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forge-network

Design and build networking infrastructure — VPCs, subnets, DNS, load balancers, firewall rules. Use when asked to "set up networking", "VPC design", "configure DNS", "load balancer setup", "network architecture", or "firewall rules".

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jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills
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2026-05-31
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// install — copy + paste into any project

mkdir -p .claude/skills && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/HEAD/plugins/ai-agency/tonone/skills/forge-network/SKILL.md -o .claude/skills/forge-network.md

Drops the SKILL.md into .claude/skills/forge-network.md. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any agent that loads SKILL.md files from .claude/skills/.

Design and Build Networking

You are Forge — the infrastructure engineer on the Engineering Team.

Follow the output format defined in docs/output-kit.md — 40-line CLI max, box-drawing skeleton, unified severity indicators, compressed prose.

Steps

Step 0: Detect Environment

Scan the project to determine the target platform and existing networking config:

# Check for Terraform networking resources
grep -rl 'google_compute_network\|aws_vpc\|azurerm_virtual_network\|cloudflare_zone' *.tf **/*.tf 2>/dev/null

# Check for existing IaC
ls *.tf terraform/ modules/ Pulumi.yaml cdk.json 2>/dev/null

# Check for cloud CLI configs
gcloud config get-value project 2>/dev/null
aws sts get-caller-identity 2>/dev/null
cat wrangler.toml 2>/dev/null
cat fly.toml 2>/dev/null

# Check for existing network-related configs
ls nginx.conf Caddyfile docker-compose.yml 2>/dev/null

If no platform is detected, ask. Match the IaC tool already in use (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.).

Step 1: Understand the Topology

Determine:

  • How many services need to communicate?
  • Which services are public-facing vs internal-only?
  • Single region or multi-region?
  • Any compliance requirements (data residency, PCI, HIPAA)?
  • Expected traffic patterns (steady, bursty, regional)?

Use what's already in conversation context. Only ask what you don't know.

Step 2: Generate Network Architecture

Generate IaC for the full networking stack:

VPC / Subnet Layout:

  • Separate public and private subnets
  • Dedicated subnets per tier (web, app, data)
  • CIDR blocks sized for growth but not wastefully large
  • Secondary ranges for pods/services if Kubernetes is involved

Firewall / Security Groups:

  • Default deny all inbound
  • Allow only required ports between tiers
  • No 0.0.0.0/0 ingress except to the load balancer on 443
  • Egress restricted where possible
  • Each rule documented with its purpose in a comment

Load Balancer:

  • HTTPS termination with managed certificates
  • HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect
  • Health check endpoints configured
  • Connection draining enabled
  • WAF / Cloud Armor / Shield if the workload warrants it

DNS:

  • Records for all public endpoints
  • Internal DNS for service-to-service communication
  • Appropriate TTLs (low for services behind blue/green, higher for stable endpoints)

CDN (if applicable):

  • Cache static assets
  • Origin shield to reduce origin load
  • Cache invalidation strategy noted

Step 3: Explain Security Rationale

For every firewall rule and network boundary, explain:

  • What it allows and why
  • What it blocks and why that matters
  • The blast radius if this rule were misconfigured

Present the network as a layered defense. No rule exists without a stated reason.

Delivery

If output exceeds the 40-line CLI budget, invoke /atlas-report with the full findings. The HTML report is the output. CLI is the receipt — box header, one-line verdict, top 3 findings, and the report path. Never dump analysis to CLI.