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Backend API

Enforce backend API coding standards for endpoints, formats, and error handling.

Updated Dec 23, 2025
Search Tags:#API#integration#endpoints#data-access#backend-api
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npx skills add https://github.com/t-strings/tdom-path --skill backend-api-t-strings
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Skill: Backend API
Source: https://github.com/t-strings/tdom-path/tree/main/.claude/skills/backend-api
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/t-strings/tdom-path --skill backend-api-t-strings

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

This Skill provides Claude with guidance on backend API patterns to ensure consistent, reliable integrations.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • API Patterns: Define standardized ways to call and expose backend APIs.
  • Error Handling: Align API error handling with global conventions.
  • Use Case: Normalize a set of endpoints to a coherent API contract.

Quick Start

Document a sample backend API integration following Backend API guidelines.

Frequently Asked Questions about Backend API

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

FAQPage Schema
How do I standardize backend API endpoints across my project?▼

Standardize endpoints by defining consistent naming conventions, HTTP methods, and URL structures. This Skill enforces patterns for request/response formats, authentication, and versioning to ensure all API integrations follow a coherent contract across your codebase.

What should a consistent API error handling strategy include?▼

Align error handling by defining standardized error codes, response formats, and status conventions. This Skill guides you to implement global error handling that matches your API contract, making failures predictable and easier to debug across integrations.

How do I document backend API integration requirements?▼

Document functional and technical requirements including endpoint specifications, request/response schemas, authentication methods, input validation rules, and versioning strategy. This Skill helps you create clear API documentation that developers can follow consistently.

Can I use this for normalizing multiple endpoints into one API contract?▼

Yes. This Skill normalizes a set of endpoints to a coherent API contract by applying standardized patterns for structure, authentication, error handling, and documentation, eliminating inconsistencies across your backend integrations.

What input validation patterns should backend APIs enforce?▼

Define validation rules for request parameters, payloads, and data types at the API layer. This Skill specifies how to enforce consistent input validation across endpoints to prevent invalid data from reaching your backend logic.

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