Claude API

by oboard

Claude API is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by oboard in claude-code-rev.

3.3K stars3.8K forkson oboard/claude-code-revAdded 2026/08/17Repository updated 2026/08/13

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Install Claude API

Copy Claude API into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/oboard/claude-code-rev/tree/main/src/skills/bundled/claude-api ~/.claude/skills/claude-api

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/oboard/claude-code-rev.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: src/skills/bundled/claude-api/SKILL.md in oboard/claude-code-rev
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/claude-api
Collection: One of 2 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What Claude API does

Claude API provides guidance for building against Anthropic APIs and SDKs, including Messages, streaming, prompt caching, tool use, batches, and files. Use it when integrating Claude into applications or agent workflows.

Claude API is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Claude API comes from a repository tagged claude-code.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Claude API

Use this skill when the user is building against Anthropic APIs or SDKs, including @anthropic-ai/sdk, anthropic, or Agent SDK integrations.

What This Skill Covers

Messages API basics across supported languages
Streaming responses and incremental rendering
Prompt caching for repeated context
Tool use and agent-style orchestration
Batches and Files API workflows
Model selection and error handling

Working Rules

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Claude API

What else does oboard publish alongside Claude API?
Claude API is one of 2 skills that DirSkills catalogs from oboard/claude-code-rev, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Verify. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Claude API does, and is maintained by oboard in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the oboard/claude-code-rev page.
How does Claude API compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Claude API ranks #627 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Claude API against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.