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Pagination Designer

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Design correct, scalable pagination (plus the filtering and sorting that ride with it) for a list endpoint — pick cursor (keyset) vs offset and justify it, define an opaque cursor with a unique tiebreaker so no row is skipped or repeated, return a consistent envelope, bound page size, and name the indexes the sort actually needs. Use when adding a list endpoint, when OFFSET pagination crawls on a large table, or when clients see duplicate or missing rows while paging.
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From the source SKILL.md

Pagination looks trivial until the table grows or the data moves under the reader. OFFSET 100000 doesn't skip to row 100,000 — the database scans and throws away the first 100,000 matching rows on every request, so latency climbs linearly with depth. And sorting by a non-unique column (created_at, name, score) without a tiebreaker gives a partial order: rows that tie can reorder between requests, so paging skips some and shows others twice. This skill makes the pagination scheme an explicit decision — keyset vs offset, the cursor encoding, the tiebreaker, the page-size bounds, and the indexes…

What this skill does

Pagination Designer is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/pagination-designer/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when adding a list endpoint, when OFFSET pagination crawls on a large table, or when clients see duplicate or missing rows while paging.

Who uses this skill

The Pagination Designer Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 196,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

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

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/pagination-designer/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\pagination-designer\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 Pagination Designer Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/pagination-designer/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Pagination Designer skill do?
Design correct, scalable pagination (plus the filtering and sorting that ride with it) for a list endpoint — pick cursor (keyset) vs offset and justify it, define an opaque cursor with a unique tiebreaker so no row is skipped or repeated, return a consistent envelope, bound page size, and name the indexes the sort actually needs. Use when adding a list endpoint, when OFFSET pagination crawls on a large table, or when clients see duplicate or missing rows while paging.
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 Pagination Designer skill?
Use Pagination Designer when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the general 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 Pagination Designer" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Pagination Designer 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. Pagination Designer is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

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imtiazrayhan. (2026). Pagination Designer [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/pagination-designer/
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@misc{pagination-designer-2026,
  author    = {imtiazrayhan},
  title     = {Pagination Designer [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/pagination-designer/}
}

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