Protocols Skills Discovery

Provides automatic access to comprehensive network protocol skills.

When This Skill Activates

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

• HTTP, HTTP/2, HTTP/3
• TCP, UDP, QUIC
• network protocols
• protocol debugging
• protocol selection
• network communication
• web protocols
• transport layer
• application layer protocols

Available Skills

Quick Reference

The Protocols category contains 8 skills:

1. http-fundamentals - HTTP/1.1 basics, methods, headers, status codes
2. http2-multiplexing - HTTP/2 with multiplexing, server push, HPACK
3. http3-quic - HTTP/3 over QUIC, 0-RTT, connection migration
4. tcp-fundamentals - TCP protocol, handshake, flow control, congestion
5. udp-fundamentals - UDP protocol, connectionless communication
6. quic-protocol - QUIC transport layer deep dive
7. protocol-selection - Guide for choosing protocols
8. protocol-debugging - Debug protocols with tcpdump, Wireshark, curl

Load Full Category Details

For complete descriptions and workflows:

cat skills/protocols/INDEX.md

This loads the full Protocols category index with:

• Detailed skill descriptions
• Usage triggers for each skill
• Common workflow combinations
• Cross-references to related skills

Load Specific Skills

Load individual skills as needed:

cat skills/protocols/http-fundamentals.md
cat skills/protocols/http2-multiplexing.md
cat skills/protocols/tcp-fundamentals.md
cat skills/protocols/protocol-debugging.md

Common Workflows

Web Development

# HTTP basics → HTTP/2 optimization → Debugging
cat skills/protocols/http-fundamentals.md
cat skills/protocols/http2-multiplexing.md
cat skills/protocols/protocol-debugging.md

Protocol Selection

# Understand options → Choose protocol → Implement
cat skills/protocols/protocol-selection.md
cat skills/protocols/tcp-fundamentals.md
cat skills/protocols/udp-fundamentals.md

Performance Optimization

# Current protocol → Modern alternatives → Debug issues
cat skills/protocols/http-fundamentals.md
cat skills/protocols/http3-quic.md
cat skills/protocols/protocol-debugging.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 protocol work
2. Browse skills: Run cat skills/protocols/INDEX.md for full category overview
3. Load specific skills: Use bash commands above to load individual skills

Next Steps: Run cat skills/protocols/INDEX.md to see full category details.