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name: discover-cryptography description: Automatically discover cryptography skills when working with encryption, TLS, certificates, PKI, and security

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 ~/.claude/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 ~/.claude/skills/cryptography/pki-fundamentals.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/cryptography/tls-configuration.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/cryptography/certificate-management.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/cryptography/cryptography-basics.md

Common Workflows

Setting Up HTTPS

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

Understanding Encryption

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

Certificate Troubleshooting

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

Legacy Migration

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

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