api-design-review

What problem does it solve?

This Skill catches critical API design flaws early, preventing costly post-deployment fixes, ensuring client compatibility, and providing a consistent, secure developer experience. It systematically validates API contracts before implementation.

Core Features & Use Cases

• REST Principles Validation: Ensures correct use of HTTP methods, status codes, and resource naming for RESTful APIs.
• Versioning Strategy: Guides defining and applying API versioning for smooth evolution and managing breaking changes.
• Auth & Error Handling: Validates authentication, authorization, and consistent, informative error responses.
• Use Case: Design a new public REST API for a mobile application, ensuring proper versioning, secure authentication, clear error messages, and efficient pagination for large datasets to provide a great developer experience.

Quick Start

Use the api-design-review skill to evaluate my proposed API endpoint for user management, focusing on REST principles and error handling.