design-api

name	design-api
description	Design API contracts before implementation — endpoints, models, status codes (Daniel Okoye's workflow)
disable-model-invocation	true

Design the API contract for: $ARGUMENTS

Design BEFORE implementing. This produces a specification that /add-endpoint or /add-feature will implement.

Step 1 — Requirements

• What problem does this API solve?
• Who are the consumers? (frontend, mobile, external integrators, automation)
• What data flows in and out?
• What error conditions exist?

Step 2 — Endpoint Design

For each endpoint, define:

### `METHOD /api/<version>/<path>`
**Summary:** <one-line description>
**Auth:** Required / Public
**Request Body:**
```json
{
  "field": "type — description (constraints)"
}

Response 200:

{
  "field": "type — description"
}

Error Responses:

Status	Condition	Response
401	Missing/invalid API key	Uniform auth error message
404	Resource not found	Error response model
422	Validation error	Pydantic validation error
503	External resource unavailable	Error response model

## Step 3 — Pydantic Models
Define request/response schemas:
```python
class FeatureRequest(BaseModel):
    field: type = Field(..., description="...", ge=0)

class FeatureResponse(BaseModel):
    field: type

• Explicit types on every field — no Any
• Constraints via Field() — ge, le, min_length, pattern
• Enum types for fixed value sets

Step 4 — Route Organization

• Determine which router file (see Routers in project config, or new router?)
• Static routes MUST come before parameterized routes
• Version prefix per project conventions
• Consider path conflicts with existing routes

Step 5 — Auth & Security

• Which endpoints modify state? → Require auth (auth-protected DI dependency)
• Which endpoints are read-only monitoring? → Consider public access (public DI dependency)
• What input validation is needed beyond Pydantic?
• Rate limiting implications?

Step 6 — Backwards Compatibility

• Do any existing response shapes change? → Breaking change, needs versioning
• Do any existing endpoints move? → Redirect or deprecation needed
• Are new required fields added to existing requests? → Breaking change

Output

Produce a complete API specification document that /add-endpoint or /add-feature can implement directly.