Implementing API Patterns

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Engineering · Sub-category: frontend

lang:pythonlang:typescripttype:integration

API design and implementation across REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and tRPC patterns. Use when building backend services, public APIs, or service-to-service communication. Covers REST frameworks (FastAPI, Axum, Gin, Hono), GraphQL libraries (Strawberry, async-graphql, gqlgen, Pothos), gRPC (Tonic, Connect-Go), tRPC for TypeScript, pagination strategies (cursor-based, offset-based), rate limiting, caching, versioning, and OpenAPI documentation generation. Includes frontend integration patterns for forms, tables, dashboards, and ai-chat skills.

What this skill does

Implementing API Patterns is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the frontend sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/implementing-api-patterns/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when building backend services, public APIs, or service-to-service communication. Covers REST frameworks (FastAPI, Axum, Gin, Hono), GraphQL libraries (Strawberry, async-graphql, gqlgen, Pothos), gRPC (Tonic, Connect-Go), tRPC for TypeScript, pagination strategies (cursor-based, offset-based), rate limiting, caching, versioning, and OpenAPI documentation generation.

Who uses this skill

The Implementing API Patterns skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. 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/implementing-api-patterns
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/implementing-api-patterns/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/implementing-api-patterns/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/implementing-api-patterns/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\implementing-api-patterns\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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