* feat: add `helmfile doctor` command for AI-assisted diff analysis
`helmfile doctor` runs `helmfile diff` and asks an OpenAI-compatible LLM to
summarize the changes and flag risks (data loss, security exposure, breaking
changes, downtime, performance, best-practice issues).
Key design decisions:
- When no LLM is configured, doctor is equivalent to `helmfile diff` with
one exception: --show-secrets is always forced off (secrets never reach
stdout, even without an LLM).
- Secrets are ALWAYS redacted via two layers: (1) ShowSecrets() forced to
false so helm-diff emits <REDACTED> placeholders; (2) a defense-in-depth
text redactor strips residual secret-looking content (Secret YAML blocks,
sensitive key/value lines, base64 blobs, JWT tokens) before LLM transmission.
- LLM configuration precedence: env (HELMFILE_LLM_*) < helmfile.yaml (llm:)
< CLI flags (--llm-*).
- Supports any OpenAI-compatible backend (OpenAI, Azure, One-API, LiteLLM,
Ollama, etc.) with automatic response_format fallback for backends that
don't support JSON mode.
- Prompt injection defense: release names and environment values are
JSON-encoded before insertion into the LLM prompt.
- Exit codes: 0 (success/low-risk), 2 (high-risk gate, bypass with --force),
1 (other errors). Helm-diff's 'detected changes' exit-2 is swallowed.
New packages:
- pkg/agent/llm: OpenAI-compatible client with JSON response parsing, mock
client for testing, prompt builder with injection defense.
- pkg/agent/doctor: secret redactor (state machine + regex), report renderer
(markdown + JSON), config resolver (env < yaml < flag merge).
Testing: 70+ unit tests covering redaction patterns, prompt injection,
response_format fallback, JSON parsing, yaml roundtrip, concurrency safety,
panic recovery, and error propagation. go test -race passes.
Documentation: full doctor section in docs/cli.md, llm: block reference in
docs/configuration.md, updated skills/helmfile for AI agents.
Signed-off-by: yxxhero <aiopsclub@163.com>
* docs: fix doctor equivalence wording per PR review
Per review feedback (PR #2660): the docs claimed doctor is 'equivalent to
helmfile diff — same flags, same output, same exit codes' in the unconfigured
path, but this over-promises because:
1. doctor --output is the report format (not helm-diff's output format)
2. helm-diff's --output is exposed as --diff-output in doctor
3. --show-secrets is silently ignored
Updated all three locations (cli.md, cmd/doctor.go Long + godoc, pkg/app/doctor.go
godoc) to say 'falls back to helmfile diff with --show-secrets forced off' and
explicitly note the --output / --diff-output flag difference.
Signed-off-by: yxxhero <aiopsclub@163.com>
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* feat: support more HELMFILE_* env vars as flag fallbacks
Adds env-var fallbacks for global flags, mirroring the existing
HELMFILE_ENVIRONMENT / HELMFILE_KUBE_CONTEXT pattern:
* --helm-binary -> HELMFILE_HELM_BINARY
* --kustomize-binary -> HELMFILE_KUSTOMIZE_BINARY
* --log-level -> HELMFILE_LOG_LEVEL
* --debug -> HELMFILE_DEBUG (expecting "true" lower case)
* --quiet -> HELMFILE_QUIET (expecting "true" lower case)
* --no-color -> HELMFILE_NO_COLOR (expecting "true" lower case),
additionally honors NO_COLOR per no-color.org
(any non-empty value disables color)
Flag values still take precedence; env vars are consulted only when the
flag is unset. The string-flag default values ("helm", "kustomize",
"info") move into the accessor methods so the env-var fallback can
actually trigger when no flag is passed.
Signed-off-by: Dominik Schmidt <dev@dominik-schmidt.de>
* docs: mention new HELMFILE_* env vars in cli.md and templating.md
Signed-off-by: Dominik Schmidt <dev@dominik-schmidt.de>
* fix: make Color/NoColor/env interaction consistent
Two issues with the env-aware NoColor() introduced together with
HELMFILE_NO_COLOR / NO_COLOR support:
1. Color() consulted the raw GlobalOptions.NoColor field instead of
NoColor(), so in a TTY with only the env set, Color() fell through
to terminal autodetect and ValidateConfig() spuriously errored with
"--color and --no-color cannot be specified at the same time".
2. NoColor() returned true via env even when --color was explicitly
passed, so `helmfile --color` with NO_COLOR (or HELMFILE_NO_COLOR=true)
in the environment hit the same ValidateConfig() error. A flag should
always win over an env var.
Fix both by routing Color() through NoColor() and giving NoColor() an
explicit --color short-circuit. Regression tests added for both paths.
Signed-off-by: Dominik Schmidt <dev@dominik-schmidt.de>
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* feat: support HELMFILE_NAMESPACE env var for default namespace
Mirrors the existing HELMFILE_ENVIRONMENT pattern: the --namespace
CLI flag takes precedence, falling back to HELMFILE_NAMESPACE when
unset.
Signed-off-by: Dominik Schmidt <dev@dominik-schmidt.de>
* docs: mention HELMFILE_NAMESPACE in cli.md and templating.md
Signed-off-by: Dominik Schmidt <dev@dominik-schmidt.de>
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Signed-off-by: Dominik Schmidt <dev@dominik-schmidt.de>
* feat: support HELMFILE_KUBE_CONTEXT env var for default kube context
Mirrors the existing HELMFILE_ENVIRONMENT pattern: the --kube-context
CLI flag takes precedence, falling back to HELMFILE_KUBE_CONTEXT when
unset.
Refs #1213.
Signed-off-by: Dominik Schmidt <dev@dominik-schmidt.de>
* docs: mention HELMFILE_KUBE_CONTEXT in cli.md and templating.md
Signed-off-by: Dominik Schmidt <dev@dominik-schmidt.de>
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Signed-off-by: Dominik Schmidt <dev@dominik-schmidt.de>
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