High-impact improvements based on Codex recommendations:
1. values.schema.json - JSON schema validation catches config errors at install time
2. helm-docs automation - Auto-generates documentation from values.yaml comments
3. kind smoke tests - Deploys and upgrades chart in real cluster to catch runtime issues
4. ServiceMonitor template - Built-in Prometheus integration for observability
5. Artifact Hub metadata - Changelog, links, and maintainer info for better discoverability
These improvements provide:
- Configuration validation before deployment
- Always up-to-date documentation
- Runtime validation in CI
- First-class monitoring support
- Better user experience on Artifact Hub
Related to #686
- Auto-update Chart.yaml version from release tag or manual input
- Add strict helm lint validation before publishing
- Validate chart templates with multiple configuration scenarios
- Ensures chart quality before publishing to GitHub Pages
GHCR OCI packages cannot be made public through any available mechanism:
- Package doesn't appear in user/repo package lists
- API endpoints return 404
- Workflow tokens lack package visibility permissions
- Manual UI shows no packages to configure
- OCI annotations don't link package to repository
Implementing GitHub Pages Helm repo as canonical distribution method:
- Uses chart-releaser-action to publish to gh-pages branch
- Provides standard 'helm repo add' workflow without authentication
- Maintains OCI push for future use if GHCR resolves visibility issues
Resolves#686
