rpk
74 / 100 · Review before installing
Check before installing. Some of what it can do is expected: a coding skill usually runs build and test commands.
Install and configure the rpk CLI, the single binary for all Redpanda operations, including installing it on macOS, Linux, and Docker, and setting up profiles (rpk.yaml) and connection settings. Use when installing rpk, creating or switching rpk profiles, configuring broker/admin/registry endpoints or SASL/TLS credentials, using -X flags or RPK_ environment variables, connecting to self-hosted or Redpanda Cloud clusters, or checking/applying an Enterprise license. This is the hub skill for comm…
Partially scanned — some files couldn't be read; we'll retry on the next scan
What this skill can do
Downloads and installs other software
Runs commands on your computer
Sends data to these websites: github.com
Changes files outside its own folder
Other copies in this repository
Install
Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.
if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'rpk' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'rpk' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named rpk already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/skillmds/skillmd' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '4467dd0debe8f189ba78142ee57ec42aea84e623' -- 'plugins/security/skills/rpk' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'plugins/security/skills/rpk' ~/.agents/skills/'rpk' && rm -rf "$d"; fi
Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'rpk' ~/.claude/skills/'rpk' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.
Badge for your README
[](https://zalavijaysinh.github.io/skilltrust/repos/skillmds/skillmd/)
Score history
| Date | Version | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-09 | 4467dd0 | 74 |
| 2026-11-07 | 1b0ba86 | 74 |