Pipeworx httpcat

HTTP status code cat images — get a cat photo for any status code plus a reference of all common codes

Security Scan

The skill is an instruction-only helper that maps HTTP status codes to http.cat image URLs and its declared requirements (curl only) match that purpose.

Purpose & Capability

Name and description (HTTP status code cat images) align with the content of SKILL.md and the only declared runtime requirement is curl, which is reasonable for fetching URLs.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md contains only benign operations: returning status code descriptions and http.cat image URLs. It includes example calls to a third-party MCP gateway (https://gateway.pipeworx.io/httpcat/mcp) and an example MCP config that uses npx; these direct network calls are expected for this pack but mean runtime will contact external services.

Install Mechanism

No install spec or code files are included (instruction-only), so nothing is written to disk by the registry install. The SKILL.md example shows using npx to run mcp-remote@latest if a user configures that, which would pull from npm, but that is an optional usage example rather than a mandatory install step.

Credentials

No environment variables, credentials, or config paths are required. The skill does not request secrets or unrelated system access.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill does not request persistent system-level presence or modify other skills; autonomous invocation is allowed by default but is not excessive given the skill's narrow scope.

Assessment

This is a lightweight, instruction-only pack that returns http.cat image URLs. Before enabling: be aware that example usage contacts a third-party gateway (gateway.pipeworx.io) and the SKILL.md suggests using npx/mcp-remote (which would fetch code from npm) if you adopt the MCP config; if you prefer not to contact that gateway or run npx-installed helpers, you can call http.cat URLs directly (e.g., https://http.cat/<code>) without granting extra access or installing packages.

HTTP Cats

Every HTTP status code deserves a cat. This pack returns cat image URLs from http.cat for any status code, plus a handy reference list of all common HTTP codes with their meanings.

Tools

• get_status_cat — Get the http.cat image URL for a specific HTTP status code (e.g., 404, 418, 500)
• list_codes — Reference list of common HTTP status codes with human-readable descriptions

Perfect for

• Making error messages more fun in documentation or Slack alerts
• Teaching HTTP status codes in a memorable way
• Adding personality to API monitoring dashboards
• "What does a 418 status code mean?" — it means I'm a Teapot, obviously

Example

curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/httpcat/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_status_cat","arguments":{"code":404}}}'

{
  "code": 404,
  "description": "Not Found",
  "image_url": "https://http.cat/404"
}

MCP config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-httpcat": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/httpcat/mcp"]
    }
  }
}