canhelp

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Display a human-readable summary of a canister's interface given its mainnet canister ID or a human-readable name. Like --help but for canisters. Only for mainnet canisters — for local canisters, read the generated .did file in your project directly.

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What this skill does

Given a canister ID or name in `$ARGUMENTS`, fetch and summarize its Candid interface.

## Steps

1. Resolve the canister ID by running the resolve script from the skill's base directory:
```bash
./scripts/resolve-canister-id.sh "$ARGUMENTS"
```
If `$ARGUMENTS` is already a valid principal, the script echoes it back.
Otherwise, it queries the IC Dashboard API and outputs matches as `<canister-id> <name>` (one per line).
- If there is a single result, clearly display the resolved canister ID and use it directly.
- If there are multiple results, present the list to the user and ask them to pick one before continuing.

2. Fetch the Candid interface using the resolved canister ID:
```bash
./scripts/fetch-candid.sh <resolved-canister-id>
```
The script outputs the path to the downloaded `.did` file.

3. Read the file using the `Read` tool.

4. Present the output as a readable summary with the following structure:

**Canister `<canister-id>`**

**Query methods:**
- `method_name(arg1: type1, arg2: type2) → return_type` — one-line description if inferable from the name

**Update methods:**
- `method_name(arg1: type1) → return_type`

**Types:**
- List any custom record/variant types defined in the interface, with their fields

## Guidelines

- Group methods by query vs update
- Sort methods alphabetically within each group
- For complex nested types, show the top-level structure and note nesting
- If the candid is very large (>100 methods), show a summary count and list only the most important-looking methods, offering to show the full list on request
- If the fetch succeeds, but the Candid interface is empty,explain that the canister is not exposing its Candid interface in the wasm metadata
- If the fetch fails, suggest the user verify the canister ID and that `icp` is installed

Files: 3

Size: 3.7 KB

Complexity: 30/100

Category: General

Source: https://github.com/dfinity/icskills/tree/main/skills/canhelp

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