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API Design Reviewer

Analyze OpenAPI specifications against REST conventions and detect breaking changes.

Updated Mar 7, 2026
Search Tags:#linting#api design#openapi#breaking changes#swagger#rest conventions#api quality
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/tapanshah/Claude-Skills --skill api-design-reviewer-tapanshah
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: API Design Reviewer
Source: https://github.com/tapanshah/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/api-design-reviewer
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/tapanshah/Claude-Skills --skill api-design-reviewer-tapanshah

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill requires openapi-spec-validator, and includes scripts (resource) and references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

This Skill automates the review of API designs, ensuring adherence to REST conventions, best practices, and industry standards, thereby reducing errors and improving maintainability.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • API Linting: Validates naming conventions, HTTP method usage, URL structure, status code compliance, and error response formats.
  • Breaking Change Detection: Identifies potential issues like removed endpoints or modified response structures between API versions.
  • Design Scoring: Assesses API quality across dimensions like consistency, documentation, security, usability, and performance.
  • Use Case: Integrate this Skill into your CI/CD pipeline to automatically flag API design flaws before they are merged, ensuring high-quality, consistent APIs.

Quick Start

Use the API Design Reviewer skill to analyze the provided OpenAPI specification file 'openapi.json'.

Frequently Asked Questions about API Design Reviewer

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

FAQPage Schema
How do I lint an OpenAPI specification for REST convention violations?▼

Linting an OpenAPI specification for REST conventions involves validating resource naming, HTTP method usage, URL structure, and error response formats against established industry standards to ensure API quality and maintainability.

How can I detect breaking changes between API versions in Swagger?▼

Detecting breaking changes between API versions in Swagger requires analyzing OpenAPI specifications to identify removed endpoints or modified response structures, ensuring backward compatibility is maintained across releases.

Can I integrate API design reviews into a CI/CD pipeline?▼

Yes, you can integrate API design reviews into a CI/CD pipeline to automatically flag design flaws before merging code, ensuring consistent API quality by validating OpenAPI specifications against REST conventions during the build process.

What dimensions are used to score API quality during a design review?▼

API quality scoring during a design review assesses specifications across multiple dimensions, including consistency, documentation completeness, security, usability, and performance, to provide a comprehensive evaluation of your API design.

Do I need an OpenAPI specification to check API quality and error response formats?▼

Yes, you need an OpenAPI or Swagger specification file to check API quality and error response formats, as the analysis requires parsing these structured definitions to validate compliance with REST conventions.

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