what is knife-wip fr?

mrtazz/knife-wip — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2014-10-03

★ 9RubyAudience · ops devopsComplexity · 2/5DormantSetup · easy

vibe map

mindmap
  root((knife-wip))
    What it does
      Tags servers in progress
      Tracks who and why
      Removes tag when done
    Tech stack
      Ruby
      Chef
      Knife plugin
    Use cases
      Coordinate manual server debugging
      Check before deploying
      Trigger Slack notifications
    Audience
      Ops teams
      Chef users
    Config
      Plugin system
      Custom actions on start stop

mindmap root((knife-wip)) What it does Tags servers in progress Tracks who and why Removes tag when done Tech stack Ruby Chef Knife plugin Use cases Coordinate manual server debugging Check before deploying Trigger Slack notifications Audience Ops teams Chef users Config Plugin system Custom actions on start stop

what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Tag a server as work-in-progress with your username and reason before manually debugging it.

VIBE 2

List all servers currently flagged as in-progress before starting a deploy.

VIBE 3

Search Chef server tags to see what's actively being worked on across the fleet.

VIBE 4

Trigger a Slack notification or log entry automatically when someone starts or stops work on a server.

what's the stack?

RubyChefKnife

how it stacks up fr

	mrtazz/knife-wip	krausefx/brewfile	efforg/onlinecensorship
Stars	9	9	10
Language	Ruby	Ruby	Ruby
Last pushed	2014-10-03	2017-03-09	2021-07-20
Maintenance	Dormant	Dormant	Dormant
Setup difficulty	easy	easy	moderate
Complexity	2/5	1/5	3/5
Audience	ops devops	developer	researcher

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min

Requires an existing Chef server and Knife setup.

prompts (copy fr)

prompt 1

Show me how to use knife-wip to tag a Chef-managed server as work-in-progress with my name and a description.

prompt 2

Write a knife-wip plugin that posts a Slack notification whenever someone starts or stops work on a server.

prompt 3

How do I search Chef server tags to list every server currently marked as work-in-progress?

prompt 4

Explain how knife-wip integrates with Chef's built-in tagging system so I can extend it for my team's tools.

Frequently asked questions