# hss-system-contract

Guides assistants in building scheduled transactions via the Hedera Schedule Service contract at 0x16b. Useful for Solidity developers automating calls or token creation.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 461 installs · ★ 28
- Author: hedera-dev
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- Source: https://github.com/hedera-dev/hedera-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/system-contracts/skills/hss-system-contract/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-03
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## What it does

This skill provides code patterns for the Hedera Schedule Service (HSS) via the `0x16b` system contract. It guides development across HIP-755, HIP-756, and HIP-1215 standards. Smart contracts can schedule deferred executions, sign schedules with contract keys, or trigger HTS token creation.

Integration relies on inheritance. The `IHederaScheduleService` interface is completely empty, while internal helper methods live inside the abstract `HederaScheduleService` contract from `@hashgraph/smart-contracts`. Developers must check network capacity using `hasScheduleCapacity` before dispatching a transaction to prevent `SCHEDULE_EXPIRY_IS_BUSY` errors.

Failure handling requires attention. Scheduling calls like `scheduleCall` never revert automatically when execution fails. They return `(responseCode, address(0))`, making manual verification of `HederaResponseCodes.SUCCESS` mandatory in contract code.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hedera-dev/hedera-skills --skill hss-system-contract -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hedera-dev/hedera-skills --skill hss-system-contract -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hedera-dev/hedera-skills --skill hss-system-contract -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install hedera-dev/hedera-skills hss-system-contract
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/hss-system-contract/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hedera-dev/hedera-skills --skill hss-system-contract -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/hedera-dev/hedera-skills --path plugins/system-contracts/skills/hss-system-contract
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hedera-dev/hedera-skills --skill hss-system-contract -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/hedera-dev/hedera-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/system-contracts/skills/hss-system-contract/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- schedule future contract executions on Hedera using HIP-1215
- defer HTS token creation through Solidity using HIP-756
- sign scheduled transactions with a contract key via authorizeSchedule
- check network scheduling limits with hasScheduleCapacity

## Example prompts
- Write a Solidity function that calls scheduleCall with a capacity check
- Show how to inherit HederaScheduleService for scheduled token creation
- Implement schedule authorization using authorizeSchedule for address 0x16b

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---
name: hss-system-contract
description: Hedera Schedule Service (HSS) smart contract development. Use when creating or interacting with scheduled transactions from Solidity via the Schedule Service system contract at 0x16b (e.g. scheduleNative for token creation, scheduleCall for generalized contract calls, authorizeSchedule, signSchedule, deleteSchedule, or querying scheduled token info).
---

# Hedera Schedule Service (HSS) System Contract

The Hedera Schedule Service system contract at **`0x16b`** exposes functions for creating and managing scheduled transactions from within Solidity. It supports:

- **HIP-755**: Authorizing and signing schedules from contracts
- **HIP-756**: Scheduling native HTS token creation (createFungibleToken, createNonFungibleToken, etc.)
- **HIP-1215**: Generalized scheduled contract calls — schedule arbitrary calls to any contract (or self) for DeFi automation, vesting, DAO operations

## Quick Reference

**Contract address:** `0x16b`

**Imports:**

```solidity
import {HederaScheduleService} from "@hashgraph/smart-contracts/contracts/system-contracts/hedera-schedule-service/HederaScheduleService.sol";
import {IHRC1215ScheduleFacade} from "@hashgraph/smart-contracts/contracts/system-contracts/hedera-schedule-service/IHRC1215ScheduleFacade.sol";
```

`HederaScheduleService` is an abstract contract (like `HederaTokenService` for HTS). Inherit it to get `internal` helper functions that handle the low-level calls to `0x16b`. `HederaResponseCodes` is available transitively.

**Response codes:** SUCCESS = 22 (`HederaResponseCodes.SUCCESS`). See [references/api.md](references/api.md) for full function list and [Hedera response codes](https://github.com/hashgraph/hedera-protobufs/blob/main/services/response_code.proto).

## Critical: Inheritance Pattern

**`IHederaScheduleService` is an empty interface.** Functions are defined in `IHRC755`, `IHRC756`, `IHRC1215` and wrapped as `internal` helpers in `HederaScheduleService`. Your contract must **inherit** `HederaScheduleService`:

```solidity
contract MyScheduler is HederaScheduleService {
    error ScheduleFailed();

    function doSchedule() external {
        (int64 rc, address scheduleAddr) = scheduleCall(target, expiry, gasLimit, 0, data);
        if (rc != HederaResponseCodes.SUCCESS) revert ScheduleFailed();
    }
}
```

## Critical: Non-Reverting Behavior (HIP-1215)

The `scheduleCall`, `scheduleCallWithPayer`, and `executeCallOnPayerSignature` functions **do not revert**. On failure they return `(responseCode, address(0))`. Always check:

```solidity
error ScheduleFailed();
````
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