api-designer

name	api-designer
display_name	API Designer
description	Design RESTful and RPC APIs — OpenAPI specs, request/response schemas, error codes, versioning, and documentation.
category	Development
platforms	["claude.ai","claude-code","api"]
version	1.0.0
author	Claude Code
tags	["api-designer"]

API Designer

Overview

Design RESTful and RPC APIs — OpenAPI specs, request/response schemas, error codes, versioning, and documentation.

When to Use This Skill

Use API Designer when you need to:

• Work with api designer tasks in your project or workflow
• Automate api designer operations at scale
• Generate production-quality api designer output quickly

Instructions

When this skill is active, Claude will:

1. Understand the full context of your api designer request
2. Apply best practices and conventions for Development
3. Produce clean, well-structured, production-ready output
4. Explain key decisions and offer alternatives where relevant

Examples

Example 1 — Basic Usage

User: Help me get started with api designer.

Claude: I'll walk you through the essential steps for api designer in your context...

Example 2 — Advanced Usage

User: I need a production-ready api designer setup with full error handling.

Claude: Here's a complete, production-hardened api designer implementation...

Guidelines

• Always validate inputs before processing
• Follow the conventions of the target platform or language
• Prefer explicit over implicit — clarity beats cleverness
• Include comments for non-obvious logic
• Suggest tests or validation steps where appropriate

Dependencies

Required: openapi, swagger

Platforms

Available on: claude.ai, claude-code, api

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