discover-protocols

Automatically discover protocol skills when working with HTTP, TCP, UDP, QUIC, and network protocols

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

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