Prompt examples
On this page, you can find useful prompts with short explanations.
When writing prompts keep in mind the following principles:
- Ask concise, focused questions (for example, "What's wrong with my pod?")
- Use specific resource names or namespaces when possible
| Type |
Prompt |
What does it answer |
| Troubleshooting |
Why is this pod crashing? |
Analyzes pod logs and events to find common failure causes |
| Troubleshooting |
What’s failing in this namespace? |
Lists failed or unhealthy resources in the current view |
| Troubleshooting |
Why is this deployment stuck? |
Diagnoses deployment rollout issues (e.g., image pull, liveness probes) |
| Troubleshooting |
Are there any CrashLoopBackOff pods? |
Scans and lists pods in crash loops |
| Type |
Prompt |
What does it answer |
| Monitoring & Health |
Is my cluster healthy? |
Provides an overview of key warnings, errors, and degraded resources |
| Monitoring & Health |
Show resource usage for this namespace |
Summarizes CPU/memory usage scoped to your current namespace |
| Monitoring & Health |
How much memory is this pod using? |
Queries resource stats and highlights high usage |
| Type |
Prompt |
What does it answer |
| Exploration & Navigation |
What workloads are running here? |
Lists Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets in the current namespace |
| Exploration & Navigation |
Which services are exposed? |
Shows Service resources and their types (ClusterIP, LoadBalancer, etc.) |
| Exploration & Navigation |
Describe this pod in simple terms |
Breaks down a pod’s structure, purpose, and current status |
| Exploration & Navigation |
List all pods in this deployment |
Helps drill into the workload structure easily |
| Type |
Prompt |
What does it answer |
| Learning & Onboarding |
Explain this pod like I’m new to Kubernetes |
Provides a beginner-friendly breakdown |
| Learning & Onboarding |
What is a ReplicaSet? |
Gives a conceptual explanation of Kubernetes objects |
| Learning & Onboarding |
What does this event mean? |
Interprets raw Kubernetes events into human-readable summaries |
| Learning & Onboarding |
Help me understand the logs for this pod |
Interprets key patterns or errors from logs |
| Type |
Prompt |
What does it answer |
| Dev & Ops Workflows |
Has anything changed in this namespace recently? |
Summarizes recent resource updates or restarts |
| Dev & Ops Workflows |
Compare this deployment to its previous state |
Identifies config drift or rollout differences |
| Dev & Ops Workflows |
What’s using the most CPU in this cluster? |
Ranks resource usage by pod or namespace |
| Type |
Prompt |
What does it answer |
| Pod & Container Diagnostics |
What caused this pod to restart? |
Investigates restart count and last termination reason |
| Pod & Container Diagnostics |
Is this container using a readiness or liveness probe? |
Checks container health probe configurations |
| Pod & Container Diagnostics |
Why is this pod stuck in Pending? |
Diagnoses scheduling issues (e.g., resource limits, taints) |
| Pod & Container Diagnostics |
What node is this pod running on? |
Reveals placement details and node conditions |
| Type |
Prompt |
What does it answer |
| Deployment & Rollout |
Has this deployment finished rolling out? |
Confirms rollout status and completion |
| Deployment & Rollout |
What image version is this deployment using? |
Extracts container image tags |
| Deployment & Rollout |
Compare this deployment’s spec with the live state |
Identifies mismatches between desired and current state |
| Deployment & Rollout |
Why did this rollout fail? |
Analyzes conditions like FailedCreate, ImagePullBackOff, UnavailableReplicas |
| Type |
Prompt |
What does it answer |
| Metrics & Resource |
Usage Show CPU and memory usage for this pod |
Pulls live resource metrics |
| Metrics & Resource Usage |
Which pod in this namespace is using the most memory? |
Helps identify heavy workloads |
| Metrics & Resource Usage |
Is this node under pressure? |
Checks node conditions and available resources |
| Metrics & Resource Usage |
What’s the average CPU usage of this deployment? |
Useful for tuning HPA or setting requests/limits |
| Type |
Prompt |
What does it answer |
| Access, RBAC & Security |
Does this service account have access to list pods? |
Inspects RBAC bindings |
| Access, RBAC & Security |
Who can access this namespace? |
Lists users/groups with read/write permissions |
| Access, RBAC & Security |
What secrets does this pod use? |
Summarizes mounted secrets or env refs |
| Type |
Prompt |
What does it answer |
| Networking & Services |
What endpoints are backing this service? |
Maps services to pod IPs and ports |
| Networking & Services |
Why can’t this pod connect to that service? |
Diagnoses DNS, port, or network policy issues |
| Networking & Services |
Is there a NetworkPolicy restricting this traffic? |
Audits ingress/egress policies in scope |
| Networking & Services |
What’s the external IP of this LoadBalancer service? |
Fetches public-facing address info |
| Type |
Prompt |
What does it answer |
| YAML & Configuration |
Generate YAML for a Deployment with 3 replicas |
On-demand spec generation |
| YAML & Configuration |
What does this pod spec do? |
Interprets YAML into plain language |
| YAML & Configuration |
Explain the difference between Deployment and StatefulSet |
Helps new users understand key abstractions |
| YAML & Configuration |
Which fields in this config are required? |
Summarizes schema essentials from a manifest |