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stacks-http · Backend and API · model-invoked

HTTP status codes, outbound requests through the HttxClient, and the reactive fetch composables that call them from a template.

When to reach for it

  • HTTP status codes
  • Making outbound HTTP requests via HttxClient
  • Reactive fetch composables (useFetch/createFetch)
  • HTTP-related helpers

Covers

@stacksjs/http, @stacksjs/httx, the fetch composables in @stacksjs/composables.

Inside the skill

The sections an agent reads once the skill loads.

  • Key Paths
  • Source Files
  • Response Enum — HTTP Status Codes (index.ts)
  • HttxClient — Outbound HTTP Client (@stacksjs/httx)
  • useFetch — Reactive Fetch Composable (@stacksjs/composables)
  • createFetch — Pre-configured Fetch Factory (@stacksjs/composables)
  • CLI Command — buddy http
  • Gotchas

Where the code lives

  • Core package: storage/framework/core/http/src/
  • Composables (useFetch/createFetch): storage/framework/core/composables/src/useFetch.ts, storage/framework/core/composables/src/createFetch.ts
  • Buddy CLI command: storage/framework/core/buddy/src/commands/http.ts
  • httx dependency (installed): node_modules/@stacksjs/httx/
  • Package: @stacksjs/http (status codes), @stacksjs/httx (HTTP client), @stacksjs/composables (useFetch/createFetch)

Using it

This one is model-invoked. Your agent reaches for it on its own when the task matches, and you can also call it by name:

/stacks-http

Source: stacks-http/SKILL.md. Shadow it for one project with app/Skills/stacks-http/SKILL.md, then re-run buddy setup:ai. See Writing your own.