Manage Tailscale tailnet via CLI and API. Use when the user asks to "check tailscale status", "list tailscale devices", "ping a device", "send file via tailscale", "tailscale funnel", "create auth key
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Hybrid skill using CLI for local operations and API for tailnet-wide management.
API config (optional, for tailnet-wide operations):
~/.clawdbot/credentials/tailscale/config.json{ "apiKey": "tskey-api-k...", "tailnet": "-" }
Get your API key from: Tailscale Admin Console → Settings → Keys → Generate API Key
The
tailnet-These work on the current machine only.
# Current status (peers, connection state) tailscale status tailscale status --json | jq '.Peer | to_entries[] | {name: .value.HostName, ip: .value.TailscaleIPs[0], online: .value.Online}'Network diagnostics (NAT type, DERP, UDP)
tailscale netcheck tailscale netcheck --format=json
Get this machine's Tailscale IP
tailscale ip -4
Identify a Tailscale IP
tailscale whois 100.x.x.x
# Ping a peer (shows direct vs relay) tailscale ping <hostname-or-ip>Connect/disconnect
tailscale up tailscale down
Use an exit node
tailscale up --exit-node=<node-name> tailscale exit-node list tailscale exit-node suggest
# Send files to a device tailscale file cp myfile.txt <device-name>:Receive files (moves from inbox to directory)
tailscale file get ~/Downloads tailscale file get --wait ~/Downloads # blocks until file arrives
# Share locally within tailnet (private) tailscale serve 3000 tailscale serve https://localhost:8080Share publicly to internet
tailscale funnel 8080
Check what's being served
tailscale serve status tailscale funnel status
# SSH via Tailscale (uses MagicDNS) tailscale ssh user@hostnameEnable SSH server on this machine
tailscale up --ssh
These manage your entire tailnet. Requires API key.
./scripts/ts-api.sh devicesWith details
./scripts/ts-api.sh devices --verbose
./scripts/ts-api.sh device <device-id-or-name>
# Quick online check for all devices ./scripts/ts-api.sh online
./scripts/ts-api.sh authorize <device-id> ./scripts/ts-api.sh delete <device-id>
./scripts/ts-api.sh tags <device-id> tag:server,tag:prod ./scripts/ts-api.sh routes <device-id>
# Create a reusable auth key ./scripts/ts-api.sh create-key --reusable --tags tag:serverCreate ephemeral key (device auto-removes when offline)
./scripts/ts-api.sh create-key --ephemeral
List keys
./scripts/ts-api.sh keys
./scripts/ts-api.sh dns # Show DNS config ./scripts/ts-api.sh dns-nameservers # List nameservers ./scripts/ts-api.sh magic-dns on|off # Toggle MagicDNS
./scripts/ts-api.sh acl # Get current ACL ./scripts/ts-api.sh acl-validate <file> # Validate ACL file
"Who's online right now?"
./scripts/ts-api.sh online
"Send this file to my phone"
tailscale file cp document.pdf my-phone:
"Expose my dev server publicly"
tailscale funnel 3000
"Create a key for a new server"
./scripts/ts-api.sh create-key --reusable --tags tag:server --expiry 7d
"Is the connection direct or relayed?"
tailscale ping my-server
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