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Hybrid Cloud Networking

Guides setup of VPN and dedicated links between on-premises networks and AWS, Azure, GCP or OCI

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wshobson/agents
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42,095
Licence
MIT
Files
2 files

What it does

This skill gives the AI agent a reference guide for connecting a company's own data centers or office networks to cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud. Once installed, the agent can compare options like encrypted VPN tunnels over the internet and private dedicated links, suggest network designs such as hub-and-spoke or multi-cloud, and draft infrastructure-as-code snippets (Terraform) and routing settings like BGP. It also lists security practices, high-availability setups, monitoring metrics and CLI commands for checking connection status.

Great for

  • Cloud or network engineers planning a hybrid architecture
  • Teams deciding between a VPN and a dedicated connection like Direct Connect or ExpressRoute
  • Engineers who want starter Terraform and troubleshooting commands for cloud connectivity

Skip it if

  • Production changes made without review: the snippets use example IPs and ASNs and must be validated by a qualified network engineer before deployment
  • Non-technical users looking for a finished, ready-to-run network: the skill gives guidance and examples, not a tested deployment
  • Small personal projects that only need a public cloud service with no on-premises link, where this adds unnecessary complexity

Try asking

  • “Compare a Site-to-Site VPN with AWS Direct Connect for moving 5 Gbps of traffic from our data center to AWS”
  • “Draft a Terraform setup for a redundant dual-tunnel AWS VPN connection”
  • “Design a hub-and-spoke network with a Transit Gateway linking on-premises to production and staging VPCs”
  • “Explain which BGP AS numbers and route advertisements I need for an ExpressRoute link to Azure”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Hybrid Cloud NetworkingInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 2 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    hybrid-cloud-networking.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip hybrid-cloud-networking.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip hybrid-cloud-networking.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

  • Give the agent your actual bandwidth, latency, compliance and budget requirements so it can recommend an option rather than listing all of them
  • Review every generated Terraform block and replace placeholder IPs, ASNs and resource names before applying it
  • Ask the agent to check its advice against each provider's current documentation, since limits and SLAs change over time

What's inside

  • references/direct-connect.md
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from wshobson/agents under the MIT 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.