| intro | intro - introduction to the Inferno File Protocol, Styx |
| attach | attach, auth - messages to establish a connection |
| clunk | clunk - forget about a fid |
| error | error - return an error |
| flush | flush - abort a message |
| open | open, create - prepare a fid for I/O on an existing or new file |
| read | read, write - transfer data from and to a file |
| remove | remove - remove a file from a server |
| stat | stat, wstat - inquire or change file attributes |
| version | version - negotiate protocol version |
| walk | walk - descend a directory hierarchy |