Skill profile

https-outcalls

Make HTTPS requests from canisters to external web APIs.

What this skill does for you

Make HTTPS requests from canisters to external web APIs. Covers replicated, non-replicated and flexible outcalls, transform functions for consensus, both cycle pricing versions (legacy and pay-as-you-go via ic0.cost_http_request_v2), response size limits, and idempotency patterns. Use when a canister needs to call an external API, fetch data from the web, make HTTP requests, choose a pricing_version, or use flexible_http_request. Do NOT use for EVM/Ethereum calls : use evm-rpc instead.

Quoted from the skill description in the pinned source

Who made it

Publisherdfinity

Repositoryicskills

Installs283as of Sep 27, 2026

Use it with Edge

Set up Edge for me: read getedge.cc/SKILL.md and follow it. Then use Edge to load the https-outcalls skill from dfinity/icskills.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor.

Or read the skill source first.

Security evidence

Security state at 2026-09-30: reviewed. State definitions. This records static evidence for this revision; live load eligibility is checked again.

3 static scans, 0 counted findings. The listed scanners recorded the results shown for this package revision.

Scanner	Date	Result
Edge static checks	2026-09-27	Pass
Cisco skill-scanner	2026-09-27	Pass
Semgrep Edge rules	2026-09-27	Pass

Static scans check the code, not how well the skill works.

Scanner scope, raw findings and mirrored provider records

Edge static checks (Edge-run): edge-static/1.0.1. Scope: Static patterns for remote execution, credentials with network sends, obfuscation, prompt overrides, hidden Unicode, binaries and persistence. Revision: eb72d4ec81c01ec4ae55c7f33962f8ac12ba1ceb. Raw findings: . Counted findings: .

Cisco skill-scanner (Edge-run): cisco-skill-scanner/2.1.0. Scope: Local static, YARA, pipeline and behavioral analyzers; no LLM or AI Defense analysis. Revision: eb72d4ec81c01ec4ae55c7f33962f8ac12ba1ceb. Raw findings: . Counted findings: .

Semgrep Edge rules (Edge-run): semgrep/1.178.0+edge-rules.c15016a36fd3+offline-v1. Scope: Six Edge-authored static rules with Semgrep CE; offline execution and metrics disabled. Semgrep-maintained rules excluded. Revision: eb72d4ec81c01ec4ae55c7f33962f8ac12ba1ceb. Raw findings: . Counted findings: .

Source and licence

Repository: https://github.com/dfinity/icskills
Pinned skill file: View source at revision
Revision: eb72d4ec81c01ec4ae55c7f33962f8ac12ba1ceb
Package hash: sha256:bb5e18a3511e002392dd7e3e05fa545b6b06ac9ef9239f05860fcb754b6c1236
Licence: Apache-2.0