K8s Clinic — API

Paste the manifests, get a structured platform-architect review.

API tokens Open the app

Review your Kubernetes manifests from your own scripts

Send Kubernetes YAML — one document or a whole bundle separated by --- — and get back one JSON object: a production-readiness posture, the inventory of every resource with its role, prioritized findings across security, reliability, scaling, cost, GitOps, observability and hygiene, each with a corrected YAML fragment, quick wins, and the focus areas to work through first. Everything this app does goes through the SkillSafe App API — plain JSON over HTTPS — so you can hang a review off a pull request that touches k8s/, a Helm template render, a kustomize build, or a pre-promotion gate. Every code step below is shown in cURL, Python, JavaScript, Go, Java, Ruby, PHP and C#; pick a language once and the whole page follows.

Basics

Base URL: https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api, app slug k8s-clinic. Every request sends Authorization: Bearer <token> and JSON bodies with Content-Type: application/json. Responses are wrapped in an envelope: {"data": …} on success, {"error": {"code", "message"}} on failure. The review is produced by whichever model /estimate reports in its model and model_alias fields — read it from there rather than hardcoding a name, since the alias repoints as new models ship. Estimates are free; runs are metered against your credit balance. There is a single run task — one bundle of manifests in, one review out, no follow-up calls and no session state to carry.

StatusMeaning
401Missing or expired token — create a new session.
402Not enough credits — top up at skillsafe.ai/account/credits.
403The token isn't allowed to do this (e.g. a guest reviewing a very large bundle).
404Unknown job or record id.
5xxTransient platform error — retry with backoff.

Browsers enforce CORS for this API, so run these examples from a server, script or terminal — not from another website's frontend.

Step 0 — A tiny client

Every task below is a single HTTP call, so start with a short helper that adds the auth header, sends JSON and unwraps the data envelope. The later steps reuse it.

export API="https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api"
export TOKEN="YOUR_TOKEN"      # see step 1

# every call looks like:
#   curl -s "$API/..." -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" [-d '{json}']
# jq is used below to pull fields out of the {"data": ...} envelope
import json, requests

API = "https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api"
TOKEN = "YOUR_TOKEN"  # see step 1 — read it from your shell environment in real code

def api(method, path, body=None, **headers):
    res = requests.request(method, API + path, json=body,
                           headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {TOKEN}", **headers})
    payload = res.json()
    if not res.ok:
        raise RuntimeError(payload.get("error", {}).get("message", res.reason))
    return payload["data"]
// Node 18+ (built-in fetch)
const API = "https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api";
const TOKEN = "YOUR_TOKEN"; // see step 1 — read it from your shell environment in real code

async function api(method, path, body, extraHeaders = {}) {
  const res = await fetch(API + path, {
    method,
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json", ...extraHeaders },
    body: body === undefined ? undefined : JSON.stringify(body),
  });
  const json = await res.json();
  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(json.error?.message ?? res.statusText);
  return json.data;
}
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)

const API = "https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api"

var token = os.Getenv("SKILLSAFE_TOKEN") // see step 1

func call(method, path string, body, out any) error {
	var buf bytes.Buffer
	if body != nil {
		json.NewEncoder(&buf).Encode(body)
	}
	req, _ := http.NewRequest(method, API+path, &buf)
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+token)
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var env struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Error *struct{ Message string `json:"message"` } `json:"error"`
	}
	json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&env)
	if res.StatusCode >= 400 {
		return fmt.Errorf("api %s %s: %s", method, path, env.Error.Message)
	}
	if out == nil {
		return nil
	}
	return json.Unmarshal(env.Data, out)
}
// Java 17+, no dependencies. Pair with your JSON library (Jackson, Gson…)
// to read fields out of the returned envelope.
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class SkillSafe {
    static final String API = "https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api";
    static final String TOKEN = System.getenv("SKILLSAFE_TOKEN"); // see step 1
    static final HttpClient HTTP = HttpClient.newHttpClient();

    static String api(String method, String path, String jsonBody) throws Exception {
        var req = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create(API + path))
            .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + TOKEN)
            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
            .method(method, jsonBody == null
                ? HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody()
                : HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(jsonBody))
            .build();
        var res = HTTP.send(req, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        if (res.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(res.body());
        return res.body(); // envelope: {"data": …}
    }
}
require "net/http"
require "json"

API = "https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api"
TOKEN = ENV.fetch("SKILLSAFE_TOKEN") # see step 1

def api(method, path, body = nil)
  uri = URI(API + path)
  req = Net::HTTP.const_get(method.capitalize).new(uri)
  req["Authorization"] = "Bearer #{TOKEN}"
  req["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
  req.body = body.to_json if body
  res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |h| h.request(req) }
  payload = JSON.parse(res.body)
  raise (payload.dig("error", "message") || res.message) unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
  payload["data"]
end
<?php
const API = "https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api";
$TOKEN = getenv("SKILLSAFE_TOKEN"); // see step 1

function api(string $method, string $path, ?array $body = null): mixed {
    global $TOKEN;
    $ch = curl_init(API . $path);
    curl_setopt_array($ch, [
        CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST  => $method,
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => [
            "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN",
            "Content-Type: application/json",
        ],
        CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS     => $body === null ? null : json_encode($body),
    ]);
    $payload = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
    $status  = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
    curl_close($ch);
    if ($status >= 400) {
        throw new Exception($payload["error"]["message"] ?? "HTTP $status");
    }
    return $payload["data"];
}
// .NET 8+
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text.Json;

static class SkillSafe
{
    const string Api = "https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api";
    static readonly HttpClient Http = new();

    static SkillSafe() =>
        Http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization =
            new("Bearer", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SKILLSAFE_TOKEN")); // see step 1

    public static async Task<JsonElement> ApiAsync(HttpMethod method, string path, object? body = null)
    {
        var req = new HttpRequestMessage(method, Api + path);
        if (body != null) req.Content = JsonContent.Create(body);
        var res = await Http.SendAsync(req);
        var json = await res.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>();
        if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
            throw new Exception(json.GetProperty("error").GetProperty("message").GetString());
        return json.GetProperty("data");
    }
}

Step 1 — Get a token

POST /guest

A guest token lets you check balances and estimate costs for free. For metered review runs billed to your own account, use your personal token: open the token page, sign in with SkillSafe, and press Copy shell export — it puts export SKILLSAFE_TOKEN="…" on your clipboard, which every example below reads. Treat the token like a password: it can spend your credits. For fully headless scripts, POST /guest mints a guest token with no browser involved.

curl -s -X POST "$API/guest" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"slug":"k8s-clinic"}' | jq -r '.data.token'
token = api("POST", "/guest", {"slug": "k8s-clinic"})["token"]
const { token } = await api("POST", "/guest", { slug: "k8s-clinic" });
var guest struct{ Token string `json:"token"` }
err := call("POST", "/guest", map[string]string{"slug": "k8s-clinic"}, &guest)
String envelope = api("POST", "/guest", """
    {"slug":"k8s-clinic"}""");
// token is at data.token in the returned JSON
token = api("POST", "/guest", { slug: "k8s-clinic" })["token"]
$token = api("POST", "/guest", ["slug" => "k8s-clinic"])["token"];
var guest = await SkillSafe.ApiAsync(HttpMethod.Post, "/guest",
    new { slug = "k8s-clinic" });
var token = guest.GetProperty("token").GetString();

The app stores this browser's token under the localStorage key skillsafe_app_token:k8s-clinic, on the app's own origin. The token page reads and manages it for you — you never need to open developer tools.

Step 2 — Check who you are and your balance

GET /me

Returns subject_type ("user" or "guest"), subject_id and your credits balance. Check this before reviewing a large bundle.

curl -s "$API/me" -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" | jq '.data'
me = api("GET", "/me")
print(me["subject_type"], me["credits"])
const me = await api("GET", "/me");
console.log(me.subject_type, me.credits);
var me struct {
	SubjectType string `json:"subject_type"`
	Credits     int64  `json:"credits"`
}
err := call("GET", "/me", nil, &me)
String envelope = api("GET", "/me", null);
// data.subject_type, data.credits
me = api("GET", "/me")
puts "#{me["subject_type"]}: #{me["credits"]} credits"
$me = api("GET", "/me");
echo "{$me['subject_type']}: {$me['credits']} credits\n";
var me = await SkillSafe.ApiAsync(HttpMethod.Get, "/me");
Console.WriteLine($"{me.GetProperty("subject_type")}: {me.GetProperty("credits")} credits");

Step 3 — Estimate the cost

POST /estimate

Send exactly the input you would send to /run; the response's hold_credits is the worst-case cost. Nothing is charged and no job is created, so estimating is free — useful when you are piping a whole kustomize build in and want a ceiling before spending credits.

Input fieldTypeNotes
manifestsstring, requiredThe Kubernetes YAML, exactly as you would apply it. One document or many, separated by a line containing only ---. This is the model's only evidence — nothing is read from a live cluster. Bundles longer than 100,000 characters are clipped middle-out, with a # [... clipped ...] comment showing where. At least 60 characters are needed for a review.
environmentstringmanaged-cloud (EKS / AKS / GKE) | on-prem | openshift | unknown — changes what the reviewer may assume is available: a cloud LoadBalancer and a default CSI StorageClass on managed cloud, SecurityContextConstraints and Routes on OpenShift, neither on bare metal.
concernstringgeneral | security | reliability | cost | gitops — the review emphasis. It weights the findings and the summary, but it is emphasis and not exclusivity: a high-severity finding from another category is never suppressed.
contextstring, optionalExtra context: cluster version, how these manifests are delivered (kubectl, Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD, Flux), what an admission controller or service mesh already enforces, expected scale, and any gap you have already chosen to accept. Clipped at 20,000 characters.
prescan_factsobject, optionalWhat a client-side scanner mechanically matched in the YAML: {"resources": [], "flags": []}. Each entry is {id, label}. Resource ids look like res:deployment/web; flag ids are <check>:<name>img-latest:web, no-limits:web, no-probes:web, one-replica:web, privileged:web, run-as-root:web, host-network:worker, host-pid:worker, no-seccontext:web, exposed:web, plain-secret:web, no-namespace:web. Every flag id you send comes back in coverage_check. The web UI fills this from its own scan; API callers may omit the field or send the two empty arrays.
retry_notestring, optionalOnly set by the app's automatic reformat retry when a first reply was not valid JSON. Leave it out.
cat > manifests.yaml <<'YAML'
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: web
spec:
  replicas: 1
  template:
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: web
          image: acme/web:latest
          env:
            - name: SESSION_SECRET
              value: s3cr3t
YAML

jq -n --rawfile manifests manifests.yaml \
  '{manifests: $manifests,
    environment: "managed-cloud",
    concern: "general",
    context: "EKS 1.29, applied with kubectl from CI.",
    prescan_facts: {resources: [], flags: []}}' > input.json

curl -s -X POST "$API/estimate" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @input.json | jq '.data.hold_credits'
MANIFESTS = """apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: web
spec:
  replicas: 1
  template:
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: web
          image: acme/web:latest
          env:
            - name: SESSION_SECRET
              value: s3cr3t
"""

payload = {
    "manifests": MANIFESTS,
    "environment": "managed-cloud",
    "concern": "general",
    "context": "EKS 1.29, applied with kubectl from CI.",
    "prescan_facts": {"resources": [], "flags": []},
}

est = api("POST", "/estimate", payload)
print("worst case:", est.get("hold_credits", est.get("credits")), "credits")
const manifests = `apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: web
spec:
  replicas: 1
  template:
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: web
          image: acme/web:latest
          env:
            - name: SESSION_SECRET
              value: s3cr3t
`;

const payload = {
  manifests,
  environment: "managed-cloud",
  concern: "general",
  context: "EKS 1.29, applied with kubectl from CI.",
  prescan_facts: { resources: [], flags: [] },
};

const est = await api("POST", "/estimate", payload);
console.log("worst case:", est.hold_credits ?? est.credits, "credits");
const manifests = `apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: web
spec:
  replicas: 1
  template:
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: web
          image: acme/web:latest
`

payload := map[string]any{
	"manifests":   manifests,
	"environment": "managed-cloud",
	"concern":     "general",
	"context":     "EKS 1.29, applied with kubectl from CI.",
	"prescan_facts": map[string]any{
		"resources": []any{}, "flags": []any{},
	},
}

var est struct{ HoldCredits int64 `json:"hold_credits"` }
err := call("POST", "/estimate", payload, &est)
String manifests = """
    apiVersion: apps/v1
    kind: Deployment
    metadata:
      name: web
    spec:
      replicas: 1
      template:
        spec:
          containers:
            - name: web
              image: acme/web:latest
    """;

String jsonPayload = """
    {"manifests": %s,
     "environment": "managed-cloud",
     "concern": "general",
     "context": "EKS 1.29, applied with kubectl from CI.",
     "prescan_facts": {"resources": [], "flags": []}}
    """.formatted(toJsonString(manifests));

String envelope = api("POST", "/estimate", jsonPayload);
// worst-case cost is at data.hold_credits
MANIFESTS = <<~YAML
  apiVersion: apps/v1
  kind: Deployment
  metadata:
    name: web
  spec:
    replicas: 1
    template:
      spec:
        containers:
          - name: web
            image: acme/web:latest
YAML

payload = { manifests: MANIFESTS,
            environment: "managed-cloud",
            concern: "general",
            context: "EKS 1.29, applied with kubectl from CI.",
            prescan_facts: { resources: [], flags: [] } }

est = api("POST", "/estimate", payload)
puts "worst case: #{est["hold_credits"] || est["credits"]} credits"
$manifests = <<<'YAML'
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: web
spec:
  replicas: 1
  template:
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: web
          image: acme/web:latest
YAML;

$payload = [
    "manifests"     => $manifests,
    "environment"   => "managed-cloud",
    "concern"       => "general",
    "context"       => "EKS 1.29, applied with kubectl from CI.",
    "prescan_facts" => ["resources" => [], "flags" => []],
];

$est = api("POST", "/estimate", $payload);
echo "worst case: " . ($est["hold_credits"] ?? $est["credits"]) . " credits\n";
var manifests = """
    apiVersion: apps/v1
    kind: Deployment
    metadata:
      name: web
    spec:
      replicas: 1
      template:
        spec:
          containers:
            - name: web
              image: acme/web:latest
    """;

var payload = new {
    manifests,
    environment = "managed-cloud",
    concern = "general",
    context = "EKS 1.29, applied with kubectl from CI.",
    prescan_facts = new {
        resources = Array.Empty<object>(), flags = Array.Empty<object>(),
    },
};

var est = await SkillSafe.ApiAsync(HttpMethod.Post, "/estimate", payload);
Console.WriteLine($"worst case: {est.GetProperty("hold_credits")} credits");

prescan_facts.flags is how you make the review answer for things you already know about. Send {"resources": [{"id": "res:deployment/web", "label": "Deployment/web"}], "flags": [{"id": "img-latest:web", "label": "web uses :latest"}]} and every flag id comes back in coverage_check — addressed by a finding, or set aside with the reason. Nothing you flag is silently dropped, which makes it the field to assert on in a CI check.

Step 4 — Run the review and wait for the result

POST /run
GET /jobs/{job_id}

/run takes the same input as /estimate, places a credit hold and returns a job_id. Poll /jobs/{job_id} every 1–2 seconds until status is succeeded or failed (a run typically takes 30–90 s, since every finding carries a corrected YAML fragment). Always send an Idempotency-Key header so a network retry can't start a second, double-charged run — but generate a fresh key for every review you actually want performed. The key is not a per-script constant: re-sending one the server has already seen replays the stored result and never runs the model again, so a hardcoded literal turns your second review of an edited manifest into a silent replay of the first. Where a sample below sets the header inline it derives a fresh value per invocation; where it calls the shared api()/call() helper from step 1, add the header there so every /run and /run-stream it makes carries one. The review is in output — usually nested as output.output, and as a JSON string, so parse defensively. The samples below print the posture, the inventory, the prioritized findings and the focus areas, then save the whole object to review.json.

JOB_ID=$(curl -s -X POST "$API/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: kc-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM" \
  -d @input.json | jq -r '.data.job_id')

while :; do
  JOB=$(curl -s "$API/jobs/$JOB_ID" -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN")
  STATUS=$(echo "$JOB" | jq -r '.data.status')
  [ "$STATUS" = "succeeded" ] || [ "$STATUS" = "failed" ] && break
  sleep 2
done

# unwrap the review once, then read it
echo "$JOB" | jq -r '.data.output.output' > review.json

jq -r '
  "\(.review_name) [\(.posture)]: \(.verdict)",
  "",
  "INVENTORY",
  (.inventory[] | "  \(.kind)/\(.name) in \(.namespace) - \(.role)"),
  "",
  "FINDINGS",
  (.findings[] | "  [\(.priority)] \(.id) \(.category) \(.resource): \(.problem)"),
  "",
  "QUICK WINS",
  (.quick_wins[] | "  - \(.)"),
  "",
  "FOCUS AREAS",
  (.focus_areas[] | "  \(.area) - \(.why)"),
  "",
  "COVERAGE",
  (.coverage_check[] | "  \(.id): \(if .addressed then "ok" else "SET ASIDE" end) - \(.note)")' \
  review.json

# fail the pipeline on anything critical
jq -e '[.findings[] | select(.priority == "critical")] | length == 0' review.json > /dev/null \
  || { echo "critical findings present"; exit 1; }
import time, uuid

job_id = api("POST", "/run", payload,
             **{"Idempotency-Key": f"kc-{uuid.uuid4()}"})["job_id"]

while True:
    job = api("GET", f"/jobs/{job_id}")
    if job["status"] in ("succeeded", "failed"):
        break
    time.sleep(1.5)

if job["status"] == "failed":
    raise RuntimeError(job.get("error", "run failed"))

raw = job["output"]
if isinstance(raw, dict) and "output" in raw:
    raw = raw["output"]
review = json.loads(raw) if isinstance(raw, str) else raw

print(f'{review["review_name"]} [{review["posture"]}]: {review["verdict"]}')
for r in review["inventory"]:
    print(f'  {r["kind"]}/{r["name"]:<24} ns={r["namespace"] or "default":<12} {r["role"]}')
for f in review["findings"]:
    print(f'  [{f["priority"]:>8}] {f["id"]} {f["category"]} {f["resource"]}')
    print(f'      L:{f["likelihood"]}/S:{f["severity"]} {f["problem"]}')
    print(f'      fix: {f["fix"]}')
    if f["snippet"]:
        print("      snippet:", f["snippet"].splitlines()[0], "...")
for w in review["quick_wins"]:
    print("  win:", w)
for a in review["focus_areas"]:
    print(f'  focus {a["area"]} {a["finding_ids"]} - {a["why"]}')
for c in review["coverage_check"]:
    print(f'  {c["id"]}: {"ok" if c["addressed"] else "SET ASIDE"} - {c["note"]}')

with open("review.json", "w", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
    json.dump(review, fh, indent=2)

critical = [f for f in review["findings"] if f["priority"] == "critical"]
if critical:
    raise SystemExit(f"{len(critical)} critical finding(s)")
import { writeFileSync } from "node:fs";

const { job_id } = await api("POST", "/run", payload,
  { "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID() });

let job;
do {
  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1500));
  job = await api("GET", `/jobs/${job_id}`);
} while (job.status !== "succeeded" && job.status !== "failed");

if (job.status === "failed") throw new Error(job.error ?? "run failed");

const raw = job.output?.output ?? job.output;
const review = typeof raw === "string" ? JSON.parse(raw) : raw;

console.log(`${review.review_name} [${review.posture}]: ${review.verdict}`);
for (const r of review.inventory) {
  console.log(`  ${r.kind}/${r.name} (${r.namespace || "default"}): ${r.role}`);
}
for (const f of review.findings) {
  console.log(`  [${f.priority}] ${f.id} ${f.category} ${f.resource}`);
  console.log(`      L:${f.likelihood}/S:${f.severity} - ${f.fix}`);
}
for (const w of review.quick_wins) console.log(`  win: ${w}`);
for (const a of review.focus_areas) {
  console.log(`  focus ${a.area} (${a.finding_ids.join(", ")}): ${a.why}`);
}
for (const c of review.coverage_check) {
  console.log(`  ${c.id}: ${c.addressed ? "ok" : "SET ASIDE"} - ${c.note}`);
}

writeFileSync("review.json", JSON.stringify(review, null, 2));

const critical = review.findings.filter((f) => f.priority === "critical");
if (critical.length) process.exitCode = 1;
var started struct{ JobID string `json:"job_id"` }
if err := call("POST", "/run", payload, &started); err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}

var job struct {
	Status string          `json:"status"`
	Error  string          `json:"error"`
	Output json.RawMessage `json:"output"`
}
for {
	if err := call("GET", "/jobs/"+started.JobID, nil, &job); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if job.Status == "succeeded" || job.Status == "failed" {
		break
	}
	time.Sleep(1500 * time.Millisecond)
}

// job.Output is {"output": "<json string>"} — unwrap, then unmarshal:
type Review struct {
	ReviewName string `json:"review_name"`
	Posture    string `json:"posture"`
	Verdict    string `json:"verdict"`
	ExecSummary string `json:"exec_summary"`
	Assumptions   []string `json:"assumptions"`
	OpenQuestions []string `json:"open_questions"`
	Inventory []struct {
		Kind, Name, Namespace, Role string
	} `json:"inventory"`
	Findings []struct {
		ID, Category, Severity, Likelihood, Priority string
		Resource, Problem, Impact, Fix, Snippet      string
	} `json:"findings"`
	CoverageCheck []struct {
		ID, Note  string
		Addressed bool
	} `json:"coverage_check"`
	QuickWins  []string `json:"quick_wins"`
	FocusAreas []struct {
		Area, Why  string
		FindingIDs []string `json:"finding_ids"`
	} `json:"focus_areas"`
	Summary string `json:"summary"`
}
var wrapper struct{ Output string `json:"output"` }
json.Unmarshal(job.Output, &wrapper)
var review Review
json.Unmarshal([]byte(wrapper.Output), &review)

fmt.Printf("%s [%s]: %s\n", review.ReviewName, review.Posture, review.Verdict)
for _, r := range review.Inventory {
	fmt.Printf("  %s/%s (%s): %s\n", r.Kind, r.Name, r.Namespace, r.Role)
}
for _, f := range review.Findings {
	fmt.Printf("  [%s] %s %s %s: %s\n", f.Priority, f.ID, f.Category, f.Resource, f.Problem)
}
for _, a := range review.FocusAreas {
	fmt.Printf("  focus %s %v: %s\n", a.Area, a.FindingIDs, a.Why)
}
os.WriteFile("review.json", []byte(wrapper.Output), 0o644)
String envelope = api("POST", "/run", jsonPayload);
String jobId = /* data.job_id via your JSON library */;

while (true) {
    String job = api("GET", "/jobs/" + jobId, null);
    String status = /* data.status */;
    if (status.equals("succeeded") || status.equals("failed")) break;
    Thread.sleep(1500);
}
// The review is at data.output.output as a JSON string — parse it again, then read
// review_name, posture, verdict, exec_summary, assumptions[], open_questions[],
// inventory[] (kind/name/namespace/role),
// findings[] (id/category/severity/likelihood/priority/resource/problem/impact/fix/snippet),
// coverage_check[] (id/addressed/note), quick_wins[],
// focus_areas[] (area/why/finding_ids[]) and summary.
// Finally keep the review on disk:
//   Files.writeString(Path.of("review.json"), reviewJson);
started = api("POST", "/run", payload)

job = nil
loop do
  job = api("GET", "/jobs/#{started["job_id"]}")
  break if %w[succeeded failed].include?(job["status"])
  sleep 1.5
end
raise (job["error"] || "run failed") if job["status"] == "failed"

raw = job["output"].is_a?(Hash) ? job["output"].fetch("output", job["output"]) : job["output"]
review = raw.is_a?(String) ? JSON.parse(raw) : raw

puts "#{review["review_name"]} [#{review["posture"]}]: #{review["verdict"]}"
review["inventory"].each { |r| puts "  #{r["kind"]}/#{r["name"]} (#{r["namespace"]}): #{r["role"]}" }
review["findings"].each do |f|
  puts "  [#{f["priority"]}] #{f["id"]} #{f["category"]} #{f["resource"]}"
  puts "      L:#{f["likelihood"]}/S:#{f["severity"]} - #{f["fix"]}"
end
review["quick_wins"].each { |w| puts "  win: #{w}" }
review["focus_areas"].each { |a| puts "  focus #{a["area"]} #{a["finding_ids"].join(", ")}" }
review["coverage_check"].each { |c| puts "  #{c["id"]}: #{c["addressed"] ? "ok" : "SET ASIDE"}" }

File.write("review.json", JSON.pretty_generate(review))
exit 1 if review["findings"].any? { |f| f["priority"] == "critical" }
$started = api("POST", "/run", $payload);

do {
    sleep(2);
    $job = api("GET", "/jobs/" . $started["job_id"]);
} while (!in_array($job["status"], ["succeeded", "failed"]));

if ($job["status"] === "failed") {
    throw new Exception($job["error"] ?? "run failed");
}

$raw = is_array($job["output"]) ? ($job["output"]["output"] ?? $job["output"]) : $job["output"];
$review = is_string($raw) ? json_decode($raw, true) : $raw;

echo "{$review['review_name']} [{$review['posture']}]: {$review['verdict']}\n";
foreach ($review["inventory"] as $r) {
    echo "  {$r['kind']}/{$r['name']} ({$r['namespace']}): {$r['role']}\n";
}
foreach ($review["findings"] as $f) {
    echo "  [{$f['priority']}] {$f['id']} {$f['category']} {$f['resource']}\n";
    echo "      L:{$f['likelihood']}/S:{$f['severity']} - {$f['fix']}\n";
}
foreach ($review["quick_wins"] as $w) {
    echo "  win: $w\n";
}
foreach ($review["focus_areas"] as $a) {
    echo "  focus {$a['area']}: " . implode(", ", $a["finding_ids"]) . "\n";
}
foreach ($review["coverage_check"] as $c) {
    echo "  {$c['id']}: " . ($c["addressed"] ? "ok" : "SET ASIDE") . "\n";
}

file_put_contents("review.json", json_encode($review, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
var started = await SkillSafe.ApiAsync(HttpMethod.Post, "/run", payload);
var jobId = started.GetProperty("job_id").GetString();

JsonElement job;
while (true)
{
    job = await SkillSafe.ApiAsync(HttpMethod.Get, $"/jobs/{jobId}");
    var status = job.GetProperty("status").GetString();
    if (status is "succeeded" or "failed") break;
    await Task.Delay(1500);
}

var rawText = job.GetProperty("output").GetProperty("output").GetString();
using var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(rawText!);
var review = doc.RootElement;

Console.WriteLine($"{review.GetProperty("review_name")} " +
                  $"[{review.GetProperty("posture")}]: {review.GetProperty("verdict")}");
foreach (var r in review.GetProperty("inventory").EnumerateArray())
{
    Console.WriteLine($"  {r.GetProperty("kind")}/{r.GetProperty("name")}: {r.GetProperty("role")}");
}
foreach (var f in review.GetProperty("findings").EnumerateArray())
{
    Console.WriteLine($"  [{f.GetProperty("priority")}] {f.GetProperty("id")} " +
                      $"{f.GetProperty("category")} {f.GetProperty("resource")} " +
                      $"(L:{f.GetProperty("likelihood")}/S:{f.GetProperty("severity")})");
}
foreach (var a in review.GetProperty("focus_areas").EnumerateArray())
{
    Console.WriteLine($"  focus {a.GetProperty("area")}: {a.GetProperty("why")}");
}

await File.WriteAllTextAsync("review.json", rawText!);

The model is asked for one JSON object and nothing else, but a stray code fence or preamble is always possible. Strip a leading ```json fence, take the text between the first { and the last }, and only then parse — that is what the app does before it falls back to a retry_note reformat run.

The review object — output schema

One JSON object, always the same shape. Every array is present, and the review is grounded in the pasted YAML alone: findings cite only resources that actually appear in manifests, and a resource that is simply absent (no NetworkPolicy, no PodDisruptionBudget, no HPA) is reported against the closest real resource or against (missing from the set). Where the YAML is silent on something that changes the verdict you get an entry in assumptions and, if it would change the ranking, in open_questions. Expect five to fifteen findings on a typical bundle — a well-built set may honestly yield two or three, and findings is never empty.

FieldTypeMeaning
review_namestringA short title naming the workload, taken from the manifests' own naming — e.g. storefront bundle — manifest review.
posturestringproduction-ready | hardening-recommended | not-production-ready. See the table below.
verdictstringOne sentence justifying the posture and naming the single most important change.
exec_summarystringTwo or three paragraphs, separated by blank lines, on the dominant themes across the set.
assumptionsstring[]Explicit assumptions filling gaps the YAML left open. Read these first — a wrong assumption invalidates the findings built on it.
open_questionsstring[]Questions whose answers would change the ranking.
inventoryarray{kind, name, namespace, role} — every resource the review parsed out of the bundle and the part it plays. namespace may be empty, which itself is usually a finding.
findingsarrayThe prioritized findings table — ids KC-001, KC-002, … in sequence, at least one entry. Columns are listed below.
coverage_checkarray{id, addressed, note} — one entry per prescan_facts.flags id you sent, each appearing exactly once. See the semantics below.
quick_winsstring[]One-line changes worth doing immediately, ahead of any planning. May be empty when nothing here is a one-liner.
focus_areasarray{area, why, finding_ids} — what to work through first, one sentence tied to the review, and the finding ids that motivate it. Every id in finding_ids exists in findings.
summarystringClosing paragraph: what to fix first, and what risk remains after that.

The three posture values:

postureWhat it means
production-readyThe manifests hold up as written: pinned images, a resource contract, probes, a security context, sane replica and rollout settings. Findings still exist, but they are additions and refinements, not blockers. A genuinely well-built bundle lands here rather than having severity manufactured for it.
hardening-recommendedThe shape is right, but named gaps should be closed before this carries real traffic — a missing probe, no PodDisruptionBudget, a permissive default securityContext, limits without requests.
not-production-readyAt least one thing would cause an outage, an unreproducible rollout, or a real security exposure as written: a floating :latest tag, a literal secret, a privileged or host-network pod, a single replica behind live traffic.

Each entry in findings:

ColumnMeaning
idSequential KC-001, KC-002, … — the stable handle referenced from focus_areas[].finding_ids.
categorysecurity | reliability | scaling | cost | gitops | observability | hygiene. Weighted by the concern you sent, but never restricted to it.
severitylow | medium | high — how bad it is when it bites.
likelihoodlow | medium | high — how likely it is to bite.
prioritycritical | high | medium | low — severity by likelihood. critical is reserved for something exploitable or outage-causing as written, so sort on this field and work top-down. This is also the field to gate a pipeline on.
resourceThe Kind/name this is about — always something that appears in manifests, or the literal (missing from the set) when the finding is about an absent resource.
problemWhat is wrong, in this YAML specifically.
impactWhat happens on a real cluster because of it.
fixThe concrete change to make — not "add validation".
snippetA corrected YAML fragment you can paste: the fixed block, correctly indented, not the whole document. Empty string when a snippet would add nothing. Secret values are never echoed — a placeholder appears instead.

coverage_check semantics:

CaseWhat you get
Every flag id you sentEach prescan_facts.flags id appears in coverage_check exactly once. Nothing you flagged is silently dropped, which makes this the field to assert on in a CI check. Ids in prescan_facts.resources are not reconciled here — they shape the inventory instead.
addressed: trueThe flag is covered by the review; note names the finding id that covers it.
addressed: falseThe flag was deliberately set aside; note gives the reason — a check that fired but is not a real problem for this workload (a single replica on a batch Job, a LoadBalancer that is the intended ingress).
Nothing sentOmit prescan_facts, or send the two empty arrays, and coverage_check comes back empty. The rest of the review is unaffected.

A small, realistic result for the Deployment above, trimmed for length:

{
  "review_name": "web — manifest review",
  "posture": "not-production-ready",
  "verdict": "A floating image tag and a literal session secret make this unshippable as written;
              pin the image first.",
  "exec_summary": "Three themes dominate: nothing about this rollout is reproducible, the pod has
                   no resource contract or health signal, and a secret is inlined in the manifest.

                   None of it needs a redesign — the fixes are all additive, and the corrected
                   fragments below can be applied one at a time.",
  "assumptions": [
    "The image is built by CI, which already produces a semver tag alongside :latest.",
    "This Deployment is the only consumer of SESSION_SECRET."
  ],
  "open_questions": [
    "What request rate does this serve, and what is the acceptable restart window?",
    "Is there an Ingress controller in the cluster, or is a Service the only ingress?"
  ],
  "inventory": [
    { "kind": "Deployment", "name": "web", "namespace": "",
      "role": "The only workload in the set; serves HTTP on the container's default port." }
  ],
  "findings": [
    { "id": "KC-001", "category": "gitops",
      "severity": "high", "likelihood": "high", "priority": "critical",
      "resource": "Deployment/web",
      "problem": "The container image is acme/web:latest, a mutable tag.",
      "impact": "Two pods created minutes apart can run different code, a rollback has nothing
                 to roll back to, and ArgoCD or Flux cannot detect drift.",
      "fix": "Pin the immutable tag CI already produces, or the digest.",
      "snippet": "      containers:\n        - name: web\n          image: acme/web:1.4.2" },
    { "id": "KC-002", "category": "security",
      "severity": "high", "likelihood": "medium", "priority": "high",
      "resource": "Deployment/web",
      "problem": "SESSION_SECRET is set as a literal env value in the manifest.",
      "impact": "The secret is in Git, in every kubectl describe, and in any cluster audit log
                 that captures the object.",
      "fix": "Move it to a Secret and reference it with valueFrom.secretKeyRef; have External
              Secrets Operator populate it.",
      "snippet": "          env:\n            - name: SESSION_SECRET\n              valueFrom:\n
                  secretKeyRef:\n                  name: web-session\n                  key: secret" },
    { "id": "KC-003", "category": "reliability",
      "severity": "medium", "likelihood": "high", "priority": "high",
      "resource": "Deployment/web",
      "problem": "replicas: 1 with no probes and no requests or limits.",
      "impact": "Every node drain is a full outage, traffic reaches the pod before it is ready,
                 and BestEffort QoS makes it the first thing evicted under pressure.",
      "fix": "Raise replicas to at least 2, add readiness and liveness probes, and set requests
              and limits on the container.",
      "snippet": "spec:\n  replicas: 3\n  template:\n    spec:\n      containers:\n        - name: web\n
                  resources:\n            requests:\n              cpu: 100m\n              memory: 128Mi\n
                  limits:\n              cpu: 500m\n              memory: 256Mi" }
  ],
  "coverage_check": [
    { "id": "img-latest:web", "addressed": true, "note": "KC-001." },
    { "id": "plain-secret:web", "addressed": true, "note": "KC-002." },
    { "id": "one-replica:web", "addressed": true, "note": "Folded into KC-003." },
    { "id": "no-probes:web", "addressed": true, "note": "Folded into KC-003." },
    { "id": "no-limits:web", "addressed": true, "note": "Folded into KC-003." },
    { "id": "no-namespace:web", "addressed": false,
      "note": "Set aside: the context says this overlay is applied with -n web, so the namespace
               comes from the apply, not the manifest." }
  ],
  "quick_wins": [
    "Replace :latest with the tag CI already publishes.",
    "Bump replicas from 1 to 3 — this workload is stateless."
  ],
  "focus_areas": [
    { "area": "Image provenance and delivery",
      "why": "Nothing else in the review is reproducible while the tag floats.",
      "finding_ids": ["KC-001"] },
    { "area": "Pod contract: probes, resources, replicas",
      "why": "The three cheapest changes that turn this from a demo into a workload.",
      "finding_ids": ["KC-003"] }
  ],
  "summary": "Pin the image, move the secret out of the manifest, then give the pod a resource
              contract and health checks. …"
}

This is AI-generated review from YAML text, not a production sign-off: it sees only what you sent, never the live cluster, the admission policies or the CNI. Check assumptions and open_questions before you act on the rankings, validate every snippet against your own schema (kubectl apply --dry-run=server), and keep a human reviewer in the loop.

Step 5 — Stream the review as it is written

POST /run-stream

/run-stream takes exactly the same body as /run but answers with server-sent events, so you can show progress instead of a spinner — useful here because a full findings table with corrected YAML makes for a long reply. This app's own progress panel is this endpoint. Events are separated by a blank line; each has an event: line and a data: line carrying JSON.

EventPayloadMeaning
job{job_id, status}Sent once, when the job is accepted — show "starting".
delta{text}A chunk of the reply, in order. Append it; the accumulated length is your only progress signal (the total is not known in advance). The app advances its step list by watching for the "review_name", "inventory", "findings", "coverage_check" and "focus_areas" keys as they arrive.
done{job_id, status, charged_credits, output}The final, authoritative result — read the review from output.output rather than trusting concatenated deltas, and the settled price from charged_credits.
error{code, message}Replaces done when the run fails.
# -N disables buffering so events print as they arrive
curl -N -s -X POST "$API/run-stream" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: kc-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM" \
  -d @input.json

# event: job
# data: {"job_id":"job_...","status":"running"}
#
# event: delta
# data: {"text":"{\"review_name\":\"web"}
# ...
# event: done
# data: {"job_id":"job_...","status":"succeeded","charged_credits":612,"output":{"output":"{...}"}}
import json, requests, uuid

result = None
with requests.post(
    API + "/run-stream",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {TOKEN}",
             "Idempotency-Key": f"kc-{uuid.uuid4()}"},
    json=payload,
    stream=True,
) as r:
    r.raise_for_status()
    event = None
    for line in r.iter_lines(decode_unicode=True):
        if not line:
            continue
        if line.startswith("event:"):
            event = line[len("event:"):].strip()
        elif line.startswith("data:"):
            data = json.loads(line[len("data:"):].strip())
            if event == "delta":
                print(".", end="", flush=True)          # live progress
            elif event == "done":
                result = data
            elif event == "error":
                raise RuntimeError(data.get("message", "run failed"))

review = json.loads(result["output"]["output"])          # authoritative
print("charged:", result["charged_credits"], "-", review["review_name"])
print("posture:", review["posture"])
for f in review["findings"]:
    print(f'  [{f["priority"]}] {f["id"]} {f["resource"]}: {f["problem"]}')
with open("review.json", "w", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
    json.dump(review, fh, indent=2)
const res = await fetch(API + "/run-stream", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify(payload),
});

const reader = res.body.getReader();
const decoder = new TextDecoder();
let buf = "", done = null;

for (;;) {
  const chunk = await reader.read();
  if (chunk.done) break;
  buf += decoder.decode(chunk.value, { stream: true });
  const frames = buf.split("\n\n");
  buf = frames.pop();
  for (const frame of frames) {
    const name = /^event:\s*(.+)$/m.exec(frame)?.[1];
    const body = /^data:\s*(.+)$/m.exec(frame)?.[1];
    if (!name || !body) continue;
    const data = JSON.parse(body);
    if (name === "delta") process.stdout.write(".");   // live progress
    if (name === "done") done = data;
    if (name === "error") throw new Error(data.message ?? "run failed");
  }
}

const review = JSON.parse(done.output.output);
console.log(`\n${done.charged_credits} credits - ${review.review_name} [${review.posture}]`);
for (const f of review.findings) console.log(`  [${f.priority}] ${f.id} ${f.resource}`);
writeFileSync("review.json", JSON.stringify(review, null, 2));
body, _ := json.Marshal(payload)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", API+"/run-stream", bytes.NewReader(body))
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+token)
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Set("Idempotency-Key", fmt.Sprintf("kc-%d", time.Now().UnixNano()))

res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}
defer res.Body.Close()

var event string
var final map[string]any
sc := bufio.NewScanner(res.Body)
sc.Buffer(make([]byte, 0, 64*1024), 4*1024*1024)
for sc.Scan() {
	line := sc.Text()
	switch {
	case strings.HasPrefix(line, "event:"):
		event = strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(line, "event:"))
	case strings.HasPrefix(line, "data:"):
		var data map[string]any
		json.Unmarshal([]byte(strings.TrimPrefix(line, "data:")), &data)
		switch event {
		case "delta":
			fmt.Print(".") // live progress
		case "done":
			final = data
		case "error":
			log.Fatal(data["message"])
		}
	}
}
// final["output"].(map[string]any)["output"].(string) is the review JSON —
// unmarshal it into the Review struct from step 4, then write it to review.json.
// Java 17+ — read the stream line by line instead of buffering the body.
var req = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create(API + "/run-stream"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + TOKEN)
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .header("Idempotency-Key", "kc-" + java.util.UUID.randomUUID())
    .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(jsonPayload))
    .build();

var res = HTTP.send(req, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofLines());
String event = null, done = null;
for (String line : (Iterable<String>) res.body()::iterator) {
    if (line.startsWith("event:")) {
        event = line.substring(6).trim();
    } else if (line.startsWith("data:")) {
        String data = line.substring(5).trim();
        if ("delta".equals(event)) System.out.print(".");   // live progress
        else if ("done".equals(event)) done = data;
        else if ("error".equals(event)) throw new RuntimeException(data);
    }
}
// parse `done`, then parse data.output.output again — it is a JSON string holding
// review_name, posture, verdict, inventory[], findings[], coverage_check[],
// quick_wins[], focus_areas[] and the rest.
require "net/http"
require "json"
require "securerandom"

uri = URI(API + "/run-stream")
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer #{TOKEN}"
req["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
req["Idempotency-Key"] = "kc-#{SecureRandom.uuid}"
req.body = payload.to_json

event = nil
done = nil
Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  http.request(req) do |res|
    res.read_body do |chunk|
      chunk.each_line do |line|
        line = line.strip
        if line.start_with?("event:")
          event = line.delete_prefix("event:").strip
        elsif line.start_with?("data:")
          data = JSON.parse(line.delete_prefix("data:").strip)
          case event
          when "delta" then print "."           # live progress
          when "done"  then done = data
          when "error" then raise (data["message"] || "run failed")
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

review = JSON.parse(done["output"]["output"])
puts "\n#{done["charged_credits"]} credits - #{review["review_name"]} [#{review["posture"]}]"
review["findings"].each { |f| puts "  [#{f["priority"]}] #{f["id"]} #{f["resource"]}" }
File.write("review.json", JSON.pretty_generate(review))
$event = null;
$done  = null;

$ch = curl_init(API . "/run-stream");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST       => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN",
        "Content-Type: application/json",
        "Idempotency-Key: kc-" . bin2hex(random_bytes(8)),
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode($payload),
    CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION => function ($ch, $chunk) use (&$event, &$done) {
        foreach (explode("\n", $chunk) as $line) {
            $line = trim($line);
            if (str_starts_with($line, "event:")) {
                $event = trim(substr($line, 6));
            } elseif (str_starts_with($line, "data:")) {
                $data = json_decode(trim(substr($line, 5)), true);
                if ($event === "delta") { echo "."; }        // live progress
                elseif ($event === "done") { $done = $data; }
                elseif ($event === "error") { throw new Exception($data["message"] ?? "run failed"); }
            }
        }
        return strlen($chunk);
    },
]);
curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

$review = json_decode($done["output"]["output"], true);
echo "\n{$done['charged_credits']} credits - {$review['review_name']} [{$review['posture']}]\n";
foreach ($review["findings"] as $f) {
    echo "  [{$f['priority']}] {$f['id']} {$f['resource']}\n";
}
file_put_contents("review.json", json_encode($review, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
var req = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, Api + "/run-stream") {
    Content = JsonContent.Create(payload),
};
req.Headers.Add("Idempotency-Key", $"kc-{Guid.NewGuid()}");

using var res = await Http.SendAsync(req, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead);
using var reader = new StreamReader(await res.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync());

string? evt = null, done = null;
while (await reader.ReadLineAsync() is { } line)
{
    if (line.StartsWith("event:")) evt = line[6..].Trim();
    else if (line.StartsWith("data:"))
    {
        var data = line[5..].Trim();
        if (evt == "delta") Console.Write(".");            // live progress
        else if (evt == "done") done = data;
        else if (evt == "error") throw new Exception(data);
    }
}

using var final = JsonDocument.Parse(done!);
var text = final.RootElement.GetProperty("output").GetProperty("output").GetString();
using var reviewDoc = JsonDocument.Parse(text!);
var review = reviewDoc.RootElement;
Console.WriteLine($"{review.GetProperty("review_name")} [{review.GetProperty("posture")}]");
foreach (var f in review.GetProperty("findings").EnumerateArray())
    Console.WriteLine($"  [{f.GetProperty("priority")}] {f.GetProperty("id")} {f.GetProperty("resource")}");
await File.WriteAllTextAsync("review.json", text!);

In a browser, the native EventSource only speaks GET, and this endpoint is a POST — read the fetch response body incrementally, as the JavaScript sample above does. On an idempotent replay the server may answer with a plain JSON envelope instead of an event stream; check the Content-Type before you start parsing frames.