Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skills --skill managing-certificates-and-encryptiongit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skills/managing-certificates-and-encryption)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skills/managing-certificates-and-encryption"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skills/managing-certificates-and-encryption/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skills/managing-certificates-and-encryption"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skills/managing-certificates-and-encryption.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00108 | $0.02216 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00054 | $0.01108 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00022 | $0.00443 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00011 | $0.00222 |
Grade B, and why
managing-certificates-and-encryption scanned grade B with 2 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 11d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation
A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.
Deploy to node, set `chmod 0600` on key file. CockroachDB auto-detects new certs — no restart required. Makes network callslowCapability
Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.
curl -ks https://<node>:8080/_status/vars | grep '^security_certificate_expiration_' Copies of this mod
2 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:
- managing-certificates-and-encryption — 100% identical, 0 lines differ
- managing-certificates-and-encryption — 100% identical, 0 lines differ
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 228 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Managing Certificates and Encryption
Manages TLS certificate and encryption key lifecycle across all deployment tiers. Before providing procedures, this skill gathers context to determine whether the operator manages certificates directly (Self-Hosted), manages CMEK encryption keys (Advanced/BYOC), or has fully managed encryption (Standard/Basic).
When to Use This Skill
- Monitoring certificate expiration (Self-Hosted)
- Performing scheduled certificate rotation (Self-Hosted)
- Managing CMEK encryption keys (Advanced/BYOC)
- Responding to key compromise (Self-Hosted, CMEK)
- Auditing encryption posture for compliance (all tiers)
- Adding DNS names or IPs to node certificates (Self-Hosted)
For daily health checks: Use reviewing-cluster-health.
Step 1: Gather Context
Required Context
| Question | Options | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment tier? | Self-Hosted, Advanced, BYOC, Standard, Basic | Determines encryption management responsibility |
| Reason? | Routine monitoring, Scheduled rotation, Key compromise, Compliance audit, Add SAN entries | Determines urgency and procedure |
Additional Context (by tier)
If Self-Hosted:
| Question | Options | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate type? | CA, Node, Client, UI | Different rotation procedures per type |
| Deployment platform? | Bare metal/VMs, Kubernetes (Operator/Helm/manual) | Changes rotation tooling |
| Certificate tooling? | cockroach cert, openssl, HashiCorp Vault, cert-manager | Determines generation commands |
| Is the CA being rotated? | Yes, No | CA rotation requires combined CA approach |
If Advanced or BYOC:
| Question | Options | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Is this about CMEK? | Yes, No | CMEK is the customer's encryption responsibility; TLS is managed by CRL |
| Cloud provider? | AWS, GCP, Azure | Determines KMS service and CLI commands |
| CMEK currently enabled? | Yes, No | CMEK must be enabled at cluster creation |
What ships with it
4 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 11d ago First seen · 228 lines · 108 tokens per session scan B ff846271ca25
managing-certificates-and-encryption is a skill published in the GitHub repository cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skills (21 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 108 tokens to every session and 2,216 once invoked, about $0.0005 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 2 findings (asks for root, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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