Flow External Services

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Security · Sub-category: security-misc

tool:salesforce

Use when calling external REST APIs from Salesforce Flow without writing Apex: registering API specs as External Services, using generated invocable actions in Flow Builder, using Flow's built-in HTTP Callout action (GA Spring '24+), configuring Named Credentials for authentication, mapping inputs/outputs, and handling fault paths. Trigger keywords: 'External Services', 'HTTP Callout action in Flow', 'call REST API from Flow', 'register OpenAPI spec', 'Flow HTTP action'. NOT for Apex callouts, Apex HttpRequest patterns, OmniStudio Integration Procedures, or Platform Event publishing.

What this skill does

Flow External Services is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the security-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/flow-external-services/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when calling external REST APIs from Salesforce Flow without writing Apex: registering API specs as External Services, using generated invocable actions in Flow Builder, using Flow's built-in HTTP Callout action (GA Spring '24+), configuring Named Credentials for authentication, mapping inputs/outputs, and handling fault paths. Trigger keywords: 'External Services', 'HTTP Callout action in Flow', 'call REST API from Flow', 'register OpenAPI spec', 'Flow HTTP action'.

Who uses this skill

The Flow External Services skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/flow-external-services
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/flow-external-services/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/flow-external-services/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/flow-external-services/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/flow-external-services/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\flow-external-services\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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