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cli-tunnel — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

Manages ngrok, Cloudflare, and custom tunnel connections through the OmniRoute CLI. Handy when you need to expose local servers and inspect active URLs.

Install into Claude Code · Skills CLI (Vercel) All methods and platforms ↓ 
npx skills add cheaper-inference/OmniRoute --skill cli-tunnel -a claude-code
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What cli-tunnel does

The skill equips your coding agent to start and stop network tunnels straight from the chat. It interfaces directly with the omniroute tunnel command suite. You can launch ngrok or Cloudflare tunnels, fetch active public URLs, and test whether your service is reachable externally.

Under the hood, it triggers subcommands such as omniroute tunnel create [type], omniroute tunnel list, and omniroute tunnel info <type>. It also handles rotation with --yes and pulls recent output using --tail <n>. Several subcommands accept --json for structured output parsing.

The skill relies entirely on the omniroute package. You must install it globally via npm install -g omniroute or have npx configured, or every tunnel action will fail.

What it helps with

  • start a public tunnel using ngrok or Cloudflare
  • inspect active tunnel URLs and external reachability
  • view recent tunnel logs with custom tail limits
  • rotate tunnel endpoints via command-line flags

Example prompts for the agent

  • List all running tunnels in omniroute with json output
  • Create a new Cloudflare tunnel for my local port
  • Check the status and logs of the active ngrok tunnel

How to install cli-tunnel

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add cheaper-inference/OmniRoute --skill cli-tunnel -a claude-code

2Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/cli-tunnel/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/cli-tunnel/

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Questions about cli-tunnel

How to install cli-tunnel in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add cheaper-inference/OmniRoute --skill cli-tunnel -a claude-code in your terminal.

What does cli-tunnel do?

It provides CLI controls to launch, inspect, and stop tunnels like ngrok or Cloudflare via OmniRoute.

What prerequisites are needed for cli-tunnel?

You need the omniroute CLI installed via npm install -g omniroute or executable via npx.

Source text

SKILL.md · MIT 
---
name: cli-tunnel
description: Start and stop tunnel connections (ngrok, Cloudflare, custom) from the CLI. Inspect active tunnel URLs, configure authentication, and test external reachability.
---
<!-- generated by src/lib/agentSkills/generator.ts; manual edits will be overwritten -->

## Overview

Start and stop tunnel connections (ngrok, Cloudflare, custom) from the CLI. Inspect active tunnel URLs, configure authentication, and test external reachability.

## Quick install

```bash
npm install -g omniroute   # or: npx omniroute
omniroute --version
```

## Subcommands

### `tunnel`

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute tunnel
```

### `tunnel list`

**Flags:**

- `--json`

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute tunnel list
```

### `tunnel create [type]`

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute tunnel create [type]
```

### `tunnel stop <type>`

**Flags:**

- `--yes`

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute tunnel stop <type>
```

### `tunnel status <type>`

**Flags:**

- `--json`

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute tunnel status <type>
```

### `tunnel logs <type>`

**Flags:**

- `--tail <n>`

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute tunnel logs <type>
```

### `tunnel info <type>`

**Flags:**

- `--json`

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute tunnel info <type>
```

### `tunnel rotate <type>`

**Flags:**

- `--yes`

**Example:**

```bash
omniroute tunnel rotate <type>
```

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