name: api-designer
display_name: API Designer
description: Design RESTful and RPC APIs — OpenAPI specs, request/response schemas, error codes, versioning, and documentation.
category: Development
platforms: [claude.ai, claude-code, api]
version: 1.0.0
author: Claude Code
tags: [api-designer]
API Designer
Overview
Design RESTful and RPC APIs — OpenAPI specs, request/response schemas, error codes, versioning, and documentation.
When to Use This Skill
Use API Designer when you need to:
- Work with api designer tasks in your project or workflow
- Automate api designer operations at scale
- Generate production-quality api designer output quickly
Instructions
When this skill is active, Claude will:
- Understand the full context of your api designer request
- Apply best practices and conventions for Development
- Produce clean, well-structured, production-ready output
- Explain key decisions and offer alternatives where relevant
Examples
Example 1 — Basic Usage
User: Help me get started with api designer.
Claude: I'll walk you through the essential steps for api designer in your context...
Example 2 — Advanced Usage
User: I need a production-ready api designer setup with full error handling.
Claude: Here's a complete, production-hardened api designer implementation...
Guidelines
- Always validate inputs before processing
- Follow the conventions of the target platform or language
- Prefer explicit over implicit — clarity beats cleverness
- Include comments for non-obvious logic
- Suggest tests or validation steps where appropriate
Dependencies
Required: openapi, swagger
Platforms
Available on: claude.ai, claude-code, api
Part of the claude-skills collection — 183+ skills for Claude.