Use Case
Stop doing repetitive general tools tasks manually. http-retry lets your AI agent handle them automatically through natural conversation. Automatically retries HTTP requests with exponential backoff, timeout control, and connection pooling to handle network errors and rate limits. This guide shows practical examples of using http-retry to automate common general tools workflows and save hours every week.
Install http-retry: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install http-retry
Identify the repetitive general tools tasks you want to automate
Describe the task to your AI in plain English
http-retry will execute the task and return results directly in the chat
Chain multiple tasks: ask your AI to run a sequence of operations
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing http-retry
Automate my general tools tasks using http-retry
What repetitive tasks can http-retry handle for me?
Set up a workflow that runs http-retry every morning
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install http-retryOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install http-retryβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/http-retry/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.