diff --git a/shellkit.sh b/shellkit.sh
index bcfd538..52b3db8 100644
--- a/shellkit.sh
+++ b/shellkit.sh
@@ -117,4 +117,109 @@ running() {
     done
 }
 
-echo "shellkit loaded. Available: check, ensure, spinner, backup, confirm, bench, random_string, jsonval, dedup, coln, sum, running"
+# ── countdown — visual countdown timer ─────────────────
+# Usage: countdown 10 "Liftoff!"
+countdown() {
+    local secs="${1:-5}"
+    local msg="${2:-Done}"
+    while [ "$secs" -gt 0 ]; do
+        printf "\r${YELLOW}⏳${NC} %2d seconds... " "$secs"
+        sleep 1
+        secs=$((secs - 1))
+    done
+    printf "\r${GREEN}✓${NC} %s          \n" "$msg"
+}
+
+# ── progress — draw a progress bar ────────────────────
+# Usage: for i in $(seq 1 100); do progress $i 100 "Processing"; sleep 0.05; done; echo
+progress() {
+    local current="${1:-0}"
+    local total="${2:-100}"
+    local label="${3:-}"
+    local width=40
+    local pct=$((current * 100 / total))
+    local filled=$((pct * width / 100))
+    local empty=$((width - filled))
+    printf "\r${label:+$label }["
+    printf "%${filled}s" | tr ' ' '█'
+    printf "%${empty}s" | tr ' ' '░'
+    printf "] %3d%%" "$pct"
+}
+
+# ── http_status — quick HTTP status check ─────────────
+# Usage: http_status https://example.com
+http_status() {
+    local url="$1"
+    local code
+    code=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 5 "$url" 2>/dev/null)
+    if [ -z "$code" ]; then
+        echo -e "${RED}✗${NC} $url — unreachable"
+        return 1
+    elif [ "${code:0:1}" = "2" ] || [ "${code:0:1}" = "3" ]; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓${NC} $url — $code"
+        return 0
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗${NC} $url — $code"
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# ── envfile — load .env files safely ──────────────────
+# Usage: envfile .env
+envfile() {
+    local file="${1:-.env}"
+    if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then
+        echo -e "${RED}✗${NC} $file not found"
+        return 1
+    fi
+    while IFS='=' read -r key value; do
+        # Skip comments and empty lines
+        case "$key" in
+            ""|\#*) continue ;;
+        esac
+        # Strip quotes and whitespace
+        value="${value#\"}"; value="${value%\"}"
+        value="${value#\'}"; value="${value%\'}"
+        export "$key"="$value"
+    done < "$file"
+    local count
+    count=$(grep -c '=' "$file" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓${NC} Loaded $count vars from $file"
+}
+
+# ── healthcheck — TCP port check with timeout ─────────
+# Usage: healthcheck localhost 5432 5
+healthcheck() {
+    local host="${1:-localhost}"
+    local port="${2:-80}"
+    local timeout="${3:-3}"
+    if timeout "$timeout" bash -c "echo >/dev/tcp/$host/$port" 2>/dev/null; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}✓${NC} $host:$port — healthy"
+        return 0
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}✗${NC} $host:$port — not responding"
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# ── retry — retry a command N times with backoff ──────
+# Usage: retry 3 2 curl https://flakey-api.example.com
+retry() {
+    local max="${1:-3}"
+    local delay="${2:-1}"
+    shift 2
+    local attempt=0
+    until "$@"; do
+        attempt=$((attempt + 1))
+        if [ "$attempt" -ge "$max" ]; then
+            echo -e "${RED}✗${NC} Failed after $max attempts"
+            return 1
+        fi
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}→${NC} Attempt $attempt/$max failed, retrying in ${delay}s..."
+        sleep "$delay"
+        delay=$((delay * 2))
+    done
+    return 0
+}
+
+echo "shellkit loaded. Available: check, ensure, spinner, backup, confirm, bench, random_string, jsonval, dedup, coln, sum, running, countdown, progress, http_status, envfile, healthcheck, retry"