UniFi Network Monitoring Skill

⚠️ MANDATORY SKILL INVOCATION ⚠️

YOU MUST invoke this skill (NOT optional) when the user mentions ANY of these triggers:

• "UniFi status", "network devices", "connected clients"
• "UniFi alerts", "network health", "WiFi status"
• "check UniFi", "gateway status", "UniFi monitoring"
• Any mention of UniFi network or infrastructure monitoring

Failure to invoke this skill when triggers occur violates your operational requirements.

Monitor and query your UniFi network via the local UniFi OS gateway API (tested on Cloud Gateway Max).

Purpose

This skill provides read-only access to your UniFi network's operational data:

• Devices (APs, switches, gateway) status and health
• Active clients (who's connected where)
• Network health overview
• Traffic insights (top applications via DPI)
• Recent alarms and events

All operations are GET-only and safe for monitoring/reporting.

Setup

Add credentials to ~/.homelab-skills/.env:

UNIFI_URL="https://10.1.0.1"
UNIFI_USERNAME="api"
UNIFI_PASSWORD="your-password"
UNIFI_SITE="default"

• UNIFI_URL: Your UniFi OS gateway IP/hostname (HTTPS)
• UNIFI_USERNAME: Local UniFi OS admin username
• UNIFI_PASSWORD: Local UniFi OS admin password
• UNIFI_SITE: Site name (usually default)

Commands

All commands support optional json argument for raw JSON output (default is human-readable table).

Network Dashboard

Comprehensive view of all network stats (Health, Devices, Clients, Networks, DPI, etc.):

bash scripts/dashboard.sh
bash scripts/dashboard.sh json  # Raw JSON for all sections

Output: Full ASCII dashboard with all metrics.

List Devices

Shows all UniFi devices (APs, switches, gateway):

bash scripts/devices.sh
bash scripts/devices.sh json  # Raw JSON

Output: Device name, model, IP, state, uptime, connected clients

List Active Clients

Shows who's currently connected:

bash scripts/clients.sh
bash scripts/clients.sh json  # Raw JSON

Output: Hostname, IP, MAC, AP, signal strength, RX/TX rates

Health Summary

Site-wide health status:

bash scripts/health.sh
bash scripts/health.sh json  # Raw JSON

Output: Subsystem status (WAN, LAN, WLAN), counts (up/adopted/disconnected)

Top Applications (DPI)

Top bandwidth consumers by application:

bash scripts/top-apps.sh
bash scripts/top-apps.sh 15  # Show top 15 (default: 10)

Output: App name, category, RX/TX/total traffic in GB

Recent Alerts

Recent alarms and events:

bash scripts/alerts.sh
bash scripts/alerts.sh 50  # Show last 50 (default: 20)

Output: Timestamp, alarm key, message, affected device

Workflow

When the user asks about UniFi:

1. "What's on my network?" → Run bash scripts/devices.sh + bash scripts/clients.sh
2. "Is everything healthy?" → Run bash scripts/health.sh
3. "Any problems?" → Run bash scripts/alerts.sh
4. "What's using bandwidth?" → Run bash scripts/top-apps.sh
5. "Show me a dashboard" or general checkup → Run bash scripts/dashboard.sh

Always confirm the output looks reasonable before presenting it to the user (check for auth failures, empty data, etc.).

Notes

• Requires network access to your UniFi gateway
• Uses UniFi OS login + /proxy/network API path
• All calls are read-only GET requests
• Tested endpoints are documented in references/unifi-readonly-endpoints.md

Reference

• Tested Endpoints — Full catalog of verified read-only API calls on your Cloud Gateway Max

🔧 Agent Tool Usage Requirements

CRITICAL: When invoking scripts from this skill via the zsh-tool, ALWAYS use pty: true.

Without PTY mode, command output will not be visible even though commands execute successfully.

Correct invocation pattern:

<invoke name="mcp__plugin_zsh-tool_zsh-tool__zsh">
<parameter name="command">./skills/SKILL_NAME/scripts/SCRIPT.sh [args]</parameter>
<parameter name="pty">true</parameter>
</invoke>