curl

name	curl
description	Use when making HTTP requests from the command line for API testing, debugging, and automation. Covers curl, wget, and HTTPie with common patterns for REST APIs, authentication, file uploads, and response inspection. USE FOR: curl, wget, HTTPie, HTTP from CLI, API testing from terminal, REST API debugging, request headers, response inspection, file download, form submission, bearer tokens, basic auth from CLI DO NOT USE FOR: API testing frameworks (use testing/api-testing), load testing (use testing/performance-testing), browser automation (use testing/e2e-testing)
license	MIT
metadata	{"displayName":"curl & HTTP Clients","author":"Tyler-R-Kendrick"}
compatibility	claude, copilot, cursor
references	[{"title":"curl Documentation","url":"https://curl.se/docs/"},{"title":"HTTPie Documentation","url":"https://httpie.io/docs/cli"},{"title":"GNU Wget Manual","url":"https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/"}]

curl & HTTP Clients

Overview

curl is the Swiss Army knife for HTTP from the terminal — installed on virtually every Unix system and available on Windows. It's indispensable for testing APIs, debugging requests, and scripting HTTP interactions.