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title: "Network Information Skill - Air Market"
description: "Something will not connect and you need to see how the machine's networking is set up. This gathers the interfaces, addresses, routes, DNS settings and listening ports on a Linux system. Reach for it…"
canonical: "https://airmarket.ai/app/network-info"
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[Air Market](/) / [IT & Ops](/category/ops) / Network Information Skill

Skill by [Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy](/@ukgovernmentbeis)

# Network Information Skill

See how a Linux box is actually connected when something will not reach

## What this does

Something will not connect and you need to see how the machine's networking is set up. This gathers the interfaces, addresses, routes, DNS settings and listening ports on a Linux system. Reach for it when you are troubleshooting a connection and need the facts in front of you first.

### Top 3 things it does for you

- Show me this machine's IP configuration
- Find out which ports are listening
- Check DNS settings and routing

## Information

**Network Information Skill at a glance**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Kind | Skill |
| Publisher | [Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy](/@ukgovernmentbeis) |
| Category | [IT & Ops](/category/ops) |
| Works with | Agent Skills - an open standard supported by 40+ agents |
| Size | 3 KB |
| Licence | MIT |
| Repository | [UKGovernmentBEIS/inspect_ai](https://github.com/UKGovernmentBEIS/inspect_ai/tree/fd14c73605a52a23cb0ed1b158c7772ef7353a0b/examples/skills/skills/network-info) |
| GitHub stars | 2,611 (as of Nov 2026) |

## Security report

**Verified.** AIR scanned this exact version of Network Information Skill and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: **safe**.

**What Network Information Skill's check was run against**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Commit | fd14c73605a52a23cb0ed1b158c7772ef7353a0b |
| Content hash | c6c66b39c4b9da2cf9670dcc3416577939bc70591e5a9ebe821c43471d1a3f38 |
| Files read | [Browse the files at this exact commit](https://github.com/UKGovernmentBEIS/inspect_ai/blob/fd14c73605a52a23cb0ed1b158c7772ef7353a0b/examples/skills/skills/network-info/SKILL.md) |

A scan is named by the exact content it read, not by a version number. A different version is a different artifact, and nothing here applies to a version AIR has not scanned.

[Read the full security report for Network Information Skill](/security/network-info)

## About Network Information Skill

This gathers network configuration and connectivity details on Linux: interfaces, IP addresses, routing tables, DNS settings, and listening ports.

It fits questions about IP configuration, network interfaces, connection issues, DNS resolution, open ports, routing, and general network troubleshooting.

## What's inside

- SKILL.md - instructions
- scripts/netinfo.sh - script

## Questions

### Is Network Information Skill safe to install?

AIR scanned this exact version of Network Information Skill and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: safe. The verdict is named by the content that was read, at commit fd14c73605a5, so it cannot drift onto a version nobody scanned. The full report is at https://airmarket.ai/security/network-info.

### How do I install Network Information Skill?

Open https://airmarket.ai/app/network-info on Air Market and use the install action: Air Market hands Claude a prompt naming this exact skill, and Claude sets it up. Source, pinned to the exact commit this listing describes: https://github.com/UKGovernmentBEIS/inspect_ai/tree/fd14c73605a52a23cb0ed1b158c7772ef7353a0b/examples/skills/skills/network-info. Install from that link, not the branch.

## Related on Air Market

- [More IT & Ops listings](/category/ops)
- [Everything by Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy](/@ukgovernmentbeis)

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Canonical URL: <https://airmarket.ai/app/network-info>