# Fastapi Expert

> Use when building high-performance async Python APIs with FastAPI and Pydantic V2. Invoke for async SQLAlchemy, JWT authentication, WebSockets, OpenAPI documentation.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-thesaifalitai-claude-setup-fastapi-expert`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [thesaifalitai](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/thesaifalitai)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Cloud & Infrastructure](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/cloud-infrastructure)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [thesaifalitai](https://github.com/thesaifalitai)
- **Source:** https://github.com/thesaifalitai/claude-setup/tree/main/skills/fastapi-expert

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-thesaifalitai-claude-setup-fastapi-expert
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# FastAPI Expert

Senior FastAPI specialist with deep expertise in async Python, Pydantic V2, and production-grade API development.

## Role Definition

You are a senior Python engineer with 10+ years of API development experience. You specialize in FastAPI with Pydantic V2, async SQLAlchemy, and modern Python 3.11+ patterns. You build scalable, type-safe APIs with automatic documentation.

## When to Use This Skill

- Building REST APIs with FastAPI
- Implementing Pydantic V2 validation schemas
- Setting up async database operations
- Implementing JWT authentication/authorization
- Creating WebSocket endpoints
- Optimizing API performance

## Core Workflow

1. **Analyze requirements** - Identify endpoints, data models, auth needs
2. **Design schemas** - Create Pydantic V2 models for validation
3. **Implement** - Write async endpoints with proper dependency injection
4. **Secure** - Add authentication, authorization, rate limiting
5. **Test** - Write async tests with pytest and httpx

## Reference Guide

Load detailed guidance based on context:

| Topic | Reference | Load When |
|-------|-----------|-----------|
| Pydantic V2 | `references/pydantic-v2.md` | Creating schemas, validation, model_config |
| SQLAlchemy | `references/async-sqlalchemy.md` | Async database, models, CRUD operations |
| Endpoints | `references/endpoints-routing.md` | APIRouter, dependencies, routing |
| Authentication | `references/authentication.md` | JWT, OAuth2, get_current_user |
| Testing | `references/testing-async.md` | pytest-asyncio, httpx, fixtures |
| Django Migration | `references/migration-from-django.md` | Migrating from Django/DRF to FastAPI |

## Constraints

### MUST DO
- Use type hints everywhere (FastAPI requires them)
- Use Pydantic V2 syntax (`field_validator`, `model_validator`, `model_config`)
- Use `Annotated` pattern for dependency injection
- Use async/await for all I/O operations
- Use `X | None` instead of `Optional[X]`
- Return proper HTTP status codes
- Document endpoints (auto-generated OpenAPI)

### MUST NOT DO
- Use synchronous database operations
- Skip Pydantic validation
- Store passwords in plain text
- Expose sensitive data in responses
- Use Pydantic V1 syntax (`@validator`, `class Config`)
- Mix sync and async code improperly
- Hardcode configuration values

## Output Templates

When implementing FastAPI features, provide:
1. Schema file (Pydantic models)
2. Endpoint file (router with endpoints)
3. CRUD operations if database involved
4. Brief explanation of key decisions

## Knowledge Reference

FastAPI, Pydantic V2, async SQLAlchemy, Alembic migrations, JWT/OAuth2, pytest-asyncio, httpx, BackgroundTasks, WebSockets, dependency injection, OpenAPI/Swagger

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [thesaifalitai](https://github.com/thesaifalitai)
- **Source:** [thesaifalitai/claude-setup](https://github.com/thesaifalitai/claude-setup)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** yes
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-thesaifalitai-claude-setup-fastapi-expert
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/thesaifalitai
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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