Cryptography Skills Discovery

Provides automatic access to comprehensive cryptography and security skills.

When This Skill Activates

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

• TLS, SSL, mTLS
• Certificates and PKI
• Encryption and decryption
• Hashing and signing
• Key management
• HTTPS configuration
• Certificate authorities
• Cryptographic algorithms
• Security best practices

Available Skills

Quick Reference

The Cryptography category contains 7 skills:

1. pki-fundamentals - PKI, certificate authorities, X.509, trust chains
2. tls-configuration - TLS 1.2/1.3 setup, cipher suites, server config
3. ssl-legacy - SSL 2.0/3.0, TLS 1.0/1.1, deprecation, migration
4. sni-routing - Server Name Indication, multi-domain TLS hosting
5. certificate-management - Certificate lifecycle, Let's Encrypt, automation
6. cryptography-basics - Symmetric/asymmetric encryption, hashing, signing
7. crypto-best-practices - Security patterns, common mistakes, anti-patterns

Load Full Category Details

For complete descriptions and workflows:

cat skills/cryptography/INDEX.md

This loads the full Cryptography 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/cryptography/pki-fundamentals.md
cat skills/cryptography/tls-configuration.md
cat skills/cryptography/certificate-management.md
cat skills/cryptography/cryptography-basics.md

Common Workflows

Setting Up HTTPS

# PKI basics → TLS config → Certificate management
cat skills/cryptography/pki-fundamentals.md
cat skills/cryptography/tls-configuration.md
cat skills/cryptography/certificate-management.md

Understanding Encryption

# Basics → Best practices → Specific implementation
cat skills/cryptography/cryptography-basics.md
cat skills/cryptography/crypto-best-practices.md
cat skills/cryptography/tls-configuration.md

Certificate Troubleshooting

# PKI → Certificate management → Debugging
cat skills/cryptography/pki-fundamentals.md
cat skills/cryptography/certificate-management.md
cat skills/protocols/protocol-debugging.md

Legacy Migration

# Understand legacy → Modern TLS → Migration
cat skills/cryptography/ssl-legacy.md
cat skills/cryptography/tls-configuration.md
cat skills/cryptography/certificate-management.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 cryptography work
2. Browse skills: Run cat skills/cryptography/INDEX.md for full category overview
3. Load specific skills: Use bash commands above to load individual skills

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