---
title: "health check"
description: "Create health check scripts to verify service and infrastructure availability."
type: skill
canonical_url: https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/health-check
source: "Claudary"
difficulty: intermediate
author: "Claude Code Knowledge Pack"
date: 2026-07-10T11:25:09.937Z
license: CC-BY-4.0
attribution: "health check — Claudary (https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/health-check)"
---

# health check
Create health check scripts to verify service and infrastructure availability.

## Overview

Create health check scripts to verify service and infrastructure availability.

## Steps


1. Identify what needs to be checked:
2. Design the health check suite:
3. Implement each check:
4. Set up response format:
5. Configure alerting thresholds:
6. Schedule periodic execution (cron, Kubernetes probe, monitoring tool).
7. Document the health check endpoints and their meanings.

## Format


```
Health Check: <service name>
Status: <healthy|degraded|unhealthy>
Checks:
  - <check name>: <pass|fail> (<latency>ms)
```


## Rules

- Health checks must complete within 5 seconds.
- Do not perform destructive operations in health checks.
- Cache results for short periods to avoid overloading dependencies.

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