# api-security-best-practices

> Implement secure API design patterns including authentication, authorization, input validation, rate limiting, and protection against common API vulnerabil

- Source: https://doutorai.pt/en/components/skills__api-security-best-practices
- Type: Skills
- Category: Security
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An open-source community component, curated and adapted by Doutor AI.

## What it does and how to use it

A **skill** that teaches Claude Code to do security tasks well. It is packaged knowledge the model uses whenever it is relevant.

1. Install the skill (command above).
2. In Claude Code, describe what you need - the skill turns on by itself when the context fits.
3. No commands to memorize: you talk in plain language and the skill does the rest.

## Install (Claude Code)

```bash
mkdir -p .claude/skills/api-security-best-practices && curl -fsSL https://doutorai.pt/data/lib/skills__api-security-best-practices.md -o .claude/skills/api-security-best-practices/SKILL.md
```

Paste this command into the terminal, in your project folder, and the component installs automatically.

## Content

```
---
name: api-security-best-practices
description: "Implement secure API design patterns including authentication, authorization, input validation, rate limiting, and protection against common API vulnerabilities"
---

# API Security Best Practices

## Overview

Guide developers in building secure APIs by implementing authentication, authorization, input validation, rate limiting, and protection against common vulnerabilities. This skill covers security patterns for REST, GraphQL, and WebSocket APIs.

## When to Use This Skill

- Use when designing new API endpoints
- Use when securing existin

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```

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