Api Design Principles
Helps with API, design, principles as part of developing backend services and APIs workflows.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add hermeticormus-api-design-principles npx -- -y @trustedskills/hermeticormus-api-design-principles
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"hermeticormus-api-design-principles": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/hermeticormus-api-design-principles"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill helps design APIs following established principles. It provides guidance on creating well-structured, maintainable, and user-friendly interfaces for software systems. The skill focuses on aspects like resource naming conventions, request methods, status codes, and error handling to ensure API consistency and predictability.
When to use it
- Designing a new RESTful API endpoint for an application.
- Reviewing existing API documentation for clarity and adherence to best practices.
- Generating API specifications (e.g., OpenAPI/Swagger) from high-level descriptions.
- Troubleshooting issues related to API usability or unexpected behavior.
- Refactoring an older API to improve its design and maintainability.
Key capabilities
- Resource naming conventions
- HTTP request methods selection
- Status code usage guidelines
- Error handling best practices
- API specification generation (OpenAPI/Swagger)
Example prompts
- "Design a REST endpoint for managing user profiles, following API design principles."
- "Suggest appropriate HTTP status codes for a successful data retrieval and an error scenario in my API."
- "Generate an OpenAPI specification based on this description of my API: [description]."
Tips & gotchas
This skill assumes some basic understanding of RESTful architecture. For optimal results, provide clear and concise descriptions of the desired API functionality.
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