# nginx-config-optimizer

A skill that writes Nginx configs: reverse proxy, load balancing, caching, SSL and rate limits. Useful when you need to set up or rewrite a server config.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 433 installs · ★ 63
- Author: patricio0312rev
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/patricio0312rev/skills/tree/HEAD/ci-cd/nginx-config-optimizer/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-01-12
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nginx-config-optimizer

## What it does

The skill walks the agent through a fixed order: pick the architecture (reverse proxy, load balancer or static serving), configure SSL/TLS, security headers and rate limiting, then caching, compression and buffers, then an `upstream` pool, logging and metrics. It finishes by validating and reloading the config.

Inside are ready blocks for `/etc/nginx/nginx.conf` and a site config: `worker_processes auto`, `worker_rlimit_nofile 65535`, `worker_connections 4096`, gzip at level 5, TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3, `limit_req_zone` zones for general traffic, API and login, and a `proxy_cache_path` sized at 1g. For backends it shows `least_conn` and `ip_hash`, `keepalive`, weights, a backup server, plus `max_fails` and `fail_timeout`.

One caveat: the health check directive sits commented out, because it only works on Nginx Plus or OpenResty. Brotli is commented out too — the module may not be compiled into your build. Worth checking your build before copying the block as is.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add patricio0312rev/skills --skill nginx-config-optimizer -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/nginx-config-optimizer/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/nginx-config-optimizer/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add patricio0312rev/skills --skill nginx-config-optimizer -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/nginx-config-optimizer/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add patricio0312rev/skills --skill nginx-config-optimizer -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/nginx-config-optimizer/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install patricio0312rev/skills nginx-config-optimizer
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/nginx-config-optimizer/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add patricio0312rev/skills --skill nginx-config-optimizer -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/patricio0312rev/skills --path ci-cd/nginx-config-optimizer
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/nginx-config-optimizer/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add patricio0312rev/skills --skill nginx-config-optimizer -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/patricio0312rev/skills/tree/HEAD/ci-cd/nginx-config-optimizer/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- write a reverse proxy config for an app on port 3000
- balance traffic across several backends with weights
- turn on static caching and gzip without breaking file delivery
- harden a server with security headers and request limits
- switch access logs to JSON for parsing and metrics

## Example prompts
- Set up Nginx as a reverse proxy for the app on 10.0.1.10:3000 with SSL
- Write an Nginx config with least_conn balancing across three backends
- Add static caching and login rate limiting to my Nginx config

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: nginx-config-optimizer
description: Optimizes Nginx configurations for performance, security, caching, and load balancing with modern best practices. Use when users request "Nginx setup", "reverse proxy", "load balancer", "web server config", or "Nginx optimization".
---

# Nginx Config Optimizer

Create optimized Nginx configurations for high-performance web serving and reverse proxying.

## Core Workflow

1. **Define architecture**: Reverse proxy, load balancer, or static serving
2. **Configure security**: SSL/TLS, headers, rate limiting
3. **Optimize performance**: Caching, compression, buffers
4. **Setup upstream**: Backend server pools
5. **Add monitoring**: Access logs, metrics
6. **Test configuration**: Validate and reload

## Main Configuration

```nginx
# /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

user nginx;
worker_processes auto;
worker_rlimit_nofile 65535;
pid /run/nginx.pid;

# Load dynamic modules
include /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/*.conf;

events {
    worker_connections 4096;
    multi_accept on;
    use epoll;
}

http {
    # Basic settings
    sendfile on;
    tcp_nopush on;
    tcp_nodelay on;
    keepalive_timeout 65;
    types_hash_max_size 2048;
    server_tokens off;

    # Buffer settings
    client_body_buffer_size 16k;
    client_header_buffer_size 1k;
    client_max_body_size 50m;
    large_client_header_buffers 4 8k;

    # Timeouts
    client_body_timeout 12;
    client_header_timeout 12;
    send_timeout 10;

    # MIME types
    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
    default_type application/octet-stream;

    # Logging
    log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
                    '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
                    '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';

    log_format json escape=json '{'
        '"time_local":"$time_local",'
        '"remote_addr":"$remote_addr",'
        '"request":"$request",'
        '"status":$status,'
        '"body_bytes_sent":$body_bytes_sent,'
        '"request_time":$request_time,'
        '"upstream_response_time":"$upstream_response_time",'
        '"http_referer":"$http_referer",'
        '"http_user_agent":"$http_user_agent"'
    '}';

    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log json;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;

    # Gzip compression
    gzip on;
    gzip_vary on;
    gzip_proxied any;
    gzip_comp_level 5;
    gzip_min_length 256;
    gzip_types
        application/atom+xml
        application/javascript
        application/json
        application/ld+json
        application/manifest+json
        application/rss+xml
````
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