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Agent skill

API Add Route

by coleam00 in coleam00/helpline

A skill your agent uses when adding or changing an HTTP route under services/api.

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Install API Add Route

skills CLI
$ npx skills add coleam00/helpline --skill api-add-route -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install coleam00/helpline api-add-route --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/coleam00/helpline.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/api-add-route .claude/skills/api-add-route && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
api-add-route
GitHub stars
113
Token cost
~262 tokens
SKILL.md length
114 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when adding or changing an HTTP route under services/api.

  • Works in 5 steps: Write the handler in the matching module… → Validate inputs first. Missing/!bad… → Do no business logic here. Call a repo… → …
  • Changing an HTTP route under services/api
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

API Add Route is an agent skill from coleam00/helpline. Use when adding or changing an HTTP route under services/api. Walks the exact steps so the new route follows Helpline's gateway conventions.

Its SKILL.md is about 260 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/route-checklist.md`).

The repository describes itself as: Demonstration codebase for building the AI Layer (CLAUDE.md hierarchy, hooks, skills, LSP, MCP, plugin) — companion repo for the 'How Claude Code works in large codebases' video.

When your agent uses it

  • Changing an HTTP route under services/api

Example prompts

  • “/api-add-route”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Write the handler in the matching module (tickets.py for ticket
  2. Validate inputs first. Missing/!bad input raises ValidationError —
  3. Do no business logic here. Call a repo (packages/db) or another
  4. Register the route in routes.py inside build_app() —
  5. Add a test in tests/ that builds the app and dispatches the route.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 456234a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

API Add Route loads about 262 tokens when it runs, and up to ~580 if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 39 tokens; SKILL.md has 114 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~39
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~262
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~580

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 114 words (~262 tokens).

“Activates for work in services/api. Follow these steps in order.”

— opening of SKILL.md by coleam00
name
api-add-route
paths
services/api/**

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in .claude/skills/api-add-route of coleam00/helpline.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/route-checklist.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 456234a

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API Add Route next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Intelligence Routeruvnet/ruflo74k—~874Automated safety check: NotesMIT
Make Changesremix-run/remix33k—~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Orch Change Featureaffaan-m/ECC276k1 repos~420Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about API Add Route

What does API Add Route do?

A skill your agent uses when adding or changing an HTTP route under services/api. API Add Route is an agent skill from coleam00/helpline. Use when adding or changing an HTTP route under services/api.

When should I use API Add Route?

API Add Route fits situations like: changing an HTTP route under services/api.

How do I install API Add Route in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add coleam00/helpline --skill api-add-route -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/api-add-route in coleam00/helpline) into .claude/skills/api-add-route in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install API Add Route in Codex?

Run `npx skills add coleam00/helpline --skill api-add-route -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/api-add-route in coleam00/helpline) into .agents/skills/api-add-route in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use API Add Route in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add coleam00/helpline --skill api-add-route -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/api-add-route, .gemini/skills/api-add-route, .github/skills/api-add-route and .opencode/skills/api-add-route in your project.

What does API Add Route need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: API Add Route is instructions for the agent only.

Does API Add Route access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is API Add Route safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does API Add Route use?

No licence was found for API Add Route or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does API Add Route use?

About 262 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 318 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to API Add Route?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with API Add Route: OmniRoute Routing CLI (diegosouzapw/OmniRoute, 74k stars), OmniRoute Combo Routing (diegosouzapw/OmniRoute, 74k stars), Intelligence Route (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars) and Make Changes (remix-run/remix, 33k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains API Add Route?

coleam00 (a GitHub user) maintains it in coleam00/helpline, which has 113 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 20, 2026.

Source: coleam00/helpline on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.