API Auditor
Sample skill that pings a URL with HEAD and prints only the status code
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Didn't pass
- Tested
- Aug 5, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
⚠ This skill is no longer available upstream. Our re-check on Aug 10, 2026 couldn't find it any more (repo unreachable/deleted). The test below is what we measured on Aug 5, 2026 and we're leaving it up as a record — but there is nothing left to install, so we've removed the command.
The bundled audit.js is twelve lines and printed 'Result: Success (Status 503)' against a service that was genuinely down, and 'Result: Success (Status 404)' against a missing path, so an uptime auditor reports failures as successes. SKILL.md orders the agent to analyze 'status codes, latency', but the script measures no latency at all and collapses a dead hostname into 'Result: Failed (fetch failed)' with no cause. The no-skill baseline, one line of curl, returned the same status codes plus DNS, TLS and total timings on every target and named the resolution failure outright. Since SKILL.md says the agent MUST use the bundled script, following this skill actively downgrades a check the agent already does better unaided; it is the repo's own basic-sample demo for a Gemini converter, not a tool.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 4/5
- Output vs. baseline 3/10
- Docs & honesty 2/5
What API Auditor does
A 15-line demo skill that tells the agent to run a bundled 12-line Node script against a URL, print the HTTP status, and mention https. It is the sample entry shipped with a Claude-to-Gemini skill converter repo rather than a working API testing tool, and its script reports server errors as successes. Would trigger on asking to check, test, or audit a URL or API.
How to install API Auditor
Nothing to install: the source repository no longer has this skill. If the author brings it back, our daily re-check will pick it up and the command will reappear here.
Commands — how to trigger API Auditor
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/api-auditorSample skill that pings a URL with HEAD and prints only the status code
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Audit https://api.stripe.com/v1/charges and report the status -
Check whether my API endpoint at myapi.dev/health is up -
Test my REST endpoints and report their HTTP status codes
Frequently asked questions
- Is the API Auditor skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from saeed-vayghan/gemini-agent-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does API Auditor work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Aug 5, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Didn't pass. The bundled audit.js is twelve lines and printed 'Result: Success (Status 503)' against a service that was genuinely down, and 'Result: Success (Status 404)' against a missing path, so an uptime auditor reports failures as successes. SKILL.md orders the agent to analyze 'status codes, latency', but the script measures no latency at all and collapses a dead hostname into 'Result: Failed (fetch failed)' with no cause. The no-skill baseline, one line of curl, returned the same status codes plus DNS, TLS and total timings on every target and named the resolution failure outright. Since SKILL.md says the agent MUST use the bundled script, following this skill actively downgrades a check the agent already does better unaided; it is the repo's own basic-sample demo for a Gemini converter, not a tool.
- How do I install API Auditor?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use API Auditor with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.