Zabbix

Use this skill for Zabbix production monitoring reads: API health checks, monitored host inventory, current or recent problems, problem-state triggers by severity, and concise incident summaries that can feed R29 cards. Zabbix tells us what is broken; local or SSH maintenance skills investigate and remediate on the affected host.

This v1 skill is read-only. Do not acknowledge, suppress, close, update, or delete Zabbix objects through this skill. If a later task adds write operations, each write must be amber/red, require an exact operator grant through F8/F14, and include the Zabbix event id and action in the approval text.

Credential Rules

Set or update the API token in this order:

1. Browser admin: open the active HybridClaw admin URL ending in /admin/secrets and set ZABBIX_API_TOKEN.
2. Browser /chat or TUI fallback: /secret set ZABBIX_API_TOKEN "<zabbix-api-token>".
3. Local console fallback:

hybridclaw secret set ZABBIX_API_TOKEN "<zabbix-api-token>"

For live calls, run the helper to build a gateway http_request payload and pass only the emitted httpRequest object to the built-in http_request tool. The helper sets bearerSecretName: "ZABBIX_API_TOKEN" for authenticated Zabbix methods so the gateway injects the bearer token server-side. It never prints Authorization headers, token values, usernames, passwords, or Zabbix session tokens.

When a terminal-side live smoke test is needed, pass --live to the same http-request command. It posts the same httpRequest object to the HybridClaw gateway /api/http/request route and stops after the first Zabbix 401/403 response. Set HYBRIDCLAW_GATEWAY_URL and HYBRIDCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN only for gateway access; do not store those as Zabbix credentials.

Do not call Zabbix with curl when the gateway http_request tool is available. Do not ask the user to paste a Zabbix API token, username/password, or session token into chat.

If the operator has a tenant-specific frontend path, pass it with --base-url or set ZABBIX_BASE_URL in the runtime environment. The helper accepts both https://zabbix.example.com/zabbix and https://zabbix.example.com/zabbix/api_jsonrpc.php and normalizes both to the JSON-RPC endpoint. HTTPS is required by default. Use --allow-http only for a trusted local or private Zabbix frontend where plaintext HTTP is an intentional operator choice.

Command Contract

Show helper usage:

node skills/zabbix/zabbix.cjs --help

Build an unauthenticated API smoke-test request:

node skills/zabbix/zabbix.cjs --format json http-request api-version \
  --base-url https://zabbix.example.com/zabbix

List monitored hosts and interfaces:

node skills/zabbix/zabbix.cjs --format json http-request hosts \
  --base-url https://zabbix.example.com/zabbix \
  --monitored-only

Read current or recent problems:

node skills/zabbix/zabbix.cjs --format json http-request problems \
  --base-url https://zabbix.example.com/zabbix \
  --recent \
  --limit 50

Read triggers in problem state:

node skills/zabbix/zabbix.cjs --format json http-request triggers-problem \
  --base-url https://zabbix.example.com/zabbix \
  --limit 50

Run one live gateway-proxied request, with no retry loop:

node skills/zabbix/zabbix.cjs --live --format json http-request problems \
  --base-url https://zabbix.example.com/zabbix \
  --recent \
  --limit 50

The helper prints a wrapper such as { "command": "http-request", "httpRequest": { ... } }. Pass only the httpRequest value to the built-in http_request tool.

Official API references: Zabbix API overview, host.get, problem.get, and trigger.get.

Filters

Use IDs when filtering by host or host group because Zabbix JSON-RPC read methods filter most reliably on hostids and groupids:

node skills/zabbix/zabbix.cjs --format json http-request problems \
  --base-url https://zabbix.example.com/zabbix \
  --host-id 10084 \
  --group-id 2 \
  --severity high \
  --unacknowledged \
  --unsuppressed \
  --tag service=postgres \
  --time-from 1767225600 \
  --limit 25

Supported read filters:

• --host-id <id> / --host <id> and --group-id <id> / --host-group <id> can be repeated.
• --tag <name> or --tag <name=value> can be repeated.
• --severity <0-5|name> can be repeated or comma-separated.
• --acknowledged or --unacknowledged for problem reads.
• --suppressed or --unsuppressed for problem reads.
• --time-from <unix-seconds> and --time-till <unix-seconds> for problem reads.
• --recent includes recently resolved problems; omit it for unresolved current problems.

Severity names are not-classified, information, warning, average, high, and disaster.

Error Interpretation

• Gateway errors saying ZABBIX_API_TOKEN is not set, unavailable, missing, or unresolved mean the active HybridClaw runtime cannot resolve the stored secret. Ask the operator to set it in the same runtime/session and retry once after the runtime can see the secret.
• Gateway errors saying ZABBIX_API_TOKEN is blocked by secret resolution policy mean the stored secret exists but policy/runtime access blocked the injection path. Report the policy problem instead of asking for the same secret again.
• Zabbix 401 or 403 responses mean the gateway injected a token but Zabbix rejected it or the token lacks permission. Stop after that first failed live call and report a credential/setup problem; do not retry in a loop.
• Zabbix JSON-RPC error responses should be reported with the method, code, message, and data. Do not transform them into local remediation steps unless the user asks.
• Network, timeout, 429, or 5xx responses are upstream or connectivity failures. Report the response and retry only when the user asks.

Incident Summary Guidance

When summarizing Zabbix state, preserve the event id, host, trigger/problem name, severity, acknowledged/suppressed state, age, tags, and any maintenance or acknowledgement context. Keep remediation separate from observation unless another approved maintenance skill has verified the host state.