Switch red-hat-product-lifecycle skill to API-based script by javierpena · Pull Request #127 · RHEcosystemAppEng/agentic-plugins

javierpena · 2026-06-26T12:50:48Z

Summary

Replace WebFetch scraping with a stdlib Python script that queries the official Red Hat lifecycle API directly, returning structured JSON for reliable parsing across all products and versions.

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Change type

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Created/imported with /agentic-contribution-skill
Manual contribution (validated with make validate + make validate-skill-design-changed)

AGENTS.md compliance

Agents orchestrate skills; no direct MCP/tool calls in agents
Skills are single-purpose task executors
Skills encapsulate all tool access (MCP tools invoked only inside skills)
Document consultation: file is read with the Read tool, then declared to the user
No credentials hardcoded; env vars used via ${VAR} references
Human-in-the-loop confirmation added for any destructive or critical operations

Validation

make validate passes locally
New/changed skills have valid YAML frontmatter (name, description)
New/changed agents have valid YAML frontmatter (name, description)

javierpena · 2026-06-26T12:52:51Z

I have run a test to compare the unchanged skill with my commit, and it is faster to provide a response with a smaller token usage, since it uses the API directly instead of fetching large web pages and scanning through them:

New version

❯ What is the end of support date for OpenShift 4.22?                                                                                                                                                                                  

● Skill(red-hat-product-lifecycle)
  ⎿  Successfully loaded skill

  Thought for 2s (ctrl+o to expand)

● Bash(python /home/jpena/.claude/skills/red-hat-product-lifecycle/scripts/rh_lifecycle.py "OpenShift 4.22")
  ⎿  Error: Exit code 1
     {
       "error": "Version '4.22' not found for 'Red Hat OpenShift GitOps'",
       "available_versions": [
         "1.20",
         "1.19",
         "1.18",
         "1.17",
         "1.16",
         "1.15",
     … +16 lines (ctrl+o to expand)

● Bash(python /home/jpena/.claude/skills/red-hat-product-lifecycle/scripts/rh_lifecycle.py "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22")
  ⎿  {
       "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform",
       "version": "4.22",
     … +32 lines (ctrl+o to expand)

● OpenShift Container Platform 4.22

  Phase: Full Support
  Dates: GA June 9, 2026 | End Full Support Dec 31, 2026 | End Maintenance Dec 31, 2027 | End EUS Term 2 June 30, 2029

  What this means: OCP 4.22 is currently in Full Support, receiving Critical/Important CVE fixes, urgent bug fixes, and hardware enablement updates.

  Action: Apply updates on your normal cadence. Note that 4.22 is an even-numbered minor release, making it eligible for Extended Update Support (EUS) — if you need a longer stable window, ensure your subscription covers EUS terms
  (extends support through June 30, 2029 with Terms 1 and 2).


  Session

  Total cost:            $0.4108
  Total duration (API):  18s
  Total duration (wall): 1m 1s
  Total code changes:    0 lines added, 0 lines removed
  Usage by model:
     claude-sonnet-4-6:  382 input, 513 output, 35.4k cache read, 104.4k cache write ($0.4108)

Old version

❯ What is the end of support date for OpenShift 4.22?                                                                                                                                                                                  

● Skill(red-hat-product-lifecycle)
  ⎿  Successfully loaded skill  

  Thought for 3s (ctrl+o to expand)

● Fetch(https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/openshift)
  ⎿  Received 88.1KB (200 OK)

● Fetch(https://access.redhat.com/product-life-cycles?product=OpenShift%20Container%20Platform%204)
  ⎿  Received 62.4KB (200 OK)

  Thought for 2s (ctrl+o to expand)
  ⎿  Invalid tool parameters

● Web Search("OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 GA date end of life support dates 2026")
  ⎿  Did 7 searches in 45s

  Thought for 3s (ctrl+o to expand)

● Fetch(https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/openshift_operators)
  ⎿  Received 1.5MB (200 OK)

● OpenShift Container Platform 4.22

  Phase: Full Support (as of June 26, 2026)
  Dates: GA June 9, 2026 | End Full Support December 31, 2026 | End Maintenance December 31, 2027 | EUS End June 30, 2028

  What this means: OCP 4.22 is an EUS (even-numbered) release currently in Full Support. It receives Critical/Important CVE fixes and urgent bug fixes. After December 31, 2026 it moves to Maintenance (security patches only), ending
  December 31, 2027 — or June 30, 2028 with the EUS add-on.

  Action: Apply updates on your normal cadence. If long-term stability is a priority, ensure you have an EUS subscription to extend support through June 30, 2028. With all three EUS terms, maximum support extends up to ~48 months
  from GA.

  Sources:
  - OpenShift Operator Life Cycles | Red Hat Customer Portal
  - OpenShift Container Platform Life Cycle | Red Hat Customer Portal
  - Product Life Cycles | Red Hat Customer Portal


  Session

  Total cost:            $1.07
  Total duration (API):  1m 27s
  Total duration (wall): 2m 27s
  Total code changes:    0 lines added, 0 lines removed
  Usage by model:
     claude-sonnet-4-6:  275.8k input, 3.3k output, 240.5k cache read, 13.0k cache write, 7 web search ($1.07)

dmartinol · 2026-06-30T06:46:30Z

Thank you for your contribution!
This repo will be soon archived and we're not accepting new commits.
Please move these changes to the new location at https://github.com/RHEcosystemAppEng/agentic-collections-skills

dmartinol · 2026-07-02T08:48:48Z

Reopened as we restored this repo. Thanks for your understanding!

r2dedios · 2026-07-02T11:28:58Z

@javierpena Could you please include the changes we discussed in RHEcosystemAppEng/agentic-collections-skills#1 again on this PR too? Thanks

r2dedios · 2026-07-06T12:56:26Z

ping @javierpena

javierpena · 2026-07-20T08:11:04Z

Sorry for the delay, I was on vacation. I will update the PR later today.

javierpena · 2026-07-20T08:31:15Z

@r2dedios I am checking the repo contents, and it looks like the skill was brought from the other repo via 71a953a, including all the required changes. Is there anything else to do from my side?

r2dedios

Hello @javierpena, you're right. The changes were added in that commit. To confirm nothing is lost, could you rebase your branch against the current main?

After the rebase, the PR diff will only show changes that aren't already in main. If the diff is empty (or nearly empty), we can safely close this PR. If anything remains, we'll review it.

If you think everything is OK, we could simply close the PR

Thanks!

r2dedios · 2026-07-21T07:45:04Z

 model: inherit
 color: cyan
-allowed-tools:
+allowed-tools: Bash


Bash it's not a valid MCP tool

javierpena · 2026-07-21T08:38:53Z

Once I rebased the commit on the main branch, there were no changes left, so closing.

r2dedios · 2026-07-21T08:40:56Z

Great!! Thanks @javierpena

dmartinol closed this Jun 30, 2026

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Switch red-hat-product-lifecycle skill to API-based script RHEcosystemAppEng/agentic-collections-skills#1

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dmartinol reopened this Jul 2, 2026

dmartinol requested review from dmartinol and r2dedios as code owners July 2, 2026 08:48

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javierpena force-pushed the lifecycle-script branch from 2fb6311 to 448abee Compare July 21, 2026 08:38

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