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Dspy Adapters

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Dspy Adapters skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Dspy Adapters is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Engineering · Sub-category: engineering-misc · Last updated: 2026-06-13

lang:python ai:claude

Use when you need to customize how DSPy formats prompts for a specific provider — switching from chat to completion format, forcing JSON output, or debugging prompt rendering issues. Common scenarios - debugging why your prompt looks wrong when sent to the model, switching from OpenAI to Anthropic and the formatting breaks, forcing the model to return valid JSON instead of markdown, working with completion-style models that do not support chat format, customizing system messages, or handling models that choke on structured output instructions. Related - ai-switching-models, ai-following-rules, ai-parsing-data. Also used for prompt template rendering, how DSPy builds the prompt, custom system message in DSPy, JSON mode not working, model ignores format instructions, switch from chat to completion API, dspy.ChatAdapter, dspy.JSONAdapter, prompt formatting issues, debug what DSPy sends to the model, dspy.XMLAdapter, XML output format.

About this skill (catalog notes)

Dspy Adapters includes pricing or quota commentary; 18 code blocks for direct copy-paste. At roughly 2,150 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

Original author: lebsral
Indexed lastmod: 2026-06-13
Catalog position: Engineering · engineering-misc
Indexed related skills: 10

How Dspy Adapters fits the catalog

Dspy Adapters sits in the Engineering category under the engineering-misc sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Adapters sit between your DSPy modules and the language model. They control how signatures get turned into prompts and how LM responses get parsed back into typed Python objects. Most of the time the default adapter just works -- but when you need tighter control over structured output, or you are working with reasoning models that struggle with formatting, adapters give you that control.

What this skill does

Dspy Adapters is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the engineering-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/dspy-adapters/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when you need to customize how DSPy formats prompts for a specific provider — switching from chat to completion format, forcing JSON output, or debugging prompt rendering issues. Common scenarios - debugging why your prompt looks wrong when sent to the model, switching from OpenAI to Anthropic and the formatting breaks, forcing the model to return valid JSON instead of markdown, working with completion-style models that do not support chat format, customizing system messages, or handling models that choke on structured output instructions.

Who uses this skill

The Dspy Adapters Claude Code skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 118,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/dspy-adapters
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/dspy-adapters/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/dspy-adapters/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/dspy-adapters/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\dspy-adapters\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Dspy Adapters Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/dspy-adapters/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Dspy Adapters skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Dspy Adapters skill?

Use Dspy Adapters when your Claude Code task falls under the Engineering category — specifically in the engineering misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Dspy Adapters" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/engineering/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Dspy Adapters skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Dspy Adapters is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

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lebsral. (2026). Dspy Adapters [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/dspy-adapters/

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@misc{dspy-adapters-2026,
  author    = {lebsral},
  title     = {Dspy Adapters [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/dspy-adapters/}
}

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