Deploy frontend assets to the IC. Covers certified assets, SPA routing with .ic-assets.json5, custom domains, content encoding, and programmatic uploads. Use when hosting a frontend, deploying static files, configuring custom domains, or setting up SPA routing on IC. Do NOT use for canister-level code patterns.
Quickly install asset-canister AI skill to your development environment via command line
Source: dfinity/icskills.
The asset canister hosts static files (HTML, CSS, JS, images) directly on the Internet Computer. This is how web frontends are deployed on-chain. Responses are certified by the subnet, and HTTP gateways automatically verify integrity, i.e. that content was served by the blockchain. The content can also be verified in the browser -- not a centralized server.
Asset canisters are created per-project. There is no single global canister ID. After deployment, your canister ID is stored in .icp/data/mappings/ (per environment).
| Local | http:// .localhost:8000 | | Mainnet | https:// .ic0.app or https:// .icp0.io | | Custom domain | https://yourdomain.com (with DNS configuration) |
Deploy frontend assets to the IC. Covers certified assets, SPA routing with .ic-assets.json5, custom domains, content encoding, and programmatic uploads. Use when hosting a frontend, deploying static files, configuring custom domains, or setting up SPA routing on IC. Do NOT use for canister-level code patterns. Source: dfinity/icskills.
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npx skills add https://github.com/dfinity/icskills --skill asset-canisterDeploy frontend assets to the IC. Covers certified assets, SPA routing with .ic-assets.json5, custom domains, content encoding, and programmatic uploads. Use when hosting a frontend, deploying static files, configuring custom domains, or setting up SPA routing on IC. Do NOT use for canister-level code patterns. Source: dfinity/icskills.
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/dfinity/icskills --skill asset-canister Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw
https://github.com/dfinity/icskills