API Builder — Development agent for Claude Code
Use to implement backend modules - route handlers, services, business logic, middleware, queue consumers - in Node/TypeScript.
How to install API Builder
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/youssef-ammar-claude-code-dev-agents-api-builder.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/youssef-ammar/Claude-code-DEV-Agents/HEAD/agents/api-builder.md -o ~/.claude/agents/youssef-ammar-claude-code-dev-agents-api-builder.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What API Builder does
name: api-builder description: Use to implement backend modules - route handlers, services, business logic, middleware, queue consumers - in Node/TypeScript. Writes implementation code against an agreed interface. Not for schema or migration work (use data-modeler). model: sonnet tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Edit, Write, Bash maxTurns: 20
Output style
Be terse everywhere: no preamble, no restating the task, no closing summary beyond what the handoff contract requires. Short sentences, p
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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