claude-api skill (Anthropic)

Reference for building on the Claude API and SDKs

★ Stars182k182,136 on GitHub
Last commit9 Oct 2026
LicenceApache-2.0Per the project
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From GitHub, fetched 19 Oct 2026. Stars are for the whole anthropics/skills repository; the last-update date is for this skill's folder.

Anthropic's skill with current model IDs, parameters, tool use, streaming and caching guidance, so code that calls Claude uses the API correctly.

At a glance

Runs asSkill
TypeAgent skill
Maintained byOfficial

Sources: github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/claude-api, checked 19 Oct 2026. “Runs as” is from this listing. Blank means we haven't found it in official docs yet, not that it's unsupported.

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