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 ovachiever-api-design-principles npx -- -y @trustedskills/ovachiever-api-design-principles
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ovachiever-api-design-principles": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/ovachiever-api-design-principles"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill helps you master REST and GraphQL API design principles, enabling you to build intuitive, scalable, and maintainable APIs. It provides guidance on resource-oriented architecture for REST APIs, schema-first development for GraphQL APIs, and various versioning strategies. Ultimately, this skill assists in creating developer-friendly APIs that are robust and long-lasting.
When to use it
- Designing new REST or GraphQL APIs.
- Refactoring existing APIs for improved usability.
- Establishing API design standards within a team.
- Reviewing API specifications before implementation.
- Migrating between different API paradigms (e.g., from REST to GraphQL).
Key capabilities
- RESTful Design Principles: Guidance on resource-oriented architecture, HTTP method semantics (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE), and URL structure.
- GraphQL Design Principles: Focuses on schema-first development, query structures, mutations, and subscriptions.
- API Versioning Strategies: Explores options like URL versioning, header versioning, and query parameter versioning.
- REST API Design Patterns: Includes examples of resource collection design patterns.
Example prompts
- "Explain the principles of a RESTful API."
- "What are the key differences between REST and GraphQL?"
- "How should I handle API versioning in my backend service?"
- "Give me an example of a good resource-oriented endpoint for managing users."
Tips & gotchas
- This skill focuses on design principles; it doesn't provide code implementation.
- Familiarity with basic API concepts (HTTP methods, resources) is helpful to get the most out of this skill.
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