network-simulation
Skill for network condition simulation, emulation, and chaos engineering
npx skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill network-simulation --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Network Simulation Skill Expert skill for network condition simulation, emulation, and chaos engineering testing environments. ## Capabilities - **Traffic Control**: Configure tc (traffic control) for latency, bandwidth, and packet loss simulation - **Network Namespaces**: Set up network namespaces for network isolation testing - **WAN Emulation**: Emulate WAN conditions with netem (delay, jitter, loss, corruption) - **Virtual Topologies**: Create virtual network topologies for testing - **Packet Manipulation**: Simulate packet loss, reordering, duplication, and corruption - **Degraded Conditions Testing**: Test applications under degraded network conditions - **Chaos Scenarios**: Generate chaos engineering scenarios for resilience testing - **Container Networking**: Configure Docker/Kubernetes network simulation ## Tools and Dependencies - `tc` - Traffic control for Linux - `netem` - Network emulator - `ip netns` - Network namespaces - `mininet` - Network emulator - `toxiproxy` - TCP proxy for chaos testing - `comcast` - Network simulation tool - `pumba` - Container chaos testing ## Target Processes - network-testing-framework.js - load-testing-tool.js - protocol-fuzzer.js - tcp
- Capabilities
- Tools and Dependencies
- Target Processes
- Usage Examples
- Latency Simulation
- Packet Loss Simulation
- Bandwidth Limiting
- Network Namespace Isolation
- Toxiproxy Chaos
- Quality Gates
tc qdisc add dev eth0 root netem delay 100ms 20ms distribution normal tc qdisc change dev eth0 root netem delay 200ms 40ms 25% correlation tc qdisc add dev eth0 root netem loss 5% 25% tc qdisc add dev eth0 root netem loss gemodel 1% 10% 70% 0.1% tc qdisc add dev eth0 root tbf rate 1mbit burst 32kbit latency 400ms ip netns add test_ns ip link add veth0 type veth peer name veth1 ip link set veth1 netns test_ns ip netns exec test_ns ip addr add 10.0.0.2/24 dev veth1 ip netns exec test_ns ip link set veth1 up
What does the network-simulation skill do?
Skill for network condition simulation, emulation, and chaos engineering
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill network-simulation --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From a5c-ai/babysitter, a repository with 1,642 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.