Redis Connections

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Configuring a Redis client (redis-py
• Batching commands for throughput
• Eliminating per-request connection creation
• Iterating large keyspaces with SCAN

Example prompts

• “/redis-connections”

Requirements

• Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Pool or multiplex — never one connection per request
2. 2Pipeline bulk work
3. 3Avoid commands that scan everything
4. 4Client-side caching for hot keys
5. 5Set explicit timeouts

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a84871d. 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 (its code samples are python).

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

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • redis.io

  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.

Context cost

Redis Connections loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 126 tokens; SKILL.md has 430 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~126

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.3k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~3.3k

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

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 redis/agent-skills at commit a84871d, republished under its MIT licence (© redis). 430 words, ~1,278 tokens.

name

redis-connections

description

Redis client and connection guidance covering connection pooling, multiplexing, pipelining, client-side caching with RESP3, avoiding slow commands (KEYS, SMEMBERS, HGETALL), and tuning socket timeouts. Use when configuring a Redis client (redis-py, Jedis, Lettuce, NRedisStack), batching commands for throughput, eliminating per-request connection creation, iterating large keyspaces with SCAN, enabling client-side caching for read-heavy workloads, or setting connect and read timeouts.

license

MIT

metadata.author

Redis, Inc.

metadata.version

0.1.0

# redis-py — connection pool
pool = redis.ConnectionPool(host="localhost", port=6379, max_connections=50)
r = redis.Redis(connection_pool=pool)

pipe = redis.pipeline()
for user_id in user_ids:
    pipe.get(f"user:{user_id}")
results = pipe.execute()

cursor = 0
while True:
    cursor, keys = redis.scan(cursor, match="user:*", count=100)
    for key in keys:
        process(key)
    if cursor == 0:
        break

client = redis.Redis(
    host="localhost",
    port=6379,
    protocol=3,                                    # RESP3 is required
    cache_config=redis.CacheConfig(max_size=1000),
)

r = redis.Redis(
    host="localhost",
    socket_connect_timeout=2.0,   # fail fast on dead nodes
    socket_timeout=5.0,           # tune to expected operation time
    retry_on_timeout=True,
)

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

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (references) in skills/redis-connections of redis/agent-skills.

• SKILL.md
• references/blocking.md
• references/client-cache.md
• references/pipelining.md
• references/pooling.md
• references/timeouts.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a84871d

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in redis/agent-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• vemetric/vemetric.agents/skills/redis-connections