NGINX questions are easy to answer from stale memory or Apache-style configuration assumptions. Use this skill to ground answers in the official NGINX documentation and return the closest authoritative page instead of generic reverse-proxy advice.

When to Use

Use this skill when the request is about:

NGINX architecture, master/worker processes, and request processing
Installing, building, starting, stopping, and reloading NGINX
Configuration file structure: http, server, location, and stream contexts
Serving static content, reverse proxying, and load balancing
Upstreams, health checks, and connection distribution methods
HTTPS, TLS certificates, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, and QUIC
Rewrite rules, redirects, and URL mapping
Rate limiting, access control, and request filtering
FastCGI, uWSGI, SCGI, gRPC, and WebSocket proxying
Stream (TCP/UDP) proxying and SSL preread
Mail proxy modules (IMAP, POP3, SMTP)
njs scripting and dynamic configuration
Module directives, variables, and logging

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When to Use