services) [Y/n]

If YES: which lifecycle actions should be disabled?
  - start  (disable if base component already handles cluster start)
  - stop   (disable if base component already handles cluster stop)

Note: remove_workloads is controlled separately via sandbox_api below — not here.
All default to false. Only set true to DISABLE that action.

Generate only the actions the user marks true:

__meta__:
  deployer:
    actions:
      stop:
        disable: true    # only if user said yes
      start:
        disable: true    # only if user said yes

If user says No or unsure → omit deployer.actions entirely.

deployer.ee — use the current chained EE image:

  deployer:
    scm_url: https://github.com/agnosticd/agnosticd-v2
    scm_ref: main
    execution_environment:
      image: quay.io/agnosticd/ee-multicloud:chained-2026-02-23
      pull: missing

sandbox_api and deployer.actions — branch by CI type:

Sandbox API Cluster CI (Branch 3A): Auto-set — do not ask:

  deployer:
    actions:
      status:
        disable: true
      update:
        disable: true

Omit sandbox_api entirely (Cluster CI does not run remove_workloads).

Sandbox API Tenant CI (Branch 3B): Auto-set — do not ask:

  sandbox_api:
    actions:
      destroy:
        catch_all: false   # allows remove_workloads to run before sandbox release

  deployer:
    actions:
      status:
        disable: true
      update:
        disable: true

Standard OCP / RHEL+AAP catalogs: Ask as before:

Q: Do you want remove_workloads to run when the environment is destroyed?

remove_workloads cleans up everything the workloads installed when a user
deletes their environment. This is usually what you want.

Set to NO only if your workload deployed something that should persist
after destroy (e.g., data in an external system, a shared service, etc.)

Run remove_workloads on destroy? [Y/n]  (default: Yes)

• YES (default) → omit sandbox_api entirely (catch_all defaults to true)
• NO → add:

  sandbox_api:
    actions:
      destroy:
        catch_all: false

catalog.reportingLabels — always ask:

Q: What is the primary business unit (primaryBU)?

Valid values (from @agnosticv/docs/constants.md):
- Hybrid_Platforms
- Artificial_Intelligence
- Automation
- Application_Developer
- RHEL
- Edge
- RHDP

primaryBU:

Q: Secondary BU? (optional, type 'skip' or enter a value)

secondaryBU:

catalog.labels.Brand_Event — auto-set from event selection (Step 0.5):

Event	Value
summit-2026	Red_Hat_Summit_2026
rh1-2026	Red_Hat_One_2026
No event	(omit entirely)

catalog.keywords — build from event + lab ID + user input:

Q: What specific keywords describe this catalog? (3-4 max)

Rules:
- 3-4 keywords maximum — more dilutes search relevance
- Use specific technology or topic terms only
- Do NOT use generic words already implied by category or title:
  ✗ workshop, demo, lab, sandbox, openshift, ansible, rhel, tutorial
  ✓ ibm-fusion, cnv, kubevirt, rag, llm, leapp, mcp, cnpg, tekton

Examples: ibm-fusion, cnv, kubevirt
          leapp, rhel-upgrade
          mcp, librechat, gitea

Keywords:

Auto-add event keywords silently (user should not add these manually):

• summit-2026 → add summit-2026 and <lab-id>
• rh1-2026 → add rh1-2026 and <lab-id>

Validate before writing: If user provides more than 4 keywords or includes generic terms, ask them to trim/replace before proceeding.

catalog.labels.Product and Product_Family — ask:

Q: What is the primary Red Hat product featured in this catalog?
   This goes into catalog.labels.Product

Common values:
- Red_Hat_OpenShift_Container_Platform
- Red_Hat_Ansible_Automation_Platform
- Red_Hat_OpenShift_AI
- Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux

Product:

Q: Product family?
   Common values: Red_Hat_Cloud, Red_Hat_Automation, Red_Hat_Linux

Product_Family:

catalog.workshopLabUiRedirect — already set by the infra reference file (Step 8). Do not ask again.

• OCP multi-user workshops: auto-set to true by ocp-catalog-questions.md
• Demos / VM catalogs: omitted by the respective reference file

Full __meta__ output:

__meta__:
  asset_uuid: <auto-generated>
  owners:
    maintainer:
    - name: <maintainer name from Step 7>
      email: <maintainer email from Step 7>
    instructions:
    - name: TBD
      email: tbd@redhat.com

  deployer:
    scm_url: https://github.com/agnosticd/agnosticd-v2
    scm_ref: main
    execution_environment:
      image: quay.io/agnosticd/ee-multicloud:chained-2026-02-23
      pull: missing
    # actions:          # Only add if workload touches external resources
    #   stop:
    #     disable: true
    #   start:
    #     disable: true

  # sandbox_api:        # Only add if remove_workloads should be skipped
  #   actions:
  #     destroy:
  #       catch_all: false

  catalog:
    reportingLabels:
      primaryBU: <primaryBU from Step 9.2a>
      # secondaryBU: <optional>
    namespace: babylon-catalog-{{ stage | default('?') }}
    display_name: "<display name from Step 7>"
    category: <auto from Step 1>
    keywords:
    - <event_name>      # auto: summit-2026 or rh1-2026 (event catalogs only)
    - <lab_id>          # auto: lbxxxx (event catalogs only)
    - <user keywords split from comma-separated input>
    labels:
      Product: <Product from Step 9.2a>
      Product_Family: <Product_Family from Step 9.2a>
      Provider: RHDP
      # Brand_Event: Red_Hat_Summit_2026   # auto-set for event catalogs
    multiuser: <auto from Step 1>
    workshop_user_mode: <auto from Step 1: multi | single | none>
    # workshopLabUiRedirect: true          # auto-set for multi-user labs

For no-event catalogs: omit Brand_Event label and event keywords.

9.3: Generate description.adoc

Ask for description content:

📄 Description Generation

I can extract description content from your Showroom, or you can provide it manually.

Q: Do you want me to extract from Showroom content? [Y/n]

If YES and Showroom URL provided:

# Clone showroom temporarily
temp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
git clone <showroom-url> "$temp_dir"

# Extract modules
find "$temp_dir/content/modules/ROOT/pages" -name "*.adoc" | sort

# Read module titles
grep "^= " "$temp_dir/content/modules/ROOT/pages"/*.adoc

Read the template and examples at @agnosticv/skills/catalog-builder/templates/description.adoc.template. Follow Nate's RHDP format exactly -- the template includes key guidelines and two real examples (demo + workshop).

9.4: Generate info-message-template.adoc

📧 Info Message Template

This template displays user data after deployment.

Q: Does your catalog use agnosticd_user_info to share data? [Y/n]

If YES:

Q: What data keys does your workload share via agnosticd_user_info.data?

Examples:
  - litellm_api_base_url
  - litellm_virtual_key
  - grafana_admin_password

Data keys (comma-separated):

Read the template at @agnosticv/skills/catalog-builder/templates/info-message.adoc.template. It includes both variants (with and without user data) and explains how agnosticd_user_info works.

Step 10: Determine Catalog Directory Path

If event was selected (summit-2026 or rh1-2026):

Auto-generate path from event, lab ID, short name, and cloud provider. No question needed.

# Pattern: <event-name>/<lab-id>-<short-name>-<cloud_provider>
# Example: summit-2026/lb2298-ocp-fish-swim-aws
directory_name="${lab_id}-${short_name}-${cloud_provider}"
catalog_path="$AGV_PATH/${event_name}/${directory_name}"

Show the user what will be created:

📂 Catalog path (from event + naming standards):
   summit-2026/lb2298-ocp-fish-swim-aws

Using: $catalog_path

If no event (standard catalog):

📂 Catalog Directory Path

Q: Which subdirectory should I create the catalog in?

Common options:
- agd_v2 (standard catalogs)
- openshift_cnv (CNV-based catalogs)
- sandboxes-gpte (sandbox catalogs)
- published (Virtual CIs)

Enter subdirectory (e.g., agd_v2):

catalog_path="$AGV_PATH/$subdirectory/$short_name"

Validate doesn't exist:

if [[ -d "$catalog_path" ]]; then
  echo "⚠️  Directory already exists: $catalog_path"
  echo "Choose a different name or location."
  exit 1
fi

Step 11: Write Files

💾 Writing Files

Creating catalog directory: $catalog_path

Writing:
  ✓ common.yaml
  ✓ dev.yaml
  ✓ description.adoc
  ✓ info-message-template.adoc

Execute:

mkdir -p "$catalog_path"

# Write all four files
cat > "$catalog_path/common.yaml" <<'EOF'
<generated-content>
EOF

cat > "$catalog_path/dev.yaml" <<'EOF'
<generated-content>
EOF

cat > "$catalog_path/description.adoc" <<'EOF'
<generated-content>
EOF

cat > "$catalog_path/info-message-template.adoc" <<'EOF'
<generated-content>
EOF

Step 12: Git Commit (Optional)

🚀 Ready to Commit

Files created in: $catalog_path

Q: Commit these changes? [Y/n]

If YES:

# Get relative path from AgV root for commit message
rel_path="${catalog_path#$AGV_PATH/}"

cd "$AGV_PATH"

git add "$rel_path/"

git commit -m "Add $directory_name catalog

- Category: $category
- Infrastructure: $cloud_provider ($sandbox_architecture)
- Workloads: $num_workloads selected
- UUID: $asset_uuid
- Path: $rel_path"

current_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
echo "✓ Committed to branch: $current_branch"
echo ""
echo "Next steps:"
echo "  1. Test locally: cd $rel_path && agnosticv_cli dev.yaml"
echo "  2. Run validator: /agnosticv-validator"
echo "  3. Create PR: git push origin $current_branch && gh pr create --fill"

---

MODE 2: Description Only

Generate or update description.adoc from Showroom content. Reads ALL .adoc modules locally — no GitHub API.

→ Full workflow: @agnosticv/skills/catalog-builder/references/mode-2-description.md

---

MODE 3: Info Message Template Only

Ask for catalog path and agnosticd_user_info data keys, then generate info-message-template.adoc.

→ Full workflow: @agnosticv/skills/catalog-builder/references/mode-3-info-message.md

---

MODE 4: Create Virtual CI

Create Virtual CI in published/ from base component. Uniqueness check, UUID, dev restriction, prod.yaml pinning, bulk processing.

→ Full workflow: @agnosticv/skills/catalog-builder/references/mode-4-virtual-ci.md

Related Skills

• /agnosticv:validator -- Validate catalog configurations after creation