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Proxychains Network Proxy

Routes blocked or timing-out network commands through a local proxy using proxychains4

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Repository
2025Emma/vibe-coding-cn
Stars
23,127
Licence
MIT
Files
6 files

What it does

When a terminal command like git, pip, npm, curl or docker fails with a timeout, DNS error or blocked-access error, this skill tells the agent to retry the command prefixed with proxychains4, which forces its network connections through a proxy server (default http://127.0.0.1:9910). It also includes a setup script and reference guides that create a proxychains configuration file and explain how to troubleshoot the proxy.

Great for

  • Developers whose machine already runs a local proxy and who hit slow or blocked access to GitHub, PyPI, npm or Docker registries
  • Users who understand their own network setup and want the agent to retry failed commands through an existing proxy
  • Teams standardising proxychains configuration on Linux or macOS development machines

Skip it if

  • Users without a proxy service listening on 127.0.0.1:9910 (or another configured port), since every retry will fail and the agent will only report errors
  • Situations where routing traffic through a third-party proxy may violate policy, network rules or local law, because the skill makes the agent reroute commands automatically without asking
  • Environments handling sensitive credentials or private data, because commands and traffic are sent through a proxy the user may not fully control

Try asking

  • “My git clone of a GitHub repo keeps timing out, can you retry it through the proxy?”
  • “pip install is failing with connection errors, set up proxychains and try again”
  • “Help me configure proxychains to use my local proxy on port 9910”
  • “Docker pull hangs on registry access, retry it with the proxy”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Proxychains Network ProxyInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 6 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    proxychains.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip proxychains.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip proxychains.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

  • Confirm your proxy is running first (for example with ss -tunlp | grep 9910) before asking the agent to use this skill, so failures are not mistaken for network problems.
  • Review the generated ~/.proxychains/proxychains.conf and the setup script before running it, since it writes config files and makes test requests to google.com through the proxy.
  • Ask the agent to show each command it will prefix with proxychains4 before it runs, because the skill describes automatic retries and forced routing of many tools.

What's inside

  • references/index.md
  • references/quick-reference.md
  • references/setup-guide.md
  • references/troubleshooting.md
  • scripts/setup-proxy.sh
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from 2025Emma/vibe-coding-cn 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.