tailscale-serve-patterns SKILL.md skillA
tailscale-serve-patterns from technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins/tailscale-serve-patterns@git:20260912.a3707f5Pins git:20260912.a3707f5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins
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plugins/tailscale/skills/tailscale-serve-patterns/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260912.a3707f5, committed Sep 12, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 5, 2026
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- 10,225 bytes
- Repository stars
- 12
- License
- MIT
Use when deciding how to expose a locally-running server over a tailnet (loopback bind + `tailscale serve` vs. binding directly to the tailnet interface), when a service is reachable at its Tailscale address but a request seems to bypass expected auth, when working with Tailscale identity headers (`Tailscale-User-Login` and friends) for browser auth, or when a "bind is loopback-only" security check doesn't seem to reflect what's actually reachable (Docker port publish, reverse proxy, container…
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What the file says
# Tailscale Serve Patterns ## Overview Two ways to make a local service reachable over a tailnet, with very different security properties: bind loopback-only and let `tailscale serve` proxy HTTPS in front of it, or bind the process directly to the tailnet interface address. For CLI mechanics (commands, Services vs. node-serve, troubleshooting `serve status`), see the `tailscale-cli` skill instead — this skill is about which exposure shape to choose and what it implies for auth. ## The two binding patterns | | Loopback bind + `tailscale serve` | Direct bind to tailnet interface | |---|---|---| | What's exposed | `127.0.0.1:<port>` only; `serve` proxies HTTPS at `<host>.<tailnet>.ts.net` | Plain HTTP directly at the tailnet IP (e.g. `100.x.y.z:<port>`) | | Auth | Tailscale itself is the gate — only tailnet members can reach the hostname at all; TLS terminated by `tailscaled` | None unless the app adds its own — anyone on the tailnet who knows the IP:port can hit it over unencrypted HTTP | | Setup cost | One extra `tailscale serve` mapping to create/tear down | Zero extra config — just bind a different address | …
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How to install
mdr add technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins/tailscale-serve-patterns@sha256:aa691989458bf3a2The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260912.a3707f5, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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| git:20260912.a3707f5 latest | 2026-09-12 | a3707f5 | 10,225 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260905.da91fe3 | 2026-09-05 | da91fe3 | 7,466 B | A | view |
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Source
technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_prmnvaavtwrkpvdm GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins/tailscale-serve-patterns GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/aa691989458bf3a2ba9533e594e4e095b055d17ee978a23962d4207cd7a16395
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