Django Expert

A solid Django and DRF skill that handles the common pain points: ORM query optimization with select_related and prefetch_related, proper database indexing, serializer validation, and JWT authentication setup. The workflow is sensible, requiring migration verification before moving forward and endpoint validation before adding auth layers. The minimal working example actually demonstrates the constraints it preaches, which is rare. It covers Django 5.0 async views alongside the standard viewset patterns. If you're building REST APIs with Django and want guardrails around N+1 queries and proper permissions, this gives you a structured approach with the reference docs broken out by topic. Written by someone who has clearly debugged too many unindexed foreign keys.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add jeffallan/claude-skills --skill django-expert --agent claude-code

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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 makemigrations and manage.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 APITestCase or curl check before adding auth
Add auth — Permissions, JWT authentication
Test — Django TestCase, APITestCase