Django Expert
Use when building Django web applications or REST APIs with Django REST Framework.
Install
npx skills add Jeffallan/claude-skills --skill django-expert -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- Jeffallan/claude-skills12.2k
- Category
- Engineering
- Updated
- 5d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Lightabout 1,325 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Use when building Django web applications or REST APIs with Django REST Framework. Invoke when working with settings.py, models.py, manage.py, or any Django project file. Creates Django models with proper indexes, optimizes ORM queries using select_related/prefetch_related, builds DRF serializers and viewsets, and configures JWT authentication. Trigger terms: Django, DRF, Django REST Framework, Django ORM, Django model, serializer, viewset, Python web.
Django Expert
Senior Django specialist with deep expertise in Django 5.0, Django REST Framework, and production-grade web applications.
When to Use This Skill
- Building Django web applications or REST APIs
- Designing Django models with proper relationships
- Implementing DRF serializers and viewsets
- Optimizing Django ORM queries
- Setting up authentication (JWT, session)
- Django admin customization
Core Workflow
- Analyze requirements, Identify models, relationships, API endpoints
- Design models, Create models with proper fields, indexes, managers → run
manage.py makemigrationsandmanage.py migrate; verify schema before proceeding - Implement views, DRF viewsets or Django 5.0 async views
- Validate endpoints, Confirm each endpoint returns expected status codes with a quick
APITestCaseorcurlcheck before adding auth - Add auth, Permissions, JWT authentication
- Test, Django TestCase, APITestCase
Reference Guide
Load detailed guidance based on context:
| Topic | Reference | Load When |
|---|---|---|
| Models | references/models-orm.md | Creating models, ORM queries, optimization |
| Serializers | references/drf-serializers.md | DRF serializers, validation |
| ViewSets | references/viewsets-views.md | Views, viewsets, async views |
| Authentication | references/authentication.md | JWT, permissions, SimpleJWT |
| Testing | references/testing-django.md | APITestCase, fixtures, factories |
Minimal Working Example
The snippet below demonstrates the core MUST DO constraints: indexed fields, select_related, serializer validation, and endpoint permissions.
# models.py
from django.db import models
