# loops-api

A skill for wiring Loops into backend code: contacts, events, transactional email, campaigns and webhooks through the HTTP API and official SDKs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1600 installs · ★ 12
- Author: loops-so
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/loops-so/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/loops-api/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-06
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/loops-api

## What it does

The skill activates when you write Loops integration code — server-side services, webhook handlers, automation. It routes tasks by category and points to `references/http-api.md` for the HTTP API and SDK details.

It helps pick the interface first: official SDKs for application code, raw HTTP when no SDK exists for your language or you need exact payload control. Keep Loops requests server-side. LMX markup and theme work live in the separate `loops-lmx` skill, while CLI install and auth belong to `loops-cli`.

Covered areas include contacts, contact properties, mailing lists, events, transactional emails and their templates, campaign groups, audience segments, themes and components, workflow graphs and nodes, and inbound webhooks. There is also API-key validation and request troubleshooting. Email strategy and deliverability review are out of scope.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add loops-so/skills --skill loops-api -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/loops-api/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/loops-api/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add loops-so/skills --skill loops-api -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/loops-api/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add loops-so/skills --skill loops-api -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/loops-api/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install loops-so/skills loops-api
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/loops-api/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add loops-so/skills --skill loops-api -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/loops-so/skills --path skills/loops-api
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/loops-api/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add loops-so/skills --skill loops-api -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/loops-so/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/loops-api/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- choose between an official SDK and raw HTTP
- create a draft campaign with audience targeting
- send a transactional email from backend code
- add a contact to Loops from a webhook handler
- validate an API key and debug request errors

## Example prompts
- Send a transactional email from my backend using the Loops API
- Add a contact to Loops in my webhook handler
- Create a campaign via API targeting a segment

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: loops-api
description: >
  Use this skill whenever the user wants to integrate Loops from application
  code, backend services, webhook handlers, or server-side automation. This
  includes the Loops HTTP API and official SDKs for server-side contact,
  contact-property, mailing-list, event, API-key-validation,
  transactional-email, content editing (campaigns, groups, audience segments,
  email messages, themes, and components), workflow graph/node mutation, and
  inbound Loops webhooks. Trigger on phrases like "Loops API", "Loops SDK",
  "create a campaign via API", "update email message LMX", "create a theme via
  API", "create a workflow via API", "add a workflow node", "Loops webhook",
  "send a Loops event from my app", "add a contact to Loops in a webhook",
  "send a transactional email from backend code", or any time the user wants
  to integrate Loops into their app, backend, webhook, or automation. Do not
  trigger for CLI or shell-only requests.
metadata:
  version: 1.7.0
---

# Loops API and SDK Skill

This skill helps with Loops implementation workflows from application code. Use it for backend integrations, exact request guidance, and SDK or HTTP decisions.

## When To Use

Use this skill when the user needs to:

- integrate Loops into an app, backend, webhook, or automation
- decide between official SDKs and raw HTTP
- manage contacts, contact properties, mailing lists, events, or transactional email
- send transactional emails or create, edit, and publish transactional email templates via API
- manage contact suppression status/removal
- create draft campaigns with audience targeting (mailing list, segment, or filter), groups, and scheduling
- organize campaigns and transactional emails into groups
- list or create audience segments for campaign/workflow targeting
- update email-message content (subject, sender, CC/BCC, format, fallbacks, LMX), send previews, and run Guardian checks
- list, create, update, and get themes and components to build LMX payloads
- upload images for email content
- create, update, inspect, and delete workflows and workflow nodes (including mailing-list changes, branches, reroutes, and queued-contact handling)
- list event patterns for workflow event triggers
- receive and verify inbound Loops webhooks (contact, email send, and engagement events)
- validate credentials or troubleshoot Loops request behavior from code

This skill is for implementation and operational usage, not broad email strategy or deliverability review.

## Working Style

When this skill is active:

1. Choose the right interface first: SDK or raw HTTP.
2. Prefer official SDKs for application code when the language has one.
3. Prefer raw HTTP only when no SDK is available or the user needs exact payload control.
4. Keep Loops requests server-side.
5. Verify exact behavior against the official docs or OpenAPI spec when details matter.
6. For LMX email design or brand work, use the theme/component endpoints in `references/http-api.md`; the LMX design policy lives in the `loops-lmx` skill.
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