HTTP Request

by EXboys

HTTP Request is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by EXboys in evotown.

663 stars63 forkson EXboys/evotownAdded 2026/08/24Repository updated 2026/08/09

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Install HTTP Request

Copy HTTP Request into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/EXboys/evotown/tree/main/backend/arena_skills/http-request ~/.claude/skills/http-request

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/EXboys/evotown.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: backend/arena_skills/http-request/SKILL.md in EXboys/evotown
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/http-request
Collection: One of 8 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What HTTP Request does

HTTP Request sends GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and PATCH requests to APIs or web servers. Use it to fetch page content, submit data, or interact with REST endpoints.

HTTP Request is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. HTTP Request comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, evolution, runtime-governance, self-evolving and self-learning.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

HTTP Request Skill

一个通用的 HTTP 网络请求技能，支持常见的 RESTful API 调用。

功能特性

支持 GET、POST、PUT、DELETE、PATCH 方法
支持自定义请求头
支持 JSON 请求体
支持 URL 查询参数
支持超时设置
旧版 SSL 兼容：支持连接使用旧版 TLS 的服务器（如部分政府/教育网站）
浏览器级 User-Agent：减少 503/反爬拦截
Wikipedia/Wikimedia 合规：访问 wikipedia.org / wikimedia.org / wikidata.org 时自动使用合规 User-Agent（否则易 403），并加 1.5 秒间隔降低限流
自动重试：对 502/503/504 自动重试 2 次
HTML→Markdown：网页响应自动转为 Markdown（默认），降低 token 消耗

使用示例

GET 请求

{
  "url": "https://httpbin.org/get",
  "method": "GET",
  "params": {"name": "test"}
}

POST 请求

{
  "url": "https://httpbin.org/post",
  "method": "POST",
  "headers": {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
  "body": {"message": "hello world"}
}

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about HTTP Request

What else does EXboys publish alongside HTTP Request?
HTTP Request is one of 8 skills that DirSkills catalogs from EXboys/evotown, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Agent Browser, Calculator and Database Query. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way HTTP Request does, and is maintained by EXboys in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the EXboys/evotown page.
How does HTTP Request compare to other Automation skills?
HTTP Request ranks #1122 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of HTTP Request against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.