What it does

This skill helps agents generate, validate, and document Docker Compose configurations for multi-container applications. It guides the user through assessment, design, implementation, testing, and production deployment steps, and produces artifacts such as templates, example compose files, monitoring dashboards, and runbooks. The skill pairs automated generation with human-reviewed best practices to reduce configuration errors and simplify multi-service orchestration.

When to use it

Use this skill when you need to: set up or refactor a Docker Compose-based local or staging environment, create reproducible compose templates for microservices, convert architecture notes into an actionable compose file, or prepare deployment runbooks and monitoring configurations before production rollout. Trigger phrases include: "generate docker-compose", "create compose file", "configure multi-container app", or "compose generator".

What's included

Scripts: templates and example scripts under {baseDir}/templates/docker-compose-generator/ and {baseDir}/examples/docker-compose-generator/ (has_scripts=true).
References: design docs and troubleshooting guides under {baseDir}/docs/ (has_references=true).
Instructions: step-by-step assessment, design, implementation, validation, and deployment guidance with error-handling recommendations (permissions, network, resource constraints, syntax validation).