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homelab-wireguard-vpn

WireGuard VPN server setup, peer configuration, key generation, split tunneling vs full tunnel routing, and remote access to a home network from mobile and laptop clients. Use when setting up WireGuard for remote access to a home network, or deciding between split and full tunnel routing.

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Quality

Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A well-structured, highly actionable single-file skill with executable commands, explicit placeholders, a strong anti-patterns/best-practices section, and a genuine troubleshooting feedback loop. Its main weaknesses are mild conceptual padding up front and the absence of any progressive disclosure — a full Python module and platform-specific walkthroughs are inlined in SKILL.md rather than split into references/.

Suggestions

Move the Python peer-management module ('Key Generation and Peer Management') into a references/peer-automation.md (or scripts/ file) and keep only a one-line pointer plus a minimal example in SKILL.md, so the ~300-line body shrinks toward a lean overview.

Split the pfSense/OPNsense GUI walkthrough and the DDNS section into their own reference files (e.g. references/pfsense.md, references/ddns.md), linked from a short 'Platform-specific setups' section — this gives the skill real progressive disclosure.

Trim the 'How WireGuard Works' keypair primer and the 'WireGuard is a fast, modern VPN protocol' framing to one or two lines, keeping only the homelab topology diagram that Claude would not already know.

Add an inline validation checkpoint right after the server setup steps (e.g. 'Verify: sudo wg show wg0 and confirm the client handshake appears') instead of leaving all verification in the Troubleshooting section.

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Conciseness

The body is mostly lean, comment-annotated commands, but includes minor over-explanation Claude could do without — the 'How WireGuard Works' keypair primer and the editorial 'WireGuard is a fast, modern VPN protocol. It is the right choice' framing.

4 / 5

Actionability

Fully executable, copy-paste-ready guidance throughout: install, key generation with umask 077, a complete wg0.conf with scoped iptables rules, sysctl forwarding, wg-quick/systemctl enable, working Python config builders, and a complete DuckDNS update script with cron. Placeholders are explicit and the eth0 interface caveat is flagged.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The server setup reads as a clear install → keys → config → forwarding → start sequence, and the Troubleshooting section provides a numbered check/fix feedback loop (handshake, port, key comparison, ip_forward, restart). It falls short of 5 because verification lives in a separate section with no inline 'confirm the tunnel passes traffic' checkpoint after setup.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Sections are well-organized, but the ~300-line body inlines substantial content that belongs in separate reference files (the Python peer-management module, the pfSense GUI walkthrough, and the DDNS setup), and at this length the under-50-line simple-skill exception does not apply.

3 / 5

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Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong description: specific third-person capability list plus an explicit 'Use when' clause with concrete triggers, and a well-defined WireGuard/homelab niche. The only gap is trigger-term breadth — synonyms like 'wg', 'wg-quick', or '.conf' config files are absent.

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Specificity

The description lists multiple specific concrete actions — 'server setup, peer configuration, key generation, split tunneling vs full tunnel routing, and remote access to a home network from mobile and laptop clients' — with comprehensive coverage in third-person voice, matching the top anchor rather than the 'minor gaps' of 4.

5 / 5

Completeness

It explicitly answers both what (the enumerated capabilities) and when ('Use when setting up WireGuard for remote access to a home network, or deciding between split and full tunnel routing') with concrete trigger phrases, matching the top anchor exactly.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Natural terms users would say are well covered ('WireGuard', 'VPN', 'split tunneling', 'full tunnel', 'home network', 'remote access', 'mobile and laptop'), but a few natural variants are missing — no 'wg'/'wg-quick' command synonyms and no '.conf' file extension — placing it at 'good coverage, a few missing' rather than comprehensive.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

'WireGuard VPN server setup ... remote access to a home network' carves out a clear niche with distinct triggers (protocol name plus homelab context), so overlap with other skills is minimal.

5 / 5

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Validation

93%

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Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

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