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Load the config with a YAML loader that resolves anchors and aliases, or expand the anchors into plain mappings before parsing, because the config reuses feature set blocks through YAML anchors and the agent parser flattened or rejected them and lost the anchored sections. Use when you see this exact failure: agent co…
forget cannot remove snapshots from a repository mounted read only, whether by filesystem mount options, an object store bucket policy, or a storage appliance presenting a locked tier: determine which layer enforces the read-only state and move the maintenance operation to where writes are allowed, or adjust the mount…
Fixes verification snapshots corrupted when an agent mounts the same restored volume twice, by enforcing a single read-only mount with a lease and ownership tracking. Use when a verified restore is damaged after mounting or two checks run on one volume. Not for source data corruption inside the backup itself.
Debugs containerd 'failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed' by checking runc, the OCI config, mounts, and cgroup state. Not for image pull errors.
Fixes dry-run/production policy divergence with config parity checks. Use when an agent passes dry-run but fails against production policy. Not for rule-logic bugs.
Fixes Fargate 'resource initialization error' on ENI attach by ensuring subnets have free IPs, security groups exist, and the execution role can create network interfaces. Not for image pull failures.
Fixes ECS CannotPullContainerError with API 400 by correcting the image URI and granting the task execution role ECR pull permissions. Not for task networking or application crashes.
Fixes an agent failing to set the kernel spec in a scheduled container: bake the spec into the image and use absolute python paths. For agent builders.
Constrains a test-healing agent's write access so it can never patch node_modules or other generated directories. It applies a filesystem allowlist (repo source and tests editable; node_modules, dist, build, .git read-only) enforced by the sandbox, plus diff-size limits. Use when an agent's fix touches vendored or gen…
Fixes trivy k8s cluster scans that fail to build a Kubernetes client for lack of credentials: checking the kubeconfig context, creating a dedicated ServiceAccount with a read-only ClusterRole, and binding it. Use when trivy k8s fails with the credentials error inside a cluster or from CI. Not for scanner timeouts or i…
Fixes GitLab Preparation failed: adding cache volume: permission denied, covering Docker socket permissions and user namespace mismatches. Reach for it when jobs die during preparation before any script line runs.
Confines an agent's file edits to an allowlisted directory (typically tests/) during test healing, with a post-run diff audit and auto-revert on violations. Use when an agent touches source files or configs it was not supposed to modify. Not for agents with legitimate full-repo scope or human-authored changes.
Fixes syft's "permission denied on /proc" failure in locked-down containers by scanning the image from outside the container instead of from inside it. Use it when syft cannot catalog packages because the container runtime blocks /proc access. Key trigger: the no SBOM produced permission denied on /proc message.
Fixes agents that truncate huge monorepo wrangler configs and lose the bindings sections. Use when the agent edits wrangler.toml and bindings silently disappear. Not for small config edits, binding value errors, or context limits in code files.
Fixes agent parsers that fail on workerd's colorized exception output because ANSI escape codes break the regexes. Use when the agent misparses or drops colorized logs. Not for JSON log parsing, missing logs, or uncolored output issues.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent opened the upgrade PR against main but the package's tests only ran under the agent's branch config - CI never... - [Error: Ansible become fails with Permission denied when Packer runs as root …
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent ran tests as root in docker: permission-mangled artifacts fix
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes 'Cannot connect to the Docker daemon' for docker commands running in CI. Use when a CI job's docker CLI cannot reach a daemon; pointing DOCKER_HOST at a docker-in-docker service or mounting the host socket connects it. Not for socket permission errors, TLS handshake failures, or a daemon out of disk.
Shows how to run containers as a non-root user in Dockerfiles so a container escape does not hand over root. Use this when writing or reviewing Dockerfiles and you want the smallest possible privilege for the app process. Not for fixing file-permission errors by running everything as root again.
Helps an agent investigate CI-only test failures caused by a nearly full runner disk. Use it when a test fails in CI with disk-space, ENOSPC, or write errors but passes locally, and the agent keeps saying it cannot reproduce the failure. Not for genuine logic bugs, and not for failures that also happen on machines wit…
Explains how to set read-only root filesystems in Kubernetes so compromised pods cannot write malware or modify binaries. Use this when hardening workloads and you want an extra layer that forces all writes into explicit volumes or tmpfs. Not for workloads that legitimately need to write to their root filesystem.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - SearchApi search history is free but only goes back 90 days and uses keyset pagination - Kagi Search API: limit only caps the returned results, not the upstream fetch
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: how to set read-only root filesystems in Kubernetes
Problem outcome: unknown
How to run agent-generated code in throwaway containers with no network, read-only filesystems, resource caps, and non-root users. Use whenever an agent writes and runs code, installs packages, or executes anything influenced by untrusted input. Triggers: 'sandbox agent code', 'run untrusted agent code safely', 'docke…
Shows how to fix earthly: DIND/kind fails on cgroups v2 hosts. Use it when you hit this exact problem. Skip it when your error message or symptom looks different.