Health check endpoint

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Implement health check and readiness endpoints for SDK consumers

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Health Check Endpoint Skill

Overview

This skill implements health check and readiness endpoints that SDK consumers can use to verify connectivity and dependency health, especially important for Kubernetes and load balancer integration.

Capabilities

Design health check contracts and responses
Implement dependency checks (database, cache, external APIs)
Support Kubernetes liveness and readiness probes
Generate health status reports
Configure degraded state handling
Implement cascading health checks
Support custom health indicators
Configure health aggregation strategies

Target Processes

Observability Integration
Platform API Gateway Design
SDK Architecture Design

Integration Points

Kubernetes probe endpoints
Load balancer health checks
Monitoring systems
Service mesh health
Circuit breaker status

Input Requirements

Dependencies to check
Health check intervals
Timeout configurations
Degradation policies
Kubernetes probe requirements

Output Artifacts

Health check endpoint implementation
Dependency check modules
Health response schemas
Kubernetes probe configurations
Monitoring integrations
Health aggregation logic

Usage Example

skill:
  name: health-check-endpoint
  context:
    endpoints:
      health: /health
      ready: /ready
      live: /live
    checks:
      - name: database
        type: tcp
        critical: true
      - name: cache
        type: redis
        critical: false
      - name: externalApi
        type: http
        url: https://api.example.com/health
    kubernetes:
      livenessProbe:
        path: /live
        periodSeconds: 10
      readinessProbe:
        path: /ready
        periodSeconds: 5

Best Practices

Separate liveness from readiness
Make health checks fast
Include dependency status
Support graceful degradation
Avoid expensive checks in liveness
Cache health check results appropriately