# axiom-networking

A skill with routing tables, reference docs and diagnostics for networking in Apple apps. Covers URLSession, Network.framework, connection failures and API migration.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1500 installs · ★ 1229
- Author: CharlesWiltgen
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/CharlesWiltgen/Axiom/tree/HEAD/axiom-codex/skills/axiom-networking/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/axiom-networking

## What it does

This skill handles implementation and debugging of network connections in Apple apps: HTTP requests, WebSockets, TCP, timeouts and TLS failures. It routes the agent to one of five reference files depending on the symptom — `networking-discipline.md` for URLSession with structured concurrency, `network-framework-ref.md` for NetworkConnection (iOS 26+) and NWConnection (iOS 12–18) API, `networking-diag.md` for systematic failure diagnosis, `networking-legacy.md` for older NWConnection patterns, and `networking-migration.md` for moving off BSD sockets.

The skill instructs the agent to read the relevant file before proposing a fix. A timeout leads to `networking-diag.md`, which walks through 8 failure causes: DNS, TLS certificate validation, message framing, TCP congestion, IPv6-only cellular, VPN interference and ATS. It also covers a production crisis scenario with communication templates.

There is pressure resistance built in: if the user has sunk time into a custom implementation, the agent should diagnose the actual failure and say honestly when a standard API like URLSession would solve the problem. For automated checks, a `axiom-audit-networking` agent scans for deprecated APIs, anti-patterns and gaps in transition handling, TLS coverage and connection cleanup. Certificate pinning and request signing redirect to `axiom-security` via `/skill axiom-security`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add CharlesWiltgen/Axiom --skill axiom-networking -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/axiom-networking/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/axiom-networking/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add CharlesWiltgen/Axiom --skill axiom-networking -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/axiom-networking/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add CharlesWiltgen/Axiom --skill axiom-networking -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/axiom-networking/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install CharlesWiltgen/Axiom axiom-networking
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/axiom-networking/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add CharlesWiltgen/Axiom --skill axiom-networking -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/CharlesWiltgen/Axiom --path axiom-codex/skills/axiom-networking
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/axiom-networking/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add CharlesWiltgen/Axiom --skill axiom-networking -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/CharlesWiltgen/Axiom/tree/HEAD/axiom-codex/skills/axiom-networking/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Diagnose an API request timeout
- Set up URLSession with async/await and cancellation
- Migrate from NWConnection to NetworkConnection
- Pass App Store review without ATS/HTTP rejections
- Pick a TCP/UDP/TLS connection pattern

## Example prompts
- My API request is failing with a timeout — diagnose it with axiom-networking
- How do I use URLSession with async/await in Swift?
- I need to implement a TCP connection, show the axiom-networking pattern

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: axiom-networking
description: Use when implementing or debugging ANY network connection, API call, or socket in an Apple app. Covers URLSession, Network.framework, NetworkConnection, connection diagnostics.
license: MIT
---

# Networking

**You MUST use this skill for ANY networking work including HTTP requests, WebSockets, TCP connections, or network debugging.**

<!-- AXIOM_AUDITOR_INLINE_BEGIN — rewritten for Codex by scripts/build-codex.ts; do not hand-edit -->
> **Auditors are skills here.** Where this router says "Launch `some-auditor` agent", invoke the
> matching Codex skill instead — same procedure, no Claude Code agent required.
>
> Available: `axiom-audit-networking`.
>
> The ones that shell out — builds, tests, simulators, crash symbolication — need shell access to run.
<!-- AXIOM_AUDITOR_INLINE_END -->

## Quick Reference

| Symptom / Task | Reference |
|----------------|-----------|
| URLSession with structured concurrency | See `skills/networking-discipline.md` |
| Network.framework anti-patterns | See `skills/networking-discipline.md` |
| Deprecated API migration | See `skills/networking-discipline.md` |
| gRPC Swift — typed RPC, streaming, `.proto` codegen (WWDC 2026) | See `skills/networking-discipline.md` |
| Pressure scenarios (reachability, sockets) | See `skills/networking-discipline.md` |
| NetworkConnection (iOS 26+) API reference | See `skills/network-framework-ref.md` |
| NWConnection (iOS 12-18) API reference | See `skills/network-framework-ref.md` |
| TLV framing, Coder protocol | See `skills/network-framework-ref.md` |
| NetworkListener, NetworkBrowser, Wi-Fi Aware | See `skills/network-framework-ref.md` |
| Connection timeouts, TLS failures | See `skills/networking-diag.md` |
| Data not arriving, connection drops | See `skills/networking-diag.md` |
| ATS / HTTP / App Store rejection | See `skills/networking-diag.md` |
| Production crisis diagnosis | See `skills/networking-diag.md` |
| NWConnection patterns (iOS 12-18) | See `skills/networking-legacy.md` |
| UDP batch, NWListener, NWBrowser | See `skills/networking-legacy.md` |
| BSD sockets → NWConnection migration | See `skills/networking-migration.md` |
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