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Version: 1.x

Example prompts

Starting points for asking Hostwarden to do something. Every prompt works in Claude Code and in other tools (in tools without a command palette, ask for the workflow by name or by pointing at the skill).

Onboarding and questions​

❯ Check on web1.example.com.
❯ Update all Homebrew packages on this Mac
❯ Check if the firewall is configured on this machine

More: Your first session

Checks and audits​

❯ Run housekeeping on app.example.com
❯ Run a security audit on app.example.com

More: Housekeeping checks, Security audit

Many servers​

❯ Which kernel runs on web1, web2 and web3?
❯ Run housekeeping on web1 and db1
❯ Prüf auf allen Servern, ob nginx läuft
❯ Run a fleet audit
❯ Vergleiche die Policies auf allen Servern

More: One task on many hosts, Fleet audit

Fleet administration​

❯ Build the fleet-read bundle
❯ Set up fleet read on web1.example.com for ops1
❯ Fleet-Read auf web1.example.com einrichten
❯ What goes down if pve1 reboots?
❯ Wen trifft ein Neustart von unbound auf dns1?

More: Fleet read, What a reboot would hit

Changes and planning​

❯ Plan pve1's kernel update for next week
❯ When should pve1's update happen?
❯ /plan Migrate the database from MySQL to PostgreSQL
on db.example.com

More: Planning a maintenance window, Plan mode

Guests and hypervisors​

❯ Create a Debian VM on pve1.example.com
❯ Leg einen neuen LXC auf pve1 an
❯ Replace the OS on web1.example.com with Debian
❯ Set up dual-boot with FreeBSD on this machine
❯ Rename web1.example.com to web2.example.com

More: New guests, Installing an operating system, Renaming a host

Runtimes and deployment​

❯ Install the latest stable Node.js on web1
❯ Set up deployment for the shop on web1

More: Language runtimes and deploy users

Email​

❯ Email me the output of "df -h" from app.example.com
❯ Mail /var/log/auth.log to ops@example.com

More: Email reports

Migration​

❯ Take my Heinzel in ~/heinzel over

More: Moving over from Heinzel