Slab

By enabling this toolset, HolmesGPT will be able to consult runbooks from Slab pages.

Retrieve your Slab API token prior to configuring this toolset. Do note that Slab API is only available for Slab premium users. See here.

Configuration

Holmes CLIHolmes Helm ChartRobusta Helm Chart

Set the environment variable:

export SLAB_API_KEY="<your Slab API key>"

Add the following to ~/.holmes/config.yaml. Create the file if it doesn't exist:

toolsets:
  slab:
    enabled: true

After making changes to your configuration, run:

holmes toolset refresh

Create a Kubernetes secret in the namespace Holmes runs in:

kubectl create secret generic holmes-slab \
  --from-literal=SLAB_API_KEY="<your Slab API key>" \
  -n <namespace>

When using the standalone Holmes Helm Chart, update your values.yaml:

extraEnvVarsSecrets:
  - holmes-slab

toolsets:
  slab:
    enabled: true

Apply the configuration:

helm upgrade holmes robusta/holmes -f values.yaml

Create a Kubernetes secret in the namespace Holmes runs in:

kubectl create secret generic holmes-slab \
  --from-literal=SLAB_API_KEY="<your Slab API key>" \
  -n <namespace>

When using the Robusta Helm Chart (which includes HolmesGPT), update your generated_values.yaml:

holmes:
  extraEnvVarsSecrets:
    - holmes-slab

  toolsets:
    slab:
      enabled: true

Apply the configuration:

helm upgrade robusta robusta/robusta -f generated_values.yaml --set clusterName=<YOUR_CLUSTER_NAME>

To test, run:

holmes ask "Why is my pod failing, if it's a crashloopbackoff use the runbooks from Slab"

Capabilities

The table below describes the specific capabilities provided by this toolset. HolmesGPT can decide to invoke any of these capabilities when answering questions or investigating issues.

Tool Name	Description
fetch_slab_document	Fetch a document from Slab. Use this to fetch runbooks if they are present before starting your investigation.