API Handler is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the tools-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/api-handler/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
When to invoke it: Use when creating or modifying any API route in the /api directory. Keywords: API, route, endpoint, handler, auth, POST, GET, PUT, DELETE, validation.
The API Handler skill is built for developers, power users, and teams automating repetitive workflows and improving developer experience. 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.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/api-handler curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/api-handler/SKILL.md \ -o ~/.claude/skills/api-handler/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/api-handler/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/api-handler/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\api-handler\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
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