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Configuring Zscaler Private Access

Guides an agent through setting up Zscaler ZPA zero trust access to replace VPN for internal apps

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mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills
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Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
7 files

What it does

When this skill is installed, the agent can walk you through replacing a traditional VPN with Zscaler Private Access, a cloud service that lets remote users reach specific internal applications without being placed on the corporate network. It explains how to deploy App Connector virtual machines, define server groups and application segments, write identity- and device-posture-based access rules, and enable browser-based access. It also includes optional Python scripts that query the ZPA admin API to audit connectors, segments and policies.

Great for

  • IT and network security staff planning a move from VPN to zero trust access with Zscaler
  • Security engineers who want a checklist-style reference for ZPA policy design
  • Teams auditing an existing ZPA deployment for connector health and policy coverage

Skip it if

  • Applications that need raw UDP access or full site-to-site network connectivity, which the skill itself says ZPA does not primarily support
  • Organisations that must keep access control entirely on-premises, since ZPA depends on a cloud service
  • Non-technical users without admin rights to a Zscaler tenant, because the steps only work with a licensed subscription and admin access

Try asking

  • “Walk me through deploying two App Connectors for high availability in our data centre”
  • “Draft ZPA access policy rules so HR staff can reach the HR portal only from managed devices”
  • “Write a checklist for enabling browser access for contractors without the client connector”
  • “Audit our existing ZPA tenant for connector health and application segment coverage”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Configuring Zscaler Private AccessInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 7 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    configuring-zscaler-private-access-for-ztna.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip configuring-zscaler-private-access-for-ztna.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip configuring-zscaler-private-access-for-ztna.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Review every command and policy before running it in production, since the examples include real-looking hostnames and ports that must match your environment
  • Store the ZPA API credentials in environment variables or a secrets manager rather than pasting them into chat, and use a read-only API role for the audit scripts
  • Verify the Zscaler installation URLs, sign-in payload fields and API paths against current official Zscaler documentation before relying on them, because the scripts' authentication field names differ between the two files

What's inside

  • assets/template.md
  • references/api-reference.md
  • references/standards.md
  • references/workflows.md
  • scripts/agent.py
  • scripts/process.py
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.