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Claude Skill • Apr 12, 2026
Claude Skill: API Conventions
Reference skill pattern for API naming, request validation, response envelopes, errors, auth, and pagination conventions.
• Reference skill pattern for API naming, request validation, response envelopes, errors, auth, and pagination conventions.
Recommended SKILL.md contents
• Trigger description explaining when Claude should use the skill.
• Step-by-step procedure for the workflow.
• Required checks before edits or publication.
• Verification command or manual acceptance checklist.
• Links to supporting examples, scripts, or templates when the workflow needs them.
What it helps you do
- Use this skill because it keeps backend endpoints consistent across teams and agents.
- Skills load their full instructions only when used, which keeps normal session context smaller.
- A reusable `SKILL.md` gives teams a versioned workflow instead of repeated ad hoc prompts.
Best fit users
- backend engineers, API platform teams, and full-stack developers.
- Teams standardizing AI-assisted delivery across multiple repositories.
- Builders who want Claude to apply consistent procedures without repasting instructions.
What to know first
- existing API style, authentication model, error format, and validation rules.
- A skill directory such as `.claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md` or `~/.claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md`.
- A concise frontmatter description so Claude can decide when to load the skill.
Environment needed
- project skill folder, codebase access, and optional examples or OpenAPI references.
- Claude Code skill support and access to the files or commands the workflow needs.
- Any external APIs, MCP servers, credentials, or local runtimes required by the specific workflow.
Community
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