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:

• grpc-implementation - gRPC services with Protocol Buffers, streaming RPCs

• http2-multiplexing - HTTP/2 binary protocol, multiplexing, server push, HPACK

• kafka-streams - Apache Kafka stream processing and event streaming

• mqtt-messaging - MQTT pub-sub messaging for IoT and real-time applications

• amqp-rabbitmq - RabbitMQ and AMQP message broker implementation

• protobuf-schemas - Protocol Buffers schema design, evolution, code generation

• tcp-optimization - TCP performance optimization and tuning

• websocket-protocols - WebSocket protocol implementation, scaling, production

Load Full Category Details

For complete descriptions and workflows:

Read /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:

Read /skills/protocols/grpc-implementation.md Read /skills/protocols/http2-multiplexing.md Read /skills/protocols/kafka-streams.md Read /skills/protocols/mqtt-messaging.md Read /skills/protocols/amqp-rabbitmq.md Read /skills/protocols/protobuf-schemas.md Read /skills/protocols/tcp-optimization.md Read /skills/protocols/websocket-protocols.md

Common Workflows

gRPC Microservices

Schema design → gRPC implementation → Optimization

Read /skills/protocols/protobuf-schemas.md Read /skills/protocols/grpc-implementation.md Read /skills/protocols/http2-multiplexing.md Read /skills/protocols/tcp-optimization.md

Event Streaming Pipeline

Kafka setup → Stream processing → Schema evolution

Read /skills/protocols/kafka-streams.md Read /skills/protocols/protobuf-schemas.md

Real-time IoT Platform

MQTT for devices → RabbitMQ for backend → WebSockets for web

Read /skills/protocols/mqtt-messaging.md Read /skills/protocols/amqp-rabbitmq.md Read /skills/protocols/websocket-protocols.md

High-Performance Web Application

HTTP/2 optimization → WebSocket for real-time → TCP tuning

Read /skills/protocols/http2-multiplexing.md Read /skills/protocols/websocket-protocols.md Read /skills/protocols/tcp-optimization.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

• Auto-activation: This skill loads automatically when Claude Code detects protocol work

• Browse skills: Run Read <cc-polymath-root>/skills/protocols/INDEX.md for full category overview

• Load specific skills: Use bash commands above to load individual skills

Next Steps: Run Read <cc-polymath-root>/skills/protocols/INDEX.md to see full category details.