Anthropic

Claude API — Development skill for Claude Code

Development official Intermediate

Build apps with the Claude API or Anthropic SDK.

How to install Claude API

Installs to ~/.claude/skills/claude-api/

Terminal

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/skills /tmp/skills \
  && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills \
  && cp -r /tmp/skills/skills/claude-api ~/.claude/skills/claude-api

Clones the whole repository, because a skill folder can carry scripts and resources beside its SKILL.md.

What Claude API does

Build LLM-powered applications with Claude. Helps choose the right surface, detect project language (Python, TypeScript, Java), and provides language-specific documentation and code examples for the Anthropic SDK.

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When Claude uses Claude API

Trigger

When code imports anthropic/@anthropic-ai/sdk/claude_agent_sdk, or user asks to use Claude API

Tools it reaches for:

ReadWriteBash

Alternatives in Development

Claude Integration Guide — FOR CLAUDE CODE: When a user asks you to integrate components from this showcase repository into their project 9.3k ★
Anthropic SDK Python — PyPI version 3.9k ★
Dario — A local OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible proxy that brings your Claude Pro/Max subscription to Cursor, Cline 485 ★