When & Why to Use This Skill
The Redis Cache skill empowers Claude agents to interact directly with Redis instances for high-performance caching and complex data structure management. It facilitates significant context savings (up to 90%+) by offloading data storage from the LLM's prompt window to an external memory layer. This skill supports a wide range of operations including basic key-value pairs, hashes, lists, sets, and sorted sets, making it essential for developers and performance engineers building scalable, stateful AI applications.
Use Cases
- Context Window Optimization: Reducing token usage and costs by storing large datasets or session histories in Redis instead of passing them in every prompt.
- Real-time State Management: Using Redis data structures like Sorted Sets for live leaderboards or Lists for message queues within an agentic workflow.
- Application Performance Tuning: Implementing caching layers for API responses or database queries to decrease latency and improve user experience.
- Data Lifecycle Control: Managing temporary data with TTL (Time-To-Live) settings and performing pattern-based key lookups for maintenance and debugging.
| name | redis-cache |
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| description | Redis caching operations and data structures |
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| version | 1.0.0 |
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| allowed-tools | [Bash, Read] |
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Redis Cache Skill
Overview
Redis caching and data structure operations. 90%+ context savings.
Requirements
- Redis CLI or client library
- REDIS_URL environment variable
Tools (Progressive Disclosure)
Key Operations
| Tool |
Description |
Confirmation |
| get |
Get key value |
No |
| set |
Set key value |
Yes |
| del |
Delete key |
Yes |
| keys |
List keys by pattern |
No |
| ttl |
Get key TTL |
No |
Data Structures
| Tool |
Description |
| hget/hset |
Hash operations |
| lpush/rpush |
List operations |
| sadd/smembers |
Set operations |
| zadd/zrange |
Sorted set operations |
Server
| Tool |
Description |
| ping |
Test connection |
| info |
Server info |
| dbsize |
Key count |
BLOCKED
| Tool |
Status |
| flushall |
BLOCKED |
| flushdb |
BLOCKED |
Agent Integration
- developer (primary): Caching implementation
- performance-engineer (secondary): Cache optimization
Security
⚠️ Never expose REDIS_URL
⚠️ flushall/flushdb BLOCKED
