HTTPRoute resources attached to a Gateway.
The skill ships in the datum-networking Claude Code plugin, alongside procedures for diagnosing a load balancer that isn’t serving and for creating networks, using the same diagnosis Datum’s own assistant runs.
Install
datum-cloud base plugin, which runs Datum MCP. For other agents, copy the skill folder into your agent’s skills directory.
Once installed, the skill activates automatically when you ask an agent to configure HTTP routing on Datum. No further configuration needed.
Capabilities
- Route traffic by path (exact, prefix, regex), HTTP method, headers, and query parameters
- Split traffic across multiple backends by weight (canary, A/B, blue-green deployments)
- Redirect HTTP to HTTPS and issue permanent or temporary redirects
- Rewrite URL paths and hostnames before forwarding to backends
- Add, set, or remove request and response headers per route rule
- Mirror (shadow) a percentage of traffic to a secondary backend without affecting responses
- Configure per-route request and backend timeouts
- List, inspect, and update routes across a project
- Preview changes before applying with
datumctl diff - Delete routes safely
- Check permissions before acting
How it relates to other Datum surfaces
- Product docs: Application Load Balancer — the human-facing reference for gateways and routing
- Datum MCP: Datum MCP — for agents that need live read/write access to HTTPRoute resources during a session
datumctl: datumctl overview —get,describe,apply,diff,deletecommands the skill teaches agents to use
View the full skill
The canonical SKILL.md lives in thedatum-networking plugin in the datum-cloud/network-services-operator repo:
On GitHub
Browse the skill source, including frontmatter and full instructions.
Raw SKILL.md
Direct URL for agents that fetch skills by URL.