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api-design

Automate REST and GraphQL API design with OpenAPI/Swagger schemas.

Updated Apr 11, 2026
Search Tags:#documentation#api design#openapi#rest#graphql#swagger
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/Prathviraj-jadhav/nexgen-elit-website --skill api-design-prathviraj-jadhav
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Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: api-design
Source: https://github.com/Prathviraj-jadhav/nexgen-elit-website/tree/main/.agent/skills/api-design
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/Prathviraj-jadhav/nexgen-elit-website --skill api-design-prathviraj-jadhav

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

This skill guides teams through robust REST and GraphQL API design, providing standardized patterns, schemas, and guidance to reduce contract drift and implementation gaps.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Standardized API design patterns for endpoints, schemas, authentication flows, and error formats.
  • Guidance for OpenAPI/Swagger and GraphQL schema creation, versioning strategies, and security considerations.
  • Real-world scenarios include designing a new service, reviewing an existing API contract, or updating an API to support new versions and emerging requirements.

Quick Start

Describe a new API service and generate a starter OpenAPI/Swagger or GraphQL schema outline.

Frequently Asked Questions about api-design

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I design a REST API with consistent endpoint structure and standard status codes?▼

Designing a REST API involves standardizing endpoint structures, HTTP semantics, and status codes. This skill provides standardized patterns and a reusable OpenAPI template to guide endpoint structure and enforce consistent HTTP semantics across backend platforms.

What's the best way to generate an OpenAPI or Swagger schema for a new service?▼

Generating an OpenAPI or Swagger schema requires defining schemas, authentication flows, and error formats. You can describe a new API service to automatically generate a starter OpenAPI or Swagger schema outline with standardized design patterns.

Can I use this to review an existing API contract for versioning and security?▼

Reviewing an existing API contract involves checking versioning strategies and security considerations. This skill supports reviewing existing contracts and updating APIs to support new versions and emerging requirements across REST and GraphQL platforms.

Does this skill support creating a GraphQL schema with standardized error formats?▼

Creating a GraphQL schema with standardized error formats is supported. The skill guides GraphQL schema creation alongside standardized API design patterns for authentication flows, versioning strategies, and security considerations.

How do I reduce contract drift when designing REST and GraphQL APIs?▼

Reducing contract drift requires standardized API design patterns and schemas to prevent implementation gaps. This skill guides teams through robust REST and GraphQL API design, providing standardized patterns to reduce contract drift and implementation gaps.

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