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name: claude-api display_name: Claude API description: Build apps with the Anthropic Claude API — chat completions, tool use, streaming, vision, and multi-turn conversations. category: Development platforms: [claude.ai, claude-code, api] version: 1.0.0 author: Claude Code tags: [claude-api]

Claude API

Overview

Build apps with the Anthropic Claude API — chat completions, tool use, streaming, vision, and multi-turn conversations.

When to Use This Skill

Use Claude API when you need to:

• Work with claude api tasks in your project or workflow
• Automate claude api operations at scale
• Generate production-quality claude api output quickly

Instructions

When this skill is active, Claude will:

1. Understand the full context of your claude api request
2. Apply best practices and conventions for Development
3. Produce clean, well-structured, production-ready output
4. Explain key decisions and offer alternatives where relevant

Examples

Example 1 — Basic Usage

User: Help me get started with claude api.

Claude: I'll walk you through the essential steps for claude api in your context...

Example 2 — Advanced Usage

User: I need a production-ready claude api setup with full error handling.

Claude: Here's a complete, production-hardened claude api implementation...

Guidelines

• Always validate inputs before processing
• Follow the conventions of the target platform or language
• Prefer explicit over implicit — clarity beats cleverness
• Include comments for non-obvious logic
• Suggest tests or validation steps where appropriate

Dependencies

Required: python, typescript, anthropic-sdk

Platforms

Available on: claude.ai, claude-code, api

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Part of the claude-skills collection — 183+ skills for Claude.