Platform Tools Folder May 2026

# tools/bootstrap-dev #!/bin/bash # Installs the exact versions of Terragrunt, Helm, and Node used in production ./tools/install-tfenv && tfenv install ./tools/install-helm-3.14 A tools/ folder is useless if nobody knows how to invoke it. Add a Makefile at your repo root to act as the catalog.

When the database is down, you don't want to Google kubectl commands. platform tools folder

You don’t need a new platform. You need a . # tools/bootstrap-dev #

# Platform Makefile .PHONY: tools/% tools/%: @echo "🔧 Running platform tool: $ " @./tools/$ clean-volumes: tools/clean-orphaned-volumes db-failover: tools/db-failover You don’t need a new platform

Here is why adding a dedicated tools/ directory to your platform repository is the highest leverage, lowest effort change you can make this quarter. It is not a dumping ground. It is a curated, version-controlled, executable collection of scripts, binaries, and utilities designed to operate your platform.

April 14, 2026 Reading Time: 4 minutes

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