API Onboarding — Communication skill for Claude Code
Developer marketing skill for api onboarding.
How to install API Onboarding
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/api-onboarding/
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jonathimer/devmarketing-skills /tmp/devmarketing-skills \
&& mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills \
&& cp -r /tmp/devmarketing-skills/skills/api-onboarding ~/.claude/skills/api-onboarding Clones the whole repository, because a skill folder can carry scripts and resources beside its SKILL.md.
What API Onboarding does
Reduce time-to-first-API-call (TTFAC) by optimizing every step of the developer onboarding journey.
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Repository README
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api-onboarding
Reduce time-to-first-API-call (TTFAC) by optimizing every step of the developer onboarding journey.
What This Skill Covers
- Measuring TTFAC: Instrumentation and benchmarks
- Auth Simplification: Removing authentication friction
- Sandbox Environments: Risk-free experimentation
- Interactive Documentation: Try-it-now experiences
- Common Failure Points: Where developers get stuck and why
- Optimization Framework: Systematic onboarding improvement
When to Use This Skill
- Designing new API onboarding flows
- Diagnosing high developer drop-off rates
- Reducing time-to-value for new developers
- Building or improving API sandboxes
- Creating interactive documentation
Key Principle
Time-to-first-API-call is the most predictive metric for developer adoption. Every minute of friction costs you users. Optimize ruthlessly.
TTFAC Benchmarks
| Rating | Time | Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Excellent | < 5 min | "This is amazing" |
| Good | 5-15 min | "Pretty straightforward" |
| Poor | 30-60 min | "This is frustrating" |
| Failing | > 60 min | "I'll try something else" |
Quick Wins
- Show API key immediately after signup (not buried in settings)
- Add copy buttons to all code examples
- Pre-fill examples with the developer's actual API key
- Provide generous sandbox rate limits
- Add "Try it" buttons to API reference pages
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docs-as-marketing- Quickstart documentationsdk-dx- SDK that simplifies onboardingdeveloper-sandbox- Interactive playground environments
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