api-recon-and-docs

name	api-recon-and-docs
description	API reconnaissance and documentation review playbook. Use when discovering endpoints, schemas, versions, OpenAPI specs, hidden docs, and surface area for API testing.

SKILL: API Recon and Docs — Endpoints, Schemas, and Version Surface

AI LOAD INSTRUCTION: Use this skill first when the target is a REST, mobile, or GraphQL API and you need to enumerate endpoints, documentation, versions, and hidden surface area before exploitation.

1. PRIMARY GOALS

1. Discover all reachable API entrypoints.
2. Extract schemas, optional fields, and role differences.
3. Identify old versions, mobile paths, GraphQL endpoints, and undocumented parameters.

2. RECON CHECKLIST

JavaScript and client mining

curl https://target/app.js | grep -oE '(/api|/rest|/graphql)[^"'\'' ]+' | sort -u

Common documentation and schema paths

/swagger.json
/openapi.json
/api-docs
/docs
/.well-known/
/graphql
/gql

Version and product drift

/api/v1/
/api/v2/
/api/mobile/v1/
/legacy/

3. WHAT TO EXTRACT FROM DOCS

• optional and undocumented fields
• admin-only request examples
• deprecated endpoints that may still be active
• schema hints like additionalProperties: true
• parameter names tied to filtering, sorting, IDs, roles, or tenancy

4. NEXT ROUTING

Finding	Next Skill
object IDs everywhere	hunt-idor
JWT, OAuth, role claims	api auth and jwt abuse
GraphQL or hidden fields	hunt-graphql
strong auth boundary but suspicious business flow	business logic vulnerabilities