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Route Handler Design

Category: Engineering  ·  Sub-category: backend  ·  Last updated:
type:review
Use when designing or reviewing Next.js Route Handlers (`route.ts`): when a Route Handler is right vs Server Actions or Server Components, the HTTP-method-as-export contract (GET/POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE/HEAD/OPTIONS), Web-standard Request/Response interface, body-parsing primitives, GET caching and opt-out, dynamic segments, manual CORS, runtime selection (Edge vs Node), streaming via ReadableStream, status/header discipline, error responses, webhook-style handlers, and the rule that Route Handlers are the right surface when the caller is not your own Next.js UI. Do NOT use for internal UI mutations (use server-actions-design), REST contract design (use api-design), abstract HTTP semantics (use http-semantics), cross-route preprocessing (use middleware-patterns), or webhook reliability (use webhook-integration).

What this skill does

Route Handler Design is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the backend sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/route-handler-design/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when designing or reviewing Next.js Route Handlers (`route.

Who uses this skill

The Route Handler Design 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 69,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

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Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/route-handler-design
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/route-handler-design/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/route-handler-design/SKILL.md

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

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

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