Automating Api Testing
Helps with API, testing as part of testing, debugging, and quality assurance workflows.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add automating-api-testing npx -- -y @trustedskills/automating-api-testing
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"automating-api-testing": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/automating-api-testing"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill automates API testing, allowing you to verify the functionality and reliability of APIs. It can execute test suites, validate responses against expected schemas, and generate reports detailing test results. The goal is to streamline the API testing process and reduce manual effort.
When to use it
- Regression Testing: After code changes or deployments, automatically run tests to ensure existing API functionality remains intact.
- New Feature Verification: Validate that newly developed APIs meet requirements and behave as expected.
- Performance Monitoring: Regularly test API response times and throughput to identify potential bottlenecks.
- Contract Testing: Ensure compatibility between different services by validating API responses against predefined contracts.
Key capabilities
- API request execution
- Response validation against schemas
- Test suite automation
- Report generation
Example prompts
- "Run the regression test suite for the user authentication API."
- "Verify that the
/productsendpoint returns a JSON response with fields 'id', 'name', and 'price'." - "Generate a report summarizing the results of all API tests run today."
Tips & gotchas
This skill requires access to the API endpoints being tested. Ensure proper authentication credentials are provided for accurate testing.
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