Tailscale Health Dashboard

Workflow skill for generating a comprehensive tailnet health snapshot. Invoked via /ts-health or when the user asks for a Tailscale status overview. Used by the scheduled monitoring agent and on-demand by operators.

Workflow: Generate Health Dashboard

Phase 1 — Gather Data in Parallel

Maximize concurrent tool calls. Fire all of these simultaneously:

• tailscale_api_verify — verify API connectivity
• tailscale_status — device count, online/offline summary
• tailscale_device_list — all devices with status details
• tailscale_dns_splitdns_get — split DNS routes
• tailscale_dns_nameservers_get — global nameservers
• tailscale_dns_preferences_get — MagicDNS status
• tailscale_key_list — auth keys with expiry info
• tailscale_tailnet_lock_status — tailnet lock status
• tailscale_derp_map — relay regions

Phase 2 — Format Dashboard

Produce a structured dashboard with the following sections:

🌐 Tailnet Overview

• Tailnet: your-tailnet-name
• Devices: X total (Y online, Z offline)

📱 Devices

🔀 DNS

• Global nameservers: 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8
• MagicDNS: Enabled / Disabled

🔑 Auth Keys

🛡️ Tailnet Lock: Enabled / Disabled

🌍 DERP Relay Regions: X regions available

Phase 3 — Severity Assessment

Evaluate all collected data and assign an overall severity level:

🟢 HEALTHY — All of the following are true:

• API key is valid
• All expected devices are online
• No expired auth keys
• Split DNS is configured
• MagicDNS is enabled
• Tailnet lock status is known

🟡 WARNING — Any of the following:

• One or more devices offline for >24 hours
• Auth keys expiring within 7 days
• MagicDNS is disabled
• No split DNS routes configured
• Devices with key expiry approaching

🔴 CRITICAL — Any of the following:

• API key is invalid or expired
• All devices are offline
• No DNS configuration at all
• Multiple expired auth keys still active

Display the overall severity prominently at the top of the report.

Phase 4 — Slack Notification Routing (Scheduled Agent Use)

After assessment, route the notification as follows:

• 🟢 HEALTHY: Post summary to #infra-monitoring only.
• 🟡 WARNING: Post summary to #infra-monitoring AND #infra-alerts.
• 🔴 CRITICAL: Post summary to #infra-monitoring AND #infra-alerts AND send a direct message to the operator on duty.

All Slack messages must include:

• Severity level with emoji
• Timestamp of the check
• Brief summary of findings (2-3 lines)
• Link or note to run /ts-health for full details

Rules

• Always run data gathering in parallel — never sequentially.
• This skill is read-only; it never modifies Tailscale configuration.
• If the API key is invalid, report CRITICAL immediately and skip all further tool calls.
• Scheduled agents using this skill must not take remediation actions — only report and notify.
• The dashboard is a point-in-time snapshot; include the check timestamp in all reports.

Key Tools

• tailscale_api_verify — verify API connectivity
• tailscale_status — quick device count summary
• tailscale_device_list — detailed device information
• tailscale_dns_splitdns_get — split DNS routes
• tailscale_dns_nameservers_get — global nameservers
• tailscale_dns_preferences_get — MagicDNS status
• tailscale_key_list — auth key listing with expiry
• tailscale_tailnet_lock_status — tailnet lock status
• tailscale_derp_map — relay region mapping