diff --git a/.evergreen.yml b/.evergreen.yml
index 78e2fbf80..d521f5c91 100644
--- a/.evergreen.yml
+++ b/.evergreen.yml
@@ -1862,7 +1862,17 @@ buildvariants:
 
   - name: private_kind_code_snippets
     display_name: private_kind_code_snippets
-    allowed_requesters: ["patch"]
+    tags: [ "e2e_test_suite" ]
+    allowed_requesters: ["patch", "github_pr"]
+    run_on:
+      - ubuntu2204-large
+    <<: *base_om8_dependency
+    tasks:
+      - name: kind_code_snippets_task_group
+
+  - name: public_kind_code_snippets
+    display_name: public_kind_code_snippets
+    allowed_requesters: ["patch", "github_pr"]
     run_on:
       - ubuntu2204-large
     <<: *base_om8_dependency
diff --git a/docs/community-search/quick-start/README.md b/docs/community-search/quick-start/README.md
index 01998f597..3934db1ab 100644
--- a/docs/community-search/quick-start/README.md
+++ b/docs/community-search/quick-start/README.md
@@ -53,11 +53,7 @@ First, add the MongoDB Helm repository. This repository contains the Helm chart
 ```shell copy
 helm repo add mongodb https://mongodb.github.io/helm-charts
 helm repo update mongodb
-if [[ "${OPERATOR_HELM_CHART}" != "helm_chart" ]]; then helm search repo "${OPERATOR_HELM_CHART}"; fi;
-```
-After adding the repository, update your local Helm chart repository cache:
-```shell
-helm repo update
+helm search repo mongodb/mongodb-kubernetes
 ```
 
 ### 3. Install MongoDB Kubernetes Operator
diff --git a/docs/community-search/quick-start/README.md.j2 b/docs/community-search/quick-start/README.md.j2
index ec2371869..0e3125075 100644
--- a/docs/community-search/quick-start/README.md.j2
+++ b/docs/community-search/quick-start/README.md.j2
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ First, add the MongoDB Helm repository. This repository contains the Helm chart
 ```shell copy
 {% include "code_snippets/090_helm_add_mogodb_repo.sh" %}
 ```
-After adding the repository, update your local Helm chart repository cache:
-```shell
-helm repo update
-```
 
 ### 3. Install MongoDB Kubernetes Operator
 
diff --git a/docs/community-search/quick-start/code_snippets/0210_verify_community_search_pullsecret.sh b/docs/community-search/quick-start/code_snippets/0210_verify_community_search_pullsecret.sh
index f9b442230..576824091 100644
--- a/docs/community-search/quick-start/code_snippets/0210_verify_community_search_pullsecret.sh
+++ b/docs/community-search/quick-start/code_snippets/0210_verify_community_search_pullsecret.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-echo "Verifying mongodb-kubernetes-database-pods contains proper pull secret"
+echo "Verifying mongodb-kubernetes-database-pods service account contains proper pull secret"
 if ! kubectl get --context "${K8S_CLUSTER_0_CONTEXT_NAME}" -n "${MDB_NAMESPACE}" -o json \
   sa mongodb-kubernetes-database-pods -o=jsonpath='{.imagePullSecrets[*]}' | \
     grep community-private-preview-pullsecret; then
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ if ! kubectl get --context "${K8S_CLUSTER_0_CONTEXT_NAME}" -n "${MDB_NAMESPACE}"
     sa mongodb-kubernetes-database-pods -o=yaml
   return 1
 fi
+echo "SUCCESS: mongodb-kubernetes-database-pods service account contains proper pull secret"
diff --git a/docs/community-search/quick-start/code_snippets/090_helm_add_mogodb_repo.sh b/docs/community-search/quick-start/code_snippets/090_helm_add_mogodb_repo.sh
index 8b19942ad..a348a3e0f 100644
--- a/docs/community-search/quick-start/code_snippets/090_helm_add_mogodb_repo.sh
+++ b/docs/community-search/quick-start/code_snippets/090_helm_add_mogodb_repo.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 helm repo add mongodb https://mongodb.github.io/helm-charts
 helm repo update mongodb
-if [[ "${OPERATOR_HELM_CHART}" != "helm_chart" ]]; then helm search repo "${OPERATOR_HELM_CHART}"; fi;
+helm search repo mongodb/mongodb-kubernetes
diff --git a/docs/community-search/quick-start/env_variables_e2e_public.sh b/docs/community-search/quick-start/env_variables_e2e_public.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a835d9b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/community-search/quick-start/env_variables_e2e_public.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export K8S_CLUSTER_0_CONTEXT_NAME="${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+export PRIVATE_PREVIEW_IMAGE_PULLSECRET="${COMMUNITY_PRIVATE_PREVIEW_PULLSECRET_DOCKERCONFIGJSON}"
diff --git a/scripts/code_snippets/sample_commit_output.sh b/scripts/code_snippets/sample_commit_output.sh
index d54623980..ff2fd4e4a 100755
--- a/scripts/code_snippets/sample_commit_output.sh
+++ b/scripts/code_snippets/sample_commit_output.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -Eeou pipefail
 source scripts/dev/set_env_context.sh
 
-if [ "${COMMIT_OUTPUT:-false}" = true ]; then
+if [[ "${CODE_SNIPPETS_COMMIT_OUTPUT:-"false"}" == "true" ]]; then
   echo "Pushing output files"
   branch="meko-snippets-update-$(date "+%Y%m%d%H%M%S")"
   git checkout -b "${branch}"
diff --git a/scripts/dev/contexts/evg-private-context b/scripts/dev/contexts/evg-private-context
index 423355528..52584edc7 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/contexts/evg-private-context
+++ b/scripts/dev/contexts/evg-private-context
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ export RUNNING_IN_EVG="true"
 
 export DELETE_KIND_NETWORK="true"
 
+# code_snippets_commit_output can be set in evergreen patch by --param code_snippets_commit_output=true
+# it's also set explicitly in public_*_snippets variants
+export CODE_SNIPPETS_COMMIT_OUTPUT=${code_snippets_commit_output:-"false"}
+
 # MCO
 # shellcheck disable=SC2154
 export READINESS_PROBE_IMAGE="268558157000.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dev/mongodb-kubernetes-readinessprobe:${version_id}"
diff --git a/scripts/dev/contexts/prerelease_gke_code_snippets b/scripts/dev/contexts/prerelease_gke_code_snippets
index 8eb284746..61a07676f 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/contexts/prerelease_gke_code_snippets
+++ b/scripts/dev/contexts/prerelease_gke_code_snippets
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ source "${script_dir}/root-context"
 
 export MDB_GKE_PROJECT="scratch-kubernetes-team"
 export K8S_CLUSTER_SUFFIX="-${version_id}-${RANDOM}"
-export COMMIT_OUTPUT=true
+export CODE_SNIPPETS_COMMIT_OUTPUT=true
 
 # we reset evg host to use a default ~/.kube/config for GKE instead of the one from evg host
 export EVG_HOST_NAME=""
diff --git a/scripts/dev/contexts/public_gke_code_snippets b/scripts/dev/contexts/public_gke_code_snippets
index 8f93b699b..c8695b45e 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/contexts/public_gke_code_snippets
+++ b/scripts/dev/contexts/public_gke_code_snippets
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ export EVG_HOST_NAME=""
 # ENV_VARIABLES.SH overrides
 export OPERATOR_ADDITIONAL_HELM_VALUES=""
 export OPERATOR_HELM_CHART=""
-export COMMIT_OUTPUT=true
+export CODE_SNIPPETS_COMMIT_OUTPUT=true
diff --git a/scripts/dev/contexts/public_kind_code_snippets b/scripts/dev/contexts/public_kind_code_snippets
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3f64ba1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dev/contexts/public_kind_code_snippets
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# this context file is for code snippets running on GKE clusters
+set -Eeou pipefail
+
+# overrides of public env_variables.sh
+script_name=$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
+script_dir=$(dirname "${script_name}")
+
+source "${script_dir}/root-context"
+
+export NAMESPACE=mongodb
+export CODE_SNIPPETS_FLAVOR=e2e_private
+export CODE_SNIPPETS_COMMIT_OUTPUT=true