Guided SlimToolkit install mission in KubeStellar Console

We built a guided install mission for SlimToolkit inside KubeStellar Console, a standalone Kubernetes dashboard (unrelated to legacy kubestellar/kubestellar, kubeflex, or OCM — zero shared code).

Open the SlimToolkit install mission

What the mission does

The mission runs against your live cluster via kubeconfig. Each step:

1. Pre-flight — checks prerequisites (Docker, curl)
2. Commands — shows the exact install commands with flags explained. Copy-paste or run directly from the console
3. Validation — after each step, queries the cluster to verify success (pod phase, CRD registration, service endpoints)
4. Troubleshooting — on failure, reads pod logs, events, and resource status from your cluster and suggests fixes
5. Rollback — each step includes the corresponding uninstall commands to undo

Works as read-only documentation too — no cluster connection required to browse.

Architecture

graph LR
    A["KubeStellar Console"] --> B["30+ Dashboards<br/>150+ Monitoring Cards"]
    A --> M["Marketplace<br/>(console-marketplace)"]
    A --> D["AI Mission Explorer"]
    D --> E["console-kb"]
    E --> F["186 Install Missions<br/>67 Solution Missions"]
    A --> C["AI Recommendations"]
    A --> H["kc-agent → Codex, Copilot,<br/>Claude CLI, Kube API, MCP"]
    click A href "https://console.kubestellar.io?utm_source=github&utm_medium=issue&utm_campaign=cncf_outreach&utm_term=slimtoolkit" _blank
    click M href "https://github.com/kubestellar/console-marketplace?utm_source=github&utm_medium=issue&utm_campaign=cncf_outreach&utm_term=slimtoolkit" _blank
    click E href "https://github.com/kubestellar/console-kb/blob/master/fixes/cncf-install/install-slimtoolkit.json?utm_source=github&utm_medium=issue&utm_campaign=cncf_outreach&utm_term=slimtoolkit" _blank
    click F href "https://console.kubestellar.io/missions/install-slimtoolkit?utm_source=github&utm_medium=issue&utm_campaign=cncf_outreach&utm_term=slimtoolkit" _blank
    click H href "https://github.com/kubestellar/console/tree/main/cmd/kc-agent?utm_source=github&utm_medium=issue&utm_campaign=cncf_outreach&utm_term=slimtoolkit" _blank

• console-kb — YAML-based knowledge base defining each mission's steps, commands, and validation checks (SlimToolkit installer definition)
• console-marketplace — community-contributed monitoring cards per CNCF project (github.com/kubestellar/console-marketplace)
• kc-agent — bridges coding agents (Codex, Copilot, Claude CLI) to Kube API and MCP servers (kubestellar-ops, kubestellar-deploy) for automated cluster operations

Install

Local (connects to your current kubeconfig context):

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubestellar/console/main/start.sh | bash

With GitHub OAuth:

export GITHUB_CLIENT_ID=<your-client-id>
export GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=<your-client-secret>
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubestellar/console/main/start.sh | bash

Deploy into a cluster:

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubestellar/console/main/deploy.sh | bash

Mission definitions are open source — PRs to improve the SlimToolkit mission welcome at install-slimtoolkit.json. Feel free to close if not relevant.

Start by reviewing the linked console-kb install-slimtoolkit.json mission definition and the KubeStellar Console references. The issue names no file, entry point, test, or specific change in the slim repository, so first establish whether any work belongs here and define acceptance criteria before implementation.