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Api Health Checker

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jeremylongshore·vlatest·backend·MIT

Provides API guidance and assistance for agent workflows.

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    $ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill api-health-checker -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

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jeremylongshore

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About this skill

What it does

The api-health-checker skill allows an AI agent to verify the operational status of specified APIs. It can check if an API endpoint is reachable and returns a successful HTTP response code, providing insights into potential service disruptions or errors. This helps in proactively identifying issues before they impact users or dependent systems.

When to use it

  • Automated Monitoring: Regularly check critical internal or external APIs for availability as part of automated workflows.
  • Troubleshooting: Quickly diagnose API-related problems by verifying endpoint responsiveness during incidents.
  • Dependency Validation: Confirm the health of third-party services your application relies on before proceeding with tasks.
  • Pre-Deployment Checks: Validate that newly deployed APIs are functioning correctly before releasing them to production.

Key capabilities

  • API Endpoint Verification
  • HTTP Response Code Checking
  • Automated Health Status Reporting

Example prompts

  • "Check the health of https://api.example.com/users."
  • "Is https://payment-gateway.example.com/process responding with a 200 OK?"
  • "Monitor https://data-ingestion.example.com/v1/batch every 5 minutes and alert me if it fails."

Tips & gotchas

The skill requires the URL of the API endpoint to be provided in a valid format. Ensure that any necessary authentication or headers are handled externally, as this skill focuses solely on basic HTTP connectivity checks.