# Claude API

> Build apps with the Anthropic Claude API — chat completions, tool use, streaming, vision, and multi-turn conversations.

- Skill: `inbharatai/claude-api` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add inbharatai/claude-api`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/inbharatai/claude-api/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: inbharatai (https://skillmd.com/u/inbharatai)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/inbharatai/claude-api

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# Claude API

## Overview

Build apps with the Anthropic Claude API — chat completions, tool use, streaming, vision, and multi-turn conversations.

## When to Use This Skill

Use **Claude API** when you need to:

- Work with claude api tasks in your project or workflow
- Automate claude api operations at scale
- Generate production-quality claude api output quickly

## Instructions

When this skill is active, Claude will:

1. Understand the full context of your claude api request
2. Apply best practices and conventions for Development
3. Produce clean, well-structured, production-ready output
4. Explain key decisions and offer alternatives where relevant

## Examples

### Example 1 — Basic Usage

**User:** Help me get started with claude api.

**Claude:** I'll walk you through the essential steps for claude api in your context...

### Example 2 — Advanced Usage

**User:** I need a production-ready claude api setup with full error handling.

**Claude:** Here's a complete, production-hardened claude api implementation...

## Guidelines

- Always validate inputs before processing
- Follow the conventions of the target platform or language
- Prefer explicit over implicit — clarity beats cleverness
- Include comments for non-obvious logic
- Suggest tests or validation steps where appropriate

## Dependencies

Required: python, typescript, anthropic-sdk

## Platforms

Available on: claude.ai, claude-code, api

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*Part of the [claude-skills](https://github.com/inbharatai/claude-skills) collection — 183+ skills for Claude.*