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Implement, fix, debug, review, or refactor Flutter networking code for HTTP/REST APIs, WebSocket realtime flows, authentication and token refresh, request headers, timeouts, retries, JSON parsing…
Install Flutter Networking
$ npx skills add MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills --skill flutter-networking -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills flutter-networking --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/flutter-networking .claude/skills/flutter-networking && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "flutter-networking" agent skill from https://github.com/MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills/tree/main/flutter-networking into .claude/skills/flutter-networking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "flutter-networking", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills/tree/main/flutter-networkingType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills --skill flutter-networking -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills flutter-networking --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/flutter-networking .agents/skills/flutter-networking && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "flutter-networking" agent skill from https://github.com/MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills/tree/main/flutter-networking into .agents/skills/flutter-networking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "flutter-networking", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills --skill flutter-networking -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills flutter-networking --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/flutter-networking .cursor/skills/flutter-networking && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "flutter-networking" agent skill from https://github.com/MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills/tree/main/flutter-networking into .cursor/skills/flutter-networking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "flutter-networking", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills.git --path flutter-networking--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills --skill flutter-networking -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills flutter-networking --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/flutter-networking .gemini/skills/flutter-networking && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "flutter-networking" agent skill from https://github.com/MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills/tree/main/flutter-networking into .gemini/skills/flutter-networking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "flutter-networking", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills flutter-networkingInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills --skill flutter-networking -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/flutter-networking .github/skills/flutter-networking && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "flutter-networking" agent skill from https://github.com/MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills/tree/main/flutter-networking into .github/skills/flutter-networking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "flutter-networking", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills --skill flutter-networking -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills flutter-networking --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/flutter-networking .opencode/skills/flutter-networking && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "flutter-networking" agent skill from https://github.com/MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills/tree/main/flutter-networking into .opencode/skills/flutter-networking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "flutter-networking", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
flutter-networking- GitHub stars
- 110
- Token cost
- ~1.8k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 807 words
- Files
- 14 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
- Skills in repo
- 11
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Implement, fix, debug, review, or refactor Flutter networking code for HTTP/REST APIs, WebSocket realtime flows, authentication and token refresh, request headers, timeouts, retries, JSON parsing…
- Works in 6 steps: Confirm the target is a Flutter or Dart… → Preserve the project's current client… → For implementation tasks, prefer small… → …
- Asked to add network requests
- SKILL.md covers Core Contract, Clarification Rules, Resource Routing and Networking Defaults, plus 1 more section
- Runs Dart and Shell scripts from its folder; calls flutter and dart
What it does
Flutter Networking is an agent skill from MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills. Implement, fix, debug, review, or refactor Flutter networking code for HTTP/REST APIs, WebSocket realtime flows, authentication and token refresh, request headers, timeouts, retries, JSON parsing, caching, background isolates, repositories, services, and adaptation to existing http, Dio, Retrofit, Chopper, or custom API clients. Use when asked to add network requests, investigate network errors, harden API clients, handle auth, or validate Flutter network behavior.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 18 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `references/authentication.md`, `references/error-handling.md` and `references/http-basics.md`).
It sits in Mobile, covering Cross-platform mobile apps and Realtime and WebSockets. It works with Flutter and Dart. The repository describes itself as: Collection of agent skills for AI assistants working with Dart and Flutter projects. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Asked to add network requests
- Investigate network errors
- Harden API clients
- Validate Flutter network behavior
Example prompts
- “/flutter-networking”
Requirements
- A Bash shell
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Confirm the target is a Flutter or Dart package by inspecting pubspec.yaml,
- Preserve the project's current client stack unless there is no networking
- For implementation tasks, prefer small injectable clients/services with
- For review and debugging tasks, report broken status handling, leaked
- Keep UI networking thin. Widgets may trigger commands or observe state, but
- Validate with the repo's normal commands. Prefer flutter analyze, focused
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2fb67e3. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Dart and Shell), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
flutterdart
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Flutter Networking loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~12k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 122 tokens; SKILL.md has 807 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills at commit 2fb67e3, republished under its MIT licence (© MADTeacher). 807 words, ~1,774 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/flutter-networking/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 13 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- flutter-networking
- description
- Implement, fix, debug, review, or refactor Flutter networking code for HTTP/REST APIs, WebSocket realtime flows, authentication and token refresh, request headers, timeouts, retries, JSON parsing, caching, background isolates, repositories, services, and adaptation to existing http, Dio, Retrofit, Chopper, or custom API clients. Use when asked to add network requests, investigate network errors, harden API clients, handle auth, or validate Flutter network behavior.
- metadata.author
- Stanislav [MADTeacher] Chernyshev
- metadata.version
- 2.0
Flutter Networking
You are a networking agent for Flutter apps. Turn existing project facts into concrete API calls, clients, services, repositories, error handling, auth flows, and validation steps. Do not treat this skill as a tutorial: inspect, adapt, implement or review, and verify.
Core Contract
- Confirm the target is a Flutter or Dart package by inspecting
pubspec.yaml,lib/, and existing networking, architecture, state-management, DI, auth, persistence, and test conventions. - Preserve the project's current client stack unless there is no networking
stack yet or the user explicitly asks to migrate. Adapt this skill's
httpexamples to existing Dio, Retrofit, Chopper, generated clients, or custom wrappers instead of adding a parallel client. - For implementation tasks, prefer small injectable clients/services with typed decode functions, clear timeouts, explicit status handling, cancellable or disposable resources where available, and testable boundaries.
- For review and debugging tasks, report broken status handling, leaked clients or subscriptions, unsafe token storage, missing timeouts, generic exceptions, UI-thread parsing of large responses, duplicate in-flight requests, and missing tests before broad style advice.
- Keep UI networking thin. Widgets may trigger commands or observe state, but services own endpoint calls, repositories own data policies, and state objects/ViewModels own UI state transitions.
- Validate with the repo's normal commands. Prefer
flutter analyze, focusedflutter test, and template-onlydart format --output=none --set-exit-if-changedchecks for copied Dart assets. Explain skipped checks.
Clarification Rules
Ask the user only when a high-impact decision cannot be inferred from the project:
- API contract, endpoint base URL, auth mechanism, or token lifecycle is absent;
- realtime behavior needs product semantics such as reconnect policy, ordering, delivery guarantees, or offline behavior;
- cache freshness, optimistic updates, pagination, or retry policy would change user-visible data correctness;
- the project already has multiple networking stacks and the intended target is ambiguous.
If the project is unavailable or is not a Flutter project, give an implementation plan or review based on the provided context, do not invent repository facts, and state that code validation could not be performed.
Resource Routing
Read only the references and assets needed for the current task:
| Need | Read | Use for |
|---|---|---|
| Basic HTTP CRUD or JSON models | http-basics.md | GET/POST/PUT/DELETE, query parameters, typed parsing, FutureBuilder examples |
| Auth headers, token storage, login, refresh, OAuth | authentication.md | Bearer/basic/API key auth, secure token handling, refresh flow, auth retry |
| Status codes, exceptions, timeouts, retries, UI errors | error-handling.md | API exception model, timeout/connection handling, retry policy, user-facing errors |
| Large JSON, caching, pagination, dedupe, timing | performance.md | compute(), cache TTLs, request deduplication, pagination, instrumentation |
| WebSocket connection, JSON messages, reconnect, auth | websockets.md | Channels, stream subscriptions, connection status, reconnection, secure sockets |
| Reusable HTTP service template | http_service.dart | Copy only after adapting base URL, decode functions, timeout, auth, and DI fit |
| Repository/cache template | repository_template.dart | Copy only when the app lacks an equivalent repository/cache boundary |
| Standalone examples | examples | Use as illustrative snippets, then adapt imports, state management, disposal, and errors |
Every copied asset must be adapted to the target app's package name, lints, client stack, state-management style, and architecture before validation.
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Networking Defaults
- Use
http: ^1.6.0andweb_socket_channel: ^3.0.3only for new simple clients. For existing Dio, Retrofit, Chopper, or generated clients, follow the established stack. - Inject clients instead of constructing them deep inside services. Close owned
http.Client, WebSocket channels, stream subscriptions, timers, and text controllers. - Treat
200..299as success only when the endpoint contract allows it. Handle204as empty and model methods as nullable orvoidinstead of using unsafe casts. - Decode JSON into typed models at service/repository boundaries. Use background isolates for large responses, but avoid isolate overhead for small payloads.
- Add request timeouts and retry only transient failures. Do not retry unsafe mutations unless the API is idempotent or the user confirms the product policy.
- Store sensitive tokens with
flutter_secure_storage: ^10.0.0or the app's existing secure storage. Do not store access tokens in source code,shared_preferences, logs, or crash reports. - Use
wss://for WebSockets. Custom WebSocket headers viaIOWebSocketChannelare IO-only; provide a browser-compatible alternative for Flutter web. - Do not manually set
Accept-Encodingas a default withpackage:http; let the platform/client negotiate compression unless the project has a measured need.
Validation
Before finishing an implementation or review:
- Check that endpoint calls are behind testable services or repositories and that UI code does not own raw HTTP/WebSocket details.
- Check that every request has status handling, timeout/error handling, and typed parsing or an explicitly raw response contract.
- Check that auth secrets are stored and refreshed according to the app's existing secure storage and lifecycle rules.
- Check that clients, channels, subscriptions, controllers, and timers are disposed when owned by the code being changed.
- Run the closest available validation:
flutter analyze- focused
flutter testsuites for changed network/auth/repository code dart format --output=none --set-exit-if-changedfor copied Dart assets- this skill's
scripts/verify-examples.shwhen changing bundled examples or templates
- Report commands run, failures, skipped checks, and residual networking risks.
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Files
SKILL.md and 13 other files (scripts, references, assets) in flutter-networking of MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills.
- SKILL.md
- assets/code-templates/http_service.dart
- assets/code-templates/repository_template.dart
- assets/examples/auth_example.dart
- assets/examples/background_parsing.dart
- assets/examples/fetch_example.dart
- assets/examples/post_example.dart
- assets/examples/websocket_example.dart
- references/authentication.md
- references/error-handling.md
- references/http-basics.md
- references/performance.md
- references/websockets.md
- scripts/verify-examples.sh
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2fb67e3
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| Engine Whats Newflutter/flutter | 179k | — | ~978 | Automated safety check: Pass | BSD-3-Clause | |
| Flutter Cherry Pickflutter/flutter | 179k | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | BSD-3-Clause | |
| Upgrade Browserflutter/flutter | 179k | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | BSD-3-Clause |
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What does Flutter Networking do?
Implement, fix, debug, review, or refactor Flutter networking code for HTTP/REST APIs, WebSocket realtime flows, authentication and token refresh, request headers, timeouts, retries, JSON parsing…. Flutter Networking is an agent skill from MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills. Implement, fix, debug, review, or refactor Flutter networking code for HTTP/REST APIs, WebSocket realtime flows, authentication and token refresh, request headers, timeouts, retries, JSON parsing, caching, background isolates, repositories, services, and adaptation to existing http, Dio, Retrofit, Chopper, or custom API clients.
When should I use Flutter Networking?
Flutter Networking fits situations like: asked to add network requests; investigate network errors; harden API clients; validate Flutter network behavior.
How do I install Flutter Networking in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills --skill flutter-networking -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (flutter-networking in MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills) into .claude/skills/flutter-networking in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Flutter Networking in Codex?
Run `npx skills add MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills --skill flutter-networking -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (flutter-networking in MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills) into .agents/skills/flutter-networking in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Flutter Networking in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills --skill flutter-networking -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/flutter-networking, .gemini/skills/flutter-networking, .github/skills/flutter-networking and .opencode/skills/flutter-networking in your project.
What does Flutter Networking need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Flutter Networking needs Dart and a shell for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (flutter and dart). Our summary lists: A Bash shell.
Does Flutter Networking access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Flutter Networking safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Flutter Networking use?
Flutter Networking is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Flutter Networking use?
About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 11k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Flutter Networking?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Flutter Networking: Layered Architecture (VeryGoodOpenSource/vgv-ai-flutter-plugin, 169 stars), Flutter Startup Network Blocking (divinevideo/divine-mobile, 266 stars), Engine Whats New (flutter/flutter, 179k stars) and Flutter Cherry Pick (flutter/flutter, 179k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Flutter Networking?
MADTeacher (a GitHub user) maintains it in MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills, which has 110 GitHub stars. The repository holds 11 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 1, 2026.
Source: MADTeacher/mad-agents-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.