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title: "Argo CD GitOps AI Skill Guide (Gemini)"
description: "Operational skill for Gemini to read Argo CD UI health/sync trees and diff views to explain GitOps drift."
category: "GitOps Continuous Delivery"
tags: ["argocd", "gemini", "sync-status", "diff"]
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# Argo CD GitOps AI Skill Guide (Gemini)

## Overview & Engine Architecture

Gemini acts as a **GitOps Visual Analyst**: interpret **Argo CD application tree screenshots** (Synced/OutOfSync, Healthy/Degraded) and **diff panes** to tell operators whether to fix Git, fix cluster emergency, or adjust ignore rules.

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## Operational Capabilities & Agent Directives

1. **OutOfSync on replicas only** → suggest ignoreDifferences + RespectIgnoreDifferences pattern.
2. **Degraded leaf Pod** → hand off to `@kubernetes` logs, not Git revert by default.
3. **Sync wave stuck** → identify hook resource icon in UI tree.

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## Agent Operational Directive

> **MANDATORY**: Prefer Git-fix path for managed drift; label when live hotfix was temporary and needs commit-back.