Switch red-hat-product-lifecycle skill to API-based script by javierpena · Pull Request #1 · RHEcosystemAppEng/agentic-collections-skills

javierpena · 2026-06-30T07:56:07Z

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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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

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

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. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

javierpena · 2026-06-30T07:56:44Z

Comes from RHEcosystemAppEng/agentic-plugins#127, see comments there for before/after comparison.

r2dedios

the catalog files descriptions are wrong (YAML / JSON).:
https://github.com/javierpena/agentic-collections-skills/blob/b55fe2208bef2febc8393716bb75e5468ec7a340/rh-basic/.catalog/collection.yaml#L26

This skill doesn't failback with WebFetch, it uses a python script

Just a few minor observations. Good job!

r2dedios · 2026-06-30T08:59:15Z

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


Bash is not a valid MCP tool.

Check this example:

agentic-collections-skills/ocp-admin/skills/cluster-creator/SKILL.md

Line 23 in f827cec

allowed-tools: list_versions create_cluster cluster_info set_cluster_vips set_host_role cluster_iso_download_url install_cluster cluster_credentials_download_url cluster_logs_download_url list_static_network_config generate_nmstate_yaml validate_nmstate_yaml alter_static_network_config_nmstate_for_host

Ah, I see. From Claude's point of view, Bash is a built-in tool, so that is why it was added. I'll remove it.

r2dedios · 2026-06-30T09:18:45Z

-3. Return current phase, key dates, and action recommendation.
+2. Run the lifecycle script via Bash:
+   ```
+   python scripts/rh_lifecycle.py "Product Name Version"


In general, Claude runs commands from the repo root folder, not from the running skill folder..

Check this example:

agentic-collections-skills/ocp-admin/skills/cluster-report/SKILL.md

Line 268 in f827cec

python3 ocp-admin/scripts/cluster-report/assemble.py --aggregate < /tmp/cluster-report-manifest.json

I propose to change it by:

python rh-basic/skills/red-hat-product-lifecycle/scripts/rh_lifecycle.py "Product Name Version"

Will do, thanks!

javierpena · 2026-06-30T09:57:15Z

the catalog files descriptions are wrong (YAML / JSON).: https://github.com/javierpena/agentic-collections-skills/blob/b55fe2208bef2febc8393716bb75e5468ec7a340/rh-basic/.catalog/collection.yaml#L26

This skill doesn't failback with WebFetch, it uses a python script

Should I implement the WebFetch failback in the skill? If the API is down, any web page using it will also be down.

r2dedios · 2026-06-30T10:54:42Z

the catalog files descriptions are wrong (YAML / JSON).: https://github.com/javierpena/agentic-collections-skills/blob/b55fe2208bef2febc8393716bb75e5468ec7a340/rh-basic/.catalog/collection.yaml#L26
This skill doesn't failback with WebFetch, it uses a python script

Should I implement the WebFetch failback in the skill? If the API is down, any web page using it will also be down.

I don't think that's necessary, Just update the description of the catalog collection so it matches with the skills and scripts behavior. Only documentation changes, not functional

Previously all skills fetched information directly using WebFetch, but the updated red-hat-product-lifecycle skill uses the API.

javierpena · 2026-06-30T11:10:47Z

the catalog files descriptions are wrong (YAML / JSON).: https://github.com/javierpena/agentic-collections-skills/blob/b55fe2208bef2febc8393716bb75e5468ec7a340/rh-basic/.catalog/collection.yaml#L26
This skill doesn't failback with WebFetch, it uses a python script

Should I implement the WebFetch failback in the skill? If the API is down, any web page using it will also be down.

I don't think that's necessary, Just update the description of the catalog collection so it matches with the skills and scripts behavior. Only documentation changes, not functional

Ack, I just did that with the latest commit.

r2dedios

There's one more step.. We need to update the JSON version of the collection.yaml file.

Collection compliance failed:
  • rh-basic: .catalog/collection.json content differs from collection.yaml (run diff or regenerate JSON to inspect)
  • rh-basic: regenerate mirror with: uv run python scripts/catalog_yaml_to_json.py --pack rh-basic

@javierpena

javierpena · 2026-06-30T12:23:10Z

Done! I had to take the script from the previous repo, btw.

r2dedios · 2026-06-30T12:42:31Z

Done! I had to take the script from the previous repo, btw.

Good catch! We will check this missing script

javierpena requested review from dmartinol and r2dedios as code owners June 30, 2026 07:56

r2dedios suggested changes Jun 30, 2026

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r2dedios assigned javierpena Jun 30, 2026

r2dedios added the enhancement New feature or request label Jun 30, 2026

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rh-basic: update catalog with API references

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Previously all skills fetched information directly using WebFetch, but the updated red-hat-product-lifecycle skill uses the API.

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rh-basic: update collection.json

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Switch red-hat-product-lifecycle skill to API-based script RHEcosystemAppEng/agentic-plugins#127

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