api-design
Design clean, scalable, and maintainable REST and GraphQL APIs following industry best practices. Use when designing public or internal APIs, planning endpoint structures, defining request/response contracts, establishing versioning strategies, implementing authentication patterns, designing data models, creating API documentation, ensuring consistent error handling, optimizing for performance, or establishing service contracts between microservices.
npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill api-design-pascallammers-mylo-travel-concierg --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# API Design - Building Clean, Scalable REST & GraphQL APIs ## When to use this skill - Designing new REST or GraphQL APIs from scratch - Planning endpoint structures and URL patterns - Defining request/response contracts and data schemas - Establishing API versioning and deprecation strategies - Implementing authentication and authorization patterns - Creating API documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger) - Designing error response formats and status codes - Planning pagination, filtering, and sorting strategies - Establishing rate limiting and throttling policies - Designing webhooks or event-driven integrations - Creating service contracts for microservices - Optimizing API performance and caching strategies ## When to use this skill - Designing public or internal APIs, planning endpoints, defining contracts between services. - When working on related tasks or features - During development that requires this expertise **Use when**: Designing public or internal APIs, planning endpoints, defining contracts between services. ## Core Principles 1. **Consistency** - Predictable patterns across endpoints 2. **Simplicity** - Easy to understand and use 3. **Versioning** - Support evolution withou
- When to use this skill
- Core Principles
- REST API Design
- 1. Resource-Based URLs
- 2. HTTP Methods & Status Codes
- 3. Request/Response Format
- 4. Filtering, Sorting, Pagination
- 5. Versioning
- 6. Authentication & Authorization
- 7. HATEOAS (Hypermedia)
- GraphQL API Design
- 1. Schema Definition
- 2. Resolvers
- 3. Error Handling
What does the api-design skill do?
Design clean, scalable, and maintainable REST and GraphQL APIs following industry best practices. Use when designing public or internal APIs, planning endpoint structures, defining request/response contracts, establishing versioning strategies, implementing authentication patterns, designing data models, creating API documentation, ensuring consistent error handling, optimizing for performance, or establishing service contracts between microservices.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill api-design-pascallammers-mylo-travel-concierg --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.