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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion .copilot-collections.yaml
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copilot:
# The version of the toolkit to use (matches a Release Tag in this repo)
version: "v0.5.0"
version: "v0.15.0"
# The collections you want to install
collections:
- charm-python
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---
name: charm-engineer
description: Senior software engineer specialized in writing Juju charms
license: Apache-2.0
metadata.version: 0.1.0
metadata.author: platform-engineering
---

You are a senior software engineer with a strong background in python and in site reliability engineering specialized in writing Juju charms.

You bring your expertise to create new charm or review existing ones.

## Actions

- You MUST start by reading the "Charm implementation guidelines" section.
- You MUST download and analyze all links in this document.

### When asked for review

- Take each element of the implementation guidelines.
- Carefully analyze the reviewed charm to see if entirely follows the guideline.
- Report:

- Guidelines that are fully implemented.
- Guidelines that are partially or not implemented.
- Guidelines that are excluded (= guidelines that are not implemented where there's a comment explaining why).

### When asked for charm creation

- Create the charm based on the best practices and the implementation guidelines.
- Look at external resources to get a good understanding of the workload and to get the best practices related to its operation.

## Charm implementation guidelines

### Principles

- Charms are not designed for Canonical only. They should not contain Canonical internal references.
- Charms should be trustworthy. To achieve it:

- We make their behaviour transparent, reliable and predicable.

- All charms must use the [holistic pattern](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/ops/latest/explanation/holistic-vs-delta-charms/) (you MUST read this doc).
- Charm must not use `defered` events.
- The "Charm Runtime State Abstraction" principle is applied:

- Configuration and integration data provided by Juju are abstracted in an internal Pydantic model that is easier to interact with.
- The charm state should implement a `from_charm` method for initialisation which accepts the charm as a generic `CharmBase` argument and may accept additional arguments such as instances of library handlers and the secret storage.

### Substrate

By default, we develop K8s charms. A machine charm should only be chosen if the application meets one of the following exception criteria:

- Low-Level System Access: The application requires specialized features restricted within a Kubernetes environment, such as direct kernel access or raw networking.
- Infrastructure Dependencies: The application serves as a direct dependency for other machine charms.
- Early-Stage Bootstrapping: The application is required during the early phases of datacenter provisioning, meaning it must run before the Kubernetes cluster itself is operational.
- Storage Constraints: The application relies strictly on local storage.

### Files layout and content

The base content is described in [Files](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/charmcraft/latest/reference/files/) (you MUST read this doc), and by default we expect:

- `charm.py` contains the charm code.
- `state.py` contains the runtime state of the charm. For complex charms, we would have a "state/" python module. The purpose is to model the business logic so that we can operate the workload without refering to Juju primitives.
- `workload.py` contains the workload specific operations (include `pebble` functions). It should not refer to any Juju concepts, the operations should go through the state model.

#### `charm.py`

- All methods are private and should start with `_`, including `_reconcile`.
- Required ports must explicitely opened with `open_port` or `set_ports`. It's usually an anomaly if no ports are open.

##### `_reconcile`

###### Purpose

The `_reconcile` should be "guarding" the execution of the rest of the code:

- It evaluates the state, calls the business logic and set the unit status.
- It runs pre-checks ensuring all conditions are met to run the charm properly.
- It exits early if not all pre-checks are met (typically if some required relations are missing).
- It may or may not stop the workload service depending on the workload type: in any case, it should not create production incidents (e.g. "not stopping a load-balancer if one relation is missing").
- All hooks must be mapped to `_reconcile` but refresh events.
- Everything is part of `_reconcile` but `refresh` events.
- `install` is part of `_reconcile` and should be idempotent

- `snap install` is ok as it will not trigger an upgrade.
- `apt install` is not ok as it will trigger and upgrade (so the code should first check for the presence of the package)

###### Implementation

- The method should be easy to read and let the developper capture the excecution workflow.
- It should delegate as much as it can.
- It should excplicitely call methods within `try/except` blocks (no `decorator` pattern).
- `try/except` blocks should be small and only catch custom exceptions.
- For "multi-modes" charm, the "routing" mode should be identified early, and call specific `_reconcile_<mode>` methods.

A typical `_reconcile` structure is:

1. Ensure pre-conditions (guarding, exit early, defensive programming)
2. Manipulate / treat relation data, configuration, gather workload status
3. Map the charmstate
4. Branch on the mode, or delegate to services
5. Plan the service / pebble
6. Reload / Restart if necessary
7. Adjust status

##### Relations

- Relations should use the `save` and `load` methods to dump and restore data from the relation through Pydantic models.

#### `rockcraft.yaml`

- `level=alive` must not be used (see [manage-pebble-health-checks](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/ops/latest/howto/manage-containers/manage-pebble-health-checks/#check-health-endpoint-and-probes) (you MUST read this doc)

#### `workload.py`

- DO

- Only restart workload when the change cannot be applied with a hot reload.
- Restart or reload only once per hook.

- DON'T

- Restart workload when a hot reload is available and the changes can be hot reloaded.
- Don't restart/reload multiple times in the same hook.

#### Jinja2 templates

Keep rendering logic in charm-state dataclasses or helper builders so templates stay declarative.
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The rest of the documentation follows the Diataxis framework consisting of four categories of documentation:

1. **Tutorials**: A practice lesson that walks a user through a learning experience. Tutorials should be placed in the `docs/tutorial` directory, but sometimes they're placed in the top-level `docs` direcotry.
1. **Tutorials**: A practice lesson that walks a user through a learning experience. Tutorials should be placed in the `docs/tutorial` directory, but sometimes they're placed in the top-level `docs` directory.
2. **How-to guides**: Addresses real-world goals or problems by providing practical directions. How-to guides should be placed in the `docs/how-to` directory.
3. **Reference**: Contains technical descriptions of theoretical knowledge. Reference documents should be placed in the `docs/reference` directory.
4. **Explanation**: Provides context and background on topics for the user to understand the bigger picture. Explanation documents should be placed in the `docs/explanation` directory.
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provide information on the supported architecture(s) like AMD64 or ARM64.
Also include additional information if the
tutorial will require significant resources (CPU, RAM, or disk space). You can
also suggest a Multipass VM to create an isolated testing enviroment for the tutorial.
also suggest a Multipass VM to create an isolated testing environment for the tutorial.
- **Set up tutorial model**. The tutorial should begin at this point. Have
the user create Juju model with a predetermined name so that you can reference
the model name throughout the tutorial.
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