# httpclient-factory

Guides AI coding agents in configuring IHttpClientFactory and typed clients in .NET 10. Useful when building resilient HTTP pipelines and preventing socket exhaustion.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2800 installs · ★ 789
- Author: codewithmukesh
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/codewithmukesh/dotnet-claude-kit/tree/HEAD/skills/httpclient-factory/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-07
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/httpclient-factory

## What it does

The skill enforces patterns for .NET 10 HTTP requests, explicitly prohibiting `new HttpClient()` creation per call. Creating raw clients drains system sockets under load and ignores DNS changes. Instead, it directs the agent toward keyed dependency injection via `AddAsKeyed()` and managed lifetimes.

It includes templates for `DelegatingHandler` pipelines handling auth token injection and `X-Correlation-Id` propagation. For reliability, it configures `Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience` using `AddStandardResilienceHandler()`, which applies five strategies: concurrency limits up to 1000 requests, 30-second total timeouts, retries with jitter, and a circuit breaker tripping at 10% failures. Capturing typed clients inside singletons silently breaks handler rotation, making keyed clients the safer choice.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add codewithmukesh/dotnet-claude-kit --skill httpclient-factory -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add codewithmukesh/dotnet-claude-kit --skill httpclient-factory -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add codewithmukesh/dotnet-claude-kit --skill httpclient-factory -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install codewithmukesh/dotnet-claude-kit httpclient-factory
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add codewithmukesh/dotnet-claude-kit --skill httpclient-factory -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/codewithmukesh/dotnet-claude-kit --path skills/httpclient-factory
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add codewithmukesh/dotnet-claude-kit --skill httpclient-factory -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/codewithmukesh/dotnet-claude-kit/tree/HEAD/skills/httpclient-factory/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- prevent socket exhaustion caused by manual HttpClient instantiation
- configure retry policies and circuit breakers with AddStandardResilienceHandler
- inject Bearer tokens and correlation IDs through DelegatingHandler
- write unit tests for HTTP services using MockHttpHandler

## Example prompts
- Configure a named HTTP client for our payment service with AddStandardResilienceHandler in .NET 10.
- Add a DelegatingHandler to automatically attach bearer tokens to outgoing API requests.
- Refactor our HTTP client registrations to use AddAsKeyed for endpoint injection.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: httpclient-factory
description: >
  IHttpClientFactory and typed HTTP clients for .NET 10 applications. Covers
  named/typed/keyed clients, DelegatingHandlers, resilience with
  Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience, and testing patterns.
  Load this skill when configuring HTTP clients, adding retry/circuit breaker
  policies, or when the user mentions "HttpClient", "IHttpClientFactory",
  "AddHttpClient", "typed client", "named client", "DelegatingHandler",
  "resilience", "retry", "circuit breaker", "hedging", "Polly",
  "AddStandardResilienceHandler", "socket exhaustion", or "Refit".
---

# HttpClient Factory

## Core Principles

1. **Never `new HttpClient()` per request** — Raw `HttpClient` creation causes socket exhaustion under load and ignores DNS changes. Use `IHttpClientFactory` to manage handler lifetimes.
2. **Keyed clients over typed clients** — Keyed DI (`.AddAsKeyed()`) is the recommended pattern in .NET 10. Typed clients captured in singletons silently break handler rotation.
3. **Resilience is not optional** — Every external HTTP call needs retry, circuit breaker, and timeout. `AddStandardResilienceHandler()` provides sensible defaults in one line.
4. **DelegatingHandlers for cross-cutting concerns** — Auth tokens, correlation IDs, and logging belong in the handler pipeline, not scattered across service methods.

## Patterns

### Named Client with Resilience

```csharp
builder.Services.AddHttpClient("github", client =>
{
    client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.github.com/");
    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.ParseAdd("MyApp/1.0");
    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(
        new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
})
.AddStandardResilienceHandler();

// Usage via factory
public sealed class GitHubService(IHttpClientFactory factory)
{
    public async Task<Repo?> GetRepoAsync(string owner, string name, CancellationToken ct)
    {
        var client = factory.CreateClient("github");
        return await client.GetFromJsonAsync<Repo>($"repos/{owner}/{name}", ct);
    }
}
```

### Keyed Client (Recommended in .NET 10)

Combines named client configurability with direct injection. No string lookups.

```csharp
builder.Services.AddHttpClient("payments", client =>
{
    client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.payments.example.com/");
})
.AddStandardResilienceHandler()
.AddAsKeyed();  // Register as keyed scoped service

// Inject directly — no IHttpClientFactory needed
app.MapPost("/charge", async (
    [FromKeyedServices("payments")] HttpClient httpClient,
    ChargeRequest request,
    CancellationToken ct) =>
{
````
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