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Network Debugging

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aj-geddes·vlatest·testing·MIT

Diagnose and resolve network connectivity issues by analyzing logs, pings, and traceroutes across connected devices.

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  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill network-debugging -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.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

aj-geddes

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Install target

Live repository

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Automated safety checks

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This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts at 3f5182cfd7.

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3f5182cfd7
Manifest
skills/network-debugging/SKILL.md
Scanned
7 files, 381 lines
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About this skill

network-debugging

What it does

This skill enables AI agents to diagnose connectivity issues, analyze HTTP traffic, and troubleshoot server responses. It automates the process of identifying root causes for network failures by interpreting logs and request data.

When to use it

  • Investigating why a specific API endpoint returns 500 or 404 errors in production.
  • Analyzing packet loss or latency spikes during load testing phases.
  • Verifying that DNS resolution is functioning correctly across different regions.
  • Debugging SSL/TLS handshake failures between client applications and backend services.

Key capabilities

  • Traffic Analysis: Inspects incoming and outgoing network packets to identify bottlenecks.
  • Log Interpretation: Parses server logs to extract error codes and stack traces related to connectivity.
  • Protocol Validation: Checks adherence to HTTP, TCP, and DNS standards during transactions.
  • Root Cause Identification: Correlates timing data with specific network events to pinpoint failure origins.

Example prompts

  • "Analyze these HTTP response logs and explain why the payment gateway is timing out."
  • "Simulate a network trace for a failed login request and identify the blocking firewall rule."
  • "Debug this DNS resolution error by checking the TTL values and server responses."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure you have access to raw log files or packet captures before running diagnostics, as the skill relies on concrete data rather than guesses. Limit analysis to environments where network traffic is permitted for inspection to avoid security violations.