API Integration Scaffold Generator
Generates a working code scaffold — auth, request wrapper, error handling, and rate-limit retry logic — for integrating any REST API.
API Integration Scaffold Generator is a free AI skill for api & integration building. Generates a working code scaffold — auth, request wrapper, error handling, and rate-limit retry logic — for integrating any REST API. It works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and is ready to use out of the box.
About this skill
API Integration Scaffold Generator produces a ready-to-run starting point for integrating a third-party REST API, given the API's docs or a description of its auth method and endpoints. It generates authentication setup (API key, OAuth, bearer token), a request wrapper function, structured error handling, and rate-limit-aware retry logic — the boilerplate every integration needs but nobody wants to write from scratch each time. Built for developers wiring up a new API and wanting to skip past the repetitive setup.
What it does
Given an API's name/docs/auth method and target language, the skill outputs a working code scaffold: authentication handling, a reusable request function, error handling for common HTTP failure codes, and retry-with-backoff logic for rate limits, plus one example call using a real endpoint from the described API.
What is included
- Authentication setup for common auth methods (API key, bearer token, OAuth2)
- Reusable request wrapper function
- Structured error handling by HTTP status code
- Retry-with-exponential-backoff logic for rate limits
- One working example call using a real endpoint
How to use it
1. Download the SKILL.md file 2. Upload it into a new Claude conversation 3. Describe the API (name, auth method, one endpoint) and target language 4. Receive a working integration scaffold ready to extend
Examples
Integrate the Stripe API in Python. Auth is a secret key in the Authorization header. Need to start with the /v1/customers endpoint.
```python
import requests
import time
class StripeClient:
BASE_URL = 'https://api.stripe.com/v1'
def __init__(self, api_key):
self.session = requests.Session()
self.session.headers.update({'Authorization': f'Bearer {api_key}'})
def _request(self, method, path, **kwargs):
url = f'{self.BASE_URL}{path}'
for attempt in range(5):
resp = self.session.request(method, url, **kwargs)
if resp.status_code == 429:
wait = 2 ** attempt
time.sleep(wait)
continue
if resp.status_code >= 500:
time.sleep(2 ** attempt)
continue
if resp.status_code >= 400:
raise Exception(f'API error {resp.status_code}: {resp.text}')
return resp.json()
raise Exception('Max retries exceeded')
def create_customer(self, email, name=None):
data = {'email': email}
if name:
data['name'] = name
return self._request('POST', '/customers', data=data)
# Example usage
client = StripeClient(api_key='sk_test_...')
customer = client.create_customer(email='test@example.com', name='Jane Doe')
```FAQ
What is this skill for?
How do I install it?
What languages does it support?
Does it handle OAuth2 flows, not just API keys?
How is this different from just asking for 'sample code to call this API'?
Can it generate the full SDK for an API, not just a scaffold?
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