managing-ssh-keys

managing-ssh-keys is a skill for Claude Code from iamnolanhu/digitalocean-skills. It costs 52 tokens per session (2,064 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide to setting up SSH keys, which are credentials used to log in to remote computers such as DigitalOcean Droplets.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create keys, connect to Droplets, check existing or uploaded keys, and troubleshoot authentication or permission errors.
Why use it?
It helps diagnose failed logins and organise keys when creating, replacing, or isolating access to servers.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the digitalocean-skills plugin — 9 skills, 6 commands, 3 agents, 1 hook shipped together

Good fit Use it to create keys, connect to Droplets, check existing or uploaded keys, and troubleshoot authentication or permission errors.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/iamnolanhu/digitalocean-skills/managing-ssh-keys
Install

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.

Any agent
npx skills add iamnolanhu/digitalocean-skills --skill managing-ssh-keys
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/iamnolanhu/digitalocean-skills

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install digitalocean-skills, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 9 skills, 6 commands, 3 agents, 1 hook.

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Per session 52 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,064 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. ✓ AI security review Sonnet 5 · 7 Sept 2026 📄 Read the review
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00052 $0.02064
Opus 5 $0.00026 $0.01032
Sonnet 5 $0.00010 $0.00413
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00206

Measured 10d ago against content hash 547d5cdb0437, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

managing-ssh-keys scanned grade A with 1 finding 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 10d 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.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN" \
skills/managing-ssh-keys/SKILL.md · 279 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 279 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Managing SSH Keys

Guide SSH key setup, generation, and DigitalOcean integration for secure Droplet access.

When to Use

  • Setting up SSH access for the first time
  • Troubleshooting "Permission denied" errors
  • Creating keys for new Droplets
  • Rotating or replacing compromised keys
  • User mentions: "ssh key", "can't connect", "ssh setup", "key pair", "authentication"

Key Architecture

This plugin uses a hybrid storage approach:

Key Type Location Purpose
Master key ~/.ssh/do-skills-master Default for all Droplets (works with ssh-agent)
Per-Droplet keys ~/.config/digitalocean-skills/keys/<droplet-name> High-security or production isolation
User's existing ~/.ssh/id_* Can be uploaded to DO if preferred

The Process

1. Key Discovery

First, check what keys already exist:

# User's existing SSH keys
ls -la ~/.ssh/*.pub 2>/dev/null | grep -v do-skills

# DigitalOcean Skills master key
ls -la ~/.ssh/do-skills-master.pub 2>/dev/null

# Per-Droplet keys
ls -la ~/.config/digitalocean-skills/keys/*.pub 2>/dev/null

Then check what's uploaded to DigitalOcean:

ssh-key-list

2. Key Generation

Master Key (recommended for most users):

# Generate Ed25519 key WITHOUT passphrase (for automation)
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/do-skills-master -N "" -C "do-skills-master"

# OR generate WITH passphrase (for workstations - prompts for passphrase)
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/do-skills-master -C "do-skills-master"

# Set correct permissions
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/do-skills-master
chmod 644 ~/.ssh/do-skills-master.pub

If using a passphrase, add the key to ssh-agent so you don't re-enter it each time:

Read the full file on GitHub · 279 lines

Changes

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.

  1. 10d ago First seen · 279 lines · 52 tokens per session scan F 547d5cdb0437

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managing-ssh-keys is a skill published in the GitHub repository iamnolanhu/digitalocean-skills (4 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 52 tokens to every session and 2,064 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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