Agent skill

Health Check Endpoints

by secondsky in secondsky/claude-skills

Health check endpoints for liveness, readiness, dependency monitoring.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Health Check Endpoints

skills CLI
$ npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill health-check-endpoints -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install secondsky/claude-skills health-check-endpoints --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/secondsky/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/health-check-endpoints/skills/health-check-endpoints .claude/skills/health-check-endpoints && 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
health-check-endpoints
GitHub stars
227
Token cost
~659 tokens
SKILL.md length
118 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
168
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Health check endpoints for liveness, readiness, dependency monitoring.

  • Encountering probe failures
  • SKILL.md covers Probe Types, Implementation (Express), Kubernetes Configuration and Best Practices, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Dependency checks

What it does

Health Check Endpoints is an agent skill from secondsky/claude-skills. Health check endpoints for liveness, readiness, dependency monitoring. Use for Kubernetes, load balancers, auto-scaling, or encountering probe failures, startup delays, dependency checks, timeout configuration errors.

Its SKILL.md is about 660 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/implementations.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Container orchestration and Cloud networking. It works with Kubernetes. The repository describes itself as: Production-ready skills for Claude Code CLI - Cloudflare, React, Tailwind v4, and AI integrations. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Encountering probe failures
  • Dependency checks
  • Timeout configuration errors

Example prompts

  • “/health-check-endpoints”

Requirements

  • Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8837836. 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 javascript and yaml).

    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.

Context cost

Health Check Endpoints loads about 659 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 118 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~60
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~659
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.3k

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

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 secondsky/claude-skills at commit 8837836, republished under its MIT licence (© secondsky). 118 words, ~659 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/health-check-endpoints/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
health-check-endpoints
description
Health check endpoints for liveness, readiness, dependency monitoring. Use for Kubernetes, load balancers, auto-scaling, or encountering probe failures, startup delays, dependency checks, timeout configuration errors.
license
MIT

Health Check Endpoints

Implement health checks for monitoring service availability and readiness.

Probe Types

ProbePurposeFailure Action
LivenessIs process alive?Restart container
ReadinessCan handle traffic?Remove from LB
StartupHas app started?Delay other probes
DeepAll deps healthy?Trigger alerts

Implementation (Express)

javascript
class HealthChecker {
  async checkDatabase() {
    const start = Date.now();
    try {
      await db.query('SELECT 1');
      return { status: 'healthy', latency: Date.now() - start };
    } catch (err) {
      return { status: 'unhealthy', error: String(err?.message || err) };
    }
  }

  async checkRedis() {
    try {
      await redis.ping();
      return { status: 'healthy' };
    } catch (err) {
      return { status: 'unhealthy', error: err.message };
    }
  }

  async getReadiness() {
    const checks = await Promise.all([
      this.checkDatabase(),
      this.checkRedis()
    ]);
    const healthy = checks.every(c => c.status === 'healthy');
    return { healthy, checks };
  }
}

// Liveness - lightweight
app.get('/health/live', (req, res) => {
  res.json({ status: 'ok', timestamp: new Date().toISOString() });
});

// Readiness - check dependencies
app.get('/health/ready', async (req, res) => {
  const health = await healthChecker.getReadiness();
  res.status(health.healthy ? 200 : 503).json(health);
});

Kubernetes Configuration

yaml
livenessProbe:
  httpGet:
    path: /health/live
    port: 3000
  initialDelaySeconds: 15
  periodSeconds: 10
  failureThreshold: 3

readinessProbe:
  httpGet:
    path: /health/ready
    port: 3000
  initialDelaySeconds: 5
  periodSeconds: 10

Best Practices

  • Keep liveness checks minimal (no external deps)
  • Check only critical systems in readiness
  • Return 200 for healthy, 503 for unhealthy
  • Set reasonable timeouts to prevent cascading failures
  • Include response time metrics

Additional Implementations

See references/implementations.md for:

  • Python Flask complete health checker
  • Java Spring Boot Actuator
  • Full Kubernetes deployment config

Never Do

  • Make liveness depend on external services
  • Return 200 when dependencies are down
  • Skip dependency checks in readiness

© secondsky, 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 1 other file (references) in plugins/health-check-endpoints/skills/health-check-endpoints of secondsky/claude-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/implementations.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8837836

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Questions about Health Check Endpoints

What does Health Check Endpoints do?

Health check endpoints for liveness, readiness, dependency monitoring. Health Check Endpoints is an agent skill from secondsky/claude-skills. Health check endpoints for liveness, readiness, dependency monitoring.

When should I use Health Check Endpoints?

Health Check Endpoints fits situations like: encountering probe failures; dependency checks; timeout configuration errors.

How do I install Health Check Endpoints in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill health-check-endpoints -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/health-check-endpoints/skills/health-check-endpoints in secondsky/claude-skills) into .claude/skills/health-check-endpoints in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Health Check Endpoints in Codex?

Run `npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill health-check-endpoints -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/health-check-endpoints/skills/health-check-endpoints in secondsky/claude-skills) into .agents/skills/health-check-endpoints in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Health Check Endpoints 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 secondsky/claude-skills --skill health-check-endpoints -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/health-check-endpoints, .gemini/skills/health-check-endpoints, .github/skills/health-check-endpoints and .opencode/skills/health-check-endpoints in your project.

What does Health Check Endpoints need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Health Check Endpoints is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Health Check Endpoints 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 Health Check Endpoints 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 Health Check Endpoints use?

Health Check Endpoints 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 Health Check Endpoints use?

About 659 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.7k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Health Check Endpoints?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Health Check Endpoints: Kubeshark KFL2 Filter Reference (kubeshark/kubeshark, 12k stars), Nginx To Higress Migration (higress-group/higress, 9.5k stars), NGINX Ingress Controller Feature Checklists (nginx/kubernetes-ingress, 5.1k stars) and NGINX Ingress Policy CRD Guide (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 Health Check Endpoints?

secondsky (a GitHub user) maintains it in secondsky/claude-skills, which has 227 GitHub stars. The repository holds 168 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 28, 2026.

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