Agent skill

http-protocol

Deep HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 protocol expertise for web protocol implementation and compliance

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SKILL.md

HTTP Protocol Skill

Expert skill for HTTP protocol implementation, testing, and compliance validation across HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 versions.

Capabilities

  • RFC Compliance Validation: Validate HTTP implementations against RFC 7230-7235 (HTTP/1.1), RFC 7540 (HTTP/2), and RFC 9114 (HTTP/3)
  • HTTP/2 Frame Analysis: Analyze and debug HTTP/2 frame streams, HPACK header compression, and stream multiplexing
  • HTTP/3 and QUIC Support: Work with HTTP/3 implementations and QUIC transport layer
  • Server Configuration: Generate optimal HTTP server configurations for various platforms
  • Performance Testing: Test HTTP performance characteristics including keep-alive, pipelining, and multiplexing
  • Chunked Encoding: Debug and implement chunked transfer encoding
  • Header Analysis: Analyze and validate HTTP headers for security and compliance

Tools and Dependencies

  • curl - HTTP client with extensive protocol support
  • h2spec - HTTP/2 conformance testing tool
  • nghttp2 - HTTP/2 library and tools
  • quiche - HTTP/3 and QUIC implementation
  • httpie - User-friendly HTTP client

Target Processes

  • http-server.js
  • http2-server.js
  • http-client-library.js
  • rest-api-client-generator.js

Usage Examples

HTTP/2 Conformance Testing

bash
h2spec -h localhost -p 8443 --tls --insecure

HTTP Header Analysis

bash
curl -v -I https://example.com

HTTP/2 Frame Inspection

bash
nghttp -v https://example.com

Quality Gates

  • RFC compliance verification
  • HTTP/2 h2spec test passage
  • Performance benchmarking with standard tools
  • Header security validation
  • Connection handling verification

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