{"type":"skills","slug":"anthropic-claude-api","name":"claude-api","title":"claude-api: Skill (Anthropic skills) in 2026","lead":"Reference for the Claude API / Anthropic SDK — model ids, pricing, params, streaming, tool use, MCP, agents, caching, token counting, model migration.","category":"Anthropic skills","rank_in_category":5,"category_size":19,"source_url":"https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/main/skills/claude-api/SKILL.md","source_label":"SKILL.md in the publisher's repository","checked":"2026-10-27","page":"https://vibeshipped.io/directory/skills/anthropic-claude-api","markdown":"https://vibeshipped.io/directory/skills/anthropic-claude-api.md","json":"https://vibeshipped.io/directory/skills/anthropic-claude-api.json","claim":"https://vibeshipped.io/directory/claim?entry=skills/anthropic-claude-api","facts":{"Type":"Agent Skill (SKILL.md)","Category":"Anthropic skills","Publisher":"Anthropic","Licence (frontmatter)":"Complete terms in LICENSE.txt","Repository":"https://github.com/anthropics/skills","Path":"skills/claude-api/SKILL.md","Source":"https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/main/skills/claude-api/SKILL.md (checked 2026-10-27)"},"repository":"https://github.com/anthropics/skills","website":"https://github.com/anthropics/skills","verification":{"kind":"sourced","checked":"2026-10-27"},"install":{"claude_code":{"label":"Claude Code","applicable":true,"snippet":"git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/skills.git /tmp/skills-src && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/skills-src/skills/claude-api ~/.claude/skills/claude-api"},"cursor":{"label":"Cursor","applicable":false,"snippet":"Cursor has no SKILL.md loader that we have verified. Open https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/main/skills/claude-api/SKILL.md and copy its instructions into a project rule (.cursor/rules)."},"chatgpt":{"label":"ChatGPT","applicable":false,"snippet":"Not applicable: ChatGPT does not load SKILL.md files."},"hermes":{"label":"Hermes Agent","applicable":true,"snippet":"hermes skills install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/claude-api/SKILL.md"}},"ranking":"Within a category, entries sort by (1) latest verification: verified working, then reachable but sign-in required, then failing; (2) share of daily checks that passed; (3) number of sourced facts attached to the entry; (4) median response time of passing checks; (5) name. Nothing else counts. Rankings are never for sale: sponsors and paid plans cannot change an entry's position."}