Agent skill

Discover Networking

by rand in rand/cc-polymath

Automatically discover networking and connectivity skills when working with TCP, UDP, DNS, mTLS, NAT traversal, SSH, Mosh, Tailscale, or network resilience.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Discover Networking

skills CLI
$ npx skills add rand/cc-polymath --skill discover-networking -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install rand/cc-polymath discover-networking --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rand/cc-polymath.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/discover-networking .claude/skills/discover-networking && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
discover-networking
GitHub stars
181
Token cost
~543 tokens
SKILL.md length
200 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
26
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Automatically discover networking and connectivity skills when working with TCP, UDP, DNS, mTLS, NAT traversal, SSH, Mosh, Tailscale, or network resilience.

  • Works in 5 steps: mosh-resilient-ssh → mtls-implementation → nat-traversal → …
  • Tasks that involve Cloud networking
  • SKILL.md covers When This Skill Activates, Available Skills, Progressive Loading and Usage Instructions
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Discover Networking is an agent skill from rand/cc-polymath. Automatically discover networking and connectivity skills when working with TCP, UDP, DNS, mTLS, NAT traversal, SSH, Mosh, Tailscale, or network resilience. Activates for networking development tasks.

Its SKILL.md is about 540 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code. Compatible with any agent supporting the Agent Skills format.

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Cloud networking. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code skills and workflows, optimized for context-efficiency and skill quality. Skills ranging from cloud infrastructure to design to advanced maths. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Cloud networking

Example prompts

  • “/discover-networking”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code. Compatible with any agent supporting the Agent Skills format.

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. mosh-resilient-ssh
  2. mtls-implementation
  3. nat-traversal
  4. network-resilience-patterns
  5. tailscale-vpn

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit baa2df1. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

  • Compatibility

    Designed for Claude Code. Compatible with any agent supporting the Agent Skills format.

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Discover Networking loads about 543 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 200 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~55
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~543

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from rand/cc-polymath at commit baa2df1, republished under its MIT licence (© rand). 200 words, ~543 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/discover-networking/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
discover-networking
description
Automatically discover networking and connectivity skills when working with TCP, UDP, DNS, mTLS, NAT traversal, SSH, Mosh, Tailscale, or network resilience. Activates for networking development tasks.
compatibility
Designed for Claude Code. Compatible with any agent supporting the Agent Skills format.
license
MIT
metadata.author
rand
metadata.version
4.0

Networking Skills Discovery

Provides automatic access to comprehensive networking skills.

When This Skill Activates

This skill auto-activates when you're working with:

  • networking
  • SSH
  • mTLS
  • NAT traversal
  • VPN
  • Tailscale
  • network resilience
  • connection reliability
  • HTTP, HTTP/2, HTTP/3
  • TCP, UDP, QUIC
  • network protocols
  • protocol debugging
  • protocol selection
  • network communication
  • web protocols
  • transport layer
  • application layer protocols
  • Forward/reverse proxies
  • HTTP proxy configuration
  • Nginx, Traefik, Envoy, Caddy
  • Load balancing
  • SSL/TLS termination
  • HTTP caching and CDN
  • Cache invalidation
  • NATS messaging
  • Service mesh patterns

Available Skills

Quick Reference

The Networking category contains 20 skills across 3 subcategories:

Networking (5 skills):

  1. mosh-resilient-ssh
  2. mtls-implementation
  3. nat-traversal
  4. network-resilience-patterns
  5. tailscale-vpn

Protocols (8 skills): See ../protocols/INDEX.md Proxies (7 skills): See ../proxies/INDEX.md

Load Full Category Details

Read ../networking/INDEX.md Read ../protocols/INDEX.md Read ../proxies/INDEX.md

Progressive Loading

This gateway skill enables progressive loading:

  • Level 1: Gateway loads automatically (you're here now)
  • Level 2: Load category INDEX.md for full overview
  • Level 3: Load specific skills as needed

Usage Instructions

  1. Auto-activation: This skill loads automatically when Claude Code detects networking work
  2. Browse skills: Run Read ../networking/INDEX.md for full category overview
  3. Load specific skills: Use bash commands above to load individual skills

Next Steps: Run Read ../networking/INDEX.md to see full category details.

© rand, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/discover-networking of rand/cc-polymath.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit baa2df1

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Categories

Questions about Discover Networking

What does Discover Networking do?

Automatically discover networking and connectivity skills when working with TCP, UDP, DNS, mTLS, NAT traversal, SSH, Mosh, Tailscale, or network resilience. Discover Networking is an agent skill from rand/cc-polymath. Automatically discover networking and connectivity skills when working with TCP, UDP, DNS, mTLS, NAT traversal, SSH, Mosh, Tailscale, or network resilience.

When should I use Discover Networking?

Discover Networking fits situations like: tasks that involve Cloud networking.

How do I install Discover Networking in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add rand/cc-polymath --skill discover-networking -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/discover-networking in rand/cc-polymath) into .claude/skills/discover-networking in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Discover Networking in Codex?

Run `npx skills add rand/cc-polymath --skill discover-networking -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/discover-networking in rand/cc-polymath) into .agents/skills/discover-networking in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Discover Networking in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add rand/cc-polymath --skill discover-networking -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/discover-networking, .gemini/skills/discover-networking, .github/skills/discover-networking and .opencode/skills/discover-networking in your project.

What does Discover Networking need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Discover Networking is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code. Compatible with any agent supporting the Agent Skills format..

Does Discover Networking access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Discover Networking safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Discover Networking use?

Discover Networking is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Discover Networking use?

About 543 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Discover Networking?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Discover Networking: Kubeshark KFL2 Filter Reference (kubeshark/kubeshark, 12k stars), Nginx To Higress Migration (higress-group/higress, 9.5k stars), Bfe Rd Workflow (bfenetworks/bfe, 6.3k stars) and NGINX Ingress Controller Feature Checklists (nginx/kubernetes-ingress, 5.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Discover Networking?

rand (a GitHub user) maintains it in rand/cc-polymath, which has 181 GitHub stars. The repository holds 26 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on February 28, 2026.

Source: rand/cc-polymath on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.