tool_adapters/meshctl.yaml

name: meshctl
description: Service mesh configuration manager for routing, traffic policies, and observability across microservices
binary: meshctl
auth:
  type: env_var
  key: MESHCTL_TOKEN
commands:
  - name: service list
    description: List all registered services with health status
    args:
      - name: namespace
        type: string
        required: false
        description: Filter by namespace
      - name: status
        type: enum
        required: false
        description: Filter by health status
        values: ["healthy", "degraded", "unhealthy"]
    output_format: json
    side_effects: false
    example: "meshctl service list --namespace production --status healthy"

  - name: service route
    description: Create or update a routing rule between two services
    args:
      - name: from
        type: string
        required: true
        description: Source service name
      - name: to
        type: string
        required: true
        description: Destination service name
      - name: weight
        type: int
        required: true
        description: Traffic weight percentage (0-100)
      - name: match-headers
        type: json
        required: false
        description: Header matching rules as JSON object
    output_format: json
    side_effects: true
    example: "meshctl service route --from api-gateway --to user-service --weight 80"

  - name: policy create
    description: Create a traffic policy (rate limit, circuit breaker, or retry)
    args:
      - name: name
        type: string
        required: true
        description: Policy name (unique identifier)
      - name: type
        type: enum
        required: true
        description: Policy type
        values: ["rate_limit", "circuit_breaker", "retry"]
      - name: config
        type: json
        required: true
        description: "Policy configuration as JSON (e.g. {\"max_requests\": 100, \"window_seconds\": 60})"
    output_format: json
    side_effects: true
    example: "meshctl policy create --name api-rate-limit --type rate_limit --config '{\"max_requests\": 1000, \"window_seconds\": 60}'"

  - name: policy apply
    description: Apply an existing policy to a service
    args:
      - name: name
        type: string
        required: true
        description: Policy name to apply
      - name: service
        type: string
        required: true
        description: Target service name
    output_format: json
    side_effects: true
    example: "meshctl policy apply --name api-rate-limit --service user-service"

  - name: traffic split
    description: Configure traffic splitting across service versions for canary or blue-green deployments
    args:
      - name: service
        type: string
        required: true
        description: Service name to split traffic for
      - name: versions
        type: json
        required: true
        description: "Version-to-weight mapping as JSON (e.g. {\"v1\": 90, \"v2\": 10})"
    output_format: json
    side_effects: true
    example: "meshctl traffic split --service user-service --versions '{\"v1\": 90, \"v2\": 10}'"

  - name: observe metrics
    description: Get real-time traffic metrics for a service
    args:
      - name: service
        type: string
        required: true
        description: Service name to observe
      - name: window
        type: enum
        required: false
        description: Time window for metrics aggregation
        values: ["5m", "15m", "1h", "6h", "24h"]
      - name: metric
        type: enum
        required: false
        description: Specific metric to query
        values: ["latency", "throughput", "error_rate", "saturation"]
    output_format: json
    side_effects: false
    example: "meshctl observe metrics --service user-service --window 15m --metric latency"

  - name: service register
    description: Register a new service in the mesh
    args:
      - name: name
        type: string
        required: true
        description: Service name
      - name: namespace
        type: string
        required: true
        description: Namespace to register in
      - name: port
        type: int
        required: true
        description: Service port number
      - name: protocol
        type: enum
        required: false
        description: Communication protocol
        values: ["http", "grpc", "tcp"]
    output_format: json
    side_effects: true
    example: "meshctl service register --name payment-svc --namespace production --port 8080 --protocol grpc"