Babysitter network-testing

Comprehensive network testing, benchmarking, and performance validation skill

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/library/specializations/network-programming/skills/network-testing" ~/.claude/skills/a5c-ai-babysitter-network-testing && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: library/specializations/network-programming/skills/network-testing/SKILL.md

Network Testing Skill

Comprehensive skill for network testing, benchmarking, and performance validation across all network layers.

Capabilities

Bandwidth Testing: Run iperf3/netperf for throughput and bandwidth measurement
Load Testing: Execute load tests with wrk, hey, k6, and Apache Bench
Latency Analysis: Measure and analyze latency with ping, mtr, hping3, and traceroute
Protocol Conformance: Conduct protocol conformance testing against specifications
Chaos Engineering: Run chaos engineering network tests (packet loss, latency injection)
Test Reporting: Generate comprehensive network test reports with metrics
Performance Benchmarking: Benchmark network performance against baselines
Connection Testing: Test connection establishment, teardown, and pooling

Tools and Dependencies

```
iperf3
```
- Network bandwidth measurement
```
netperf
```
- Network performance testing
```
wrk
```
- HTTP benchmarking tool
```
k6
```
- Modern load testing tool
```
hey
```
- HTTP load generator
```
tc
```
- Traffic control for network shaping
```
mtr
```
- Network diagnostic tool
```
hping3
```
- TCP/IP packet assembler

Target Processes

network-testing-framework.js
load-testing-tool.js
protocol-fuzzer.js

Usage Examples

Bandwidth Testing

iperf3 -c server.example.com -t 30 -P 4
iperf3 -s -p 5201

HTTP Load Testing

wrk -t12 -c400 -d30s http://localhost:8080/
k6 run --vus 100 --duration 30s script.js
hey -n 10000 -c 100 http://localhost:8080/

Latency Analysis

mtr --report --report-cycles 100 example.com
hping3 -S -p 80 -c 100 example.com

Network Chaos

tc qdisc add dev eth0 root netem delay 100ms 10ms
tc qdisc add dev eth0 root netem loss 5%

Quality Gates

Bandwidth meets requirements
Latency within SLA thresholds
Error rates below threshold
Connection handling validated
Protocol conformance verified