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+import subprocess
+import json
+import sys
+import questionary
+
+from ruamel.yaml import YAML
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def get_bake_config() -> dict:
+    result = subprocess.run(["docker", "buildx", "bake", "--print"], capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+    return json.loads(result.stdout)
+
+
+def find_matches(values: dict, image_name: str) -> list:
+    image_key_paths = []
+    for component, component_values in values.items():
+        if isinstance(component_values, dict):
+            repo = component_values.get("image", {}).get("repository", "")
+            if repo.endswith(image_name):
+                image_key_paths.append(component)
+    return image_key_paths
+
+
+def check_cluster():
+    temp_path = Path("temp")
+    if not temp_path.exists():
+        print("Before running this script, please run `make up` to create the cluster.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def build_instructions(project):
+    tags = bake_config.get("target", {}).get(project, {}).get("tags", [])
+    latest_tag = next((tag for tag in tags if tag.endswith(":latest")), None)
+    if not latest_tag and len(tags) < 2:
+        raise ValueError(f"No tag ending with ':latest' found for project {project}")
+    image_name = latest_tag.split(":")[0]
+
+    update_values(image_name)
+
+    print(f"docker buildx bake {project} --set {project}.contexts.src=<path-to-{release}-release>/src")
+    print(f"kind load docker-image {latest_tag} --name cfk8s")
+
+
+def update_values(image_name):
+    yaml = YAML()
+    yaml.preserve_quotes = True
+    yaml.representer.add_representer(type(None), lambda dumper, _: dumper.represent_scalar("tag:yaml.org,2002:null", "~"))
+
+    values_path = Path(f"releases/{release}/helm/values.yaml")
+
+    with open(values_path, "r") as f:
+        values = yaml.load(f)
+
+    for match in find_matches(values, image_name):
+        keys = match.split(".")
+        target = values
+        for key in keys:
+            target = target[key]
+
+        target["image"]["repository"] = image_name
+        target["image"]["tag"] = "latest"
+
+    with open(values_path, "w") as f:
+        yaml.dump(values, f)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    check_cluster()
+
+    bake_config = get_bake_config()
+    all_releases = bake_config.get("group", {}).get("all", {}).get("targets", [])
+
+    all_releases.remove("cflinuxfs4")
+    all_releases.remove("fileserver")
+    all_releases.remove("bosh-dns")
+
+    release = questionary.select("Which release are you working on?", choices=all_releases).ask()
+
+    all_projects = bake_config.get("group", {}).get(release, {}).get("targets", [])
+
+    # single project releases are not included in the targets group
+    if not all_projects:
+        all_projects.append(release)
+
+    default_choices = [questionary.Choice(title=project, checked=True) for project in all_projects]
+    projects = questionary.checkbox("Which project(s) are you working on?", choices=default_choices).ask()
+
+    print("Here are some instructions to build a local image and load it into the cluster. Make sure to replace <path-to-release> with the actual path to the release you are working on.")
+    print("Docker will ask for confirmation to access the local file system, please allow it to do so.")
+    print()
+    for project in projects:
+        build_instructions(project)
+    print("make up")