# extension-http-endpoints

Configures inbound HTTPS endpoints for Motoko canisters on the Internet Computer. Useful for Stripe webhooks, Telegram bot callbacks, and plain health checks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3000 installs · ★ 2
- Author: caffeinelabs
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/extension-http-endpoints/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/extension-http-endpoints

## What it does

This skill teaches the agent how to expose inbound HTTPS endpoints on Internet Computer Motoko canisters. It relies on `mo:caffeineai-http-endpoints` and its `MixinHttpEndpoints` mixin. The IC HTTP Gateway sends inbound traffic to `http_request` as a query call first. When a route modifies state, the handler returns `Http.upgrade()`, which prompts the gateway to reissue the request as an update call to `http_request_update`.

Setup requires the `caffeineai-http-endpoints` and `caffeineai-authorization` packages from MOPS. The mixin integrates directly into `src/backend/main.mo`. The `onQuery` function must stay query-safe: no `await` statements and no state mutations. Webhook callers never provide an IC caller principal. Because of that, you must verify HMAC signatures and secrets manually via `Http.header` and raw `req.body`.

Uncertified GET requests on regular gateway domains trigger an immediate 503 gateway error. Reading plain text or `/health` routes requires targeting the `.raw.icp0.io` subdomain. This skill does not handle outgoing requests from canisters to the internet.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitHub, Slack

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-http-endpoints -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-http-endpoints -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-http-endpoints -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install caffeinelabs/skills extension-http-endpoints
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/extension-http-endpoints/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-http-endpoints -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills --path skills/extension-http-endpoints
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-http-endpoints -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/caffeinelabs/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/extension-http-endpoints/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- receive webhooks from Stripe, GitHub, or Slack in a Motoko canister
- handle incoming HTTPS events from Telegram bots
- serve plaintext health checks without response certification
- upgrade mutating query requests to update calls via `Http.upgrade()`

## Example prompts
- Add a `/webhook` POST route to `src/backend/main.mo` using `mo:caffeineai-http-endpoints`
- Set up an uncertified GET `/health` endpoint for my Motoko backend
- Implement signature verification for incoming webhooks in `onHttpUpdate`

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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````text
---
name: extension-http-endpoints
description: >-
  Serve inbound HTTP from a Motoko canister (webhooks, curl POST/GET, bot
  callbacks, ingest/health APIs) via the IC HTTP Gateway methods
  `http_request` / `http_request_update`. Load whenever the user or spec needs
  a canister URL that external HTTP clients can hit — Stripe/GitHub/Slack
  webhooks, Telegram bots, health checks, or any plain REST-ish endpoint.
  NOT for calling external APIs from the canister (use
  `extension-http-outcalls`); NOT for certified static asset serving.
version: 0.2.1
compatibility:
  mops:
    caffeineai-http-endpoints: "~0.1.0"
    caffeineai-authorization: "~1.0.1"
caffeineai-subscription: [none]
---

# HTTP Endpoints (inbound)

Inbound HTTP for [Caffeine AI](https://caffeine.ai?utm_source=caffeine-skill&utm_medium=referral) Motoko backends via `mo:caffeineai-http-endpoints`.

## When to use which skill

| Need | Skill |
| --- | --- |
| External client (`curl`, webhook, bot) hits the canister over HTTPS | **this skill** |
| Canister calls an external HTTPS API | [`extension-http-outcalls`](../extension-http-outcalls/SKILL.md) |
| Typed OpenAI / Google / X / Stripe client | the matching domain skill (those wrap **outbound** calls) |

Do not implement inbound handlers with the management-canister `http_request` / `Call.httpRequest` outcall API — that is the opposite direction.

## How inbound HTTP works

1. Client hits the **backend** Motoko canister over HTTPS (not `*.caffeine.xyz`, custom domain, or frontend/asset canister).
2. The HTTP Gateway calls `http_request` (**query**).
3. Mutating routes return `Http.upgrade()` so the gateway re-issues as `http_request_update` (**update**).

**URLs**

- **Webhooks / POST:** `https://<backend-canister-id>.icp0.io/...` (or `.ic0.app`)
- **Uncertified GET (health / plaintext):** `https://<backend-canister-id>.raw.icp0.io/...` — non-raw gateways expect certified query bodies (out of scope)

# Backend

Use the prefabricated modules (do not modify them):

```mo:caffeineai-http-endpoints/Http
module {
  public type Request = { method : Text; url : Text; headers : [HeaderField]; body : Blob; certificate_version : ?Nat16 };
  public type Response = { status_code : Nat16; headers : [HeaderField]; body : Blob; streaming_strategy : ?StreamingStrategy; upgrade : ?Bool };

  public func path(url : Text) : Text;
````
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