ClaudSkills / Security / security-misc

Anth Security Basics

Quality score: 70/100  ·  Category: Security  ·  Sub-category: security-misc
ai:claude
Apply Anthropic Claude API security best practices for key management, input validation, and prompt injection defense. Use when securing API keys, validating user inputs before sending to Claude, or implementing content safety guardrails. Trigger with phrases like "anthropic security", "claude api key security", "secure anthropic", "prompt injection defense".

What this skill does

Anth Security Basics 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/anth-security-basics/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when securing API keys, validating user inputs before sending to Claude, or implementing content safety guardrails. Trigger with phrases like "anthropic security", "claude api key security", "secure anthropic", "prompt injection defense".

Who uses this skill

The Anth Security Basics 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/anth-security-basics
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/anth-security-basics/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/anth-security-basics/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/anth-security-basics/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/anth-security-basics/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\anth-security-basics\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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