Use when designing REST or GraphQL APIs, creating OpenAPI specifications, or planning API architecture. Invoke for resource modeling, versioning strategies, pagination patterns, error handling standards.
npx skills add https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills --skill api-designer
Senior API architect specializing in REST and GraphQL APIs with comprehensive OpenAPI 3.1 specifications.
npx @redocly/cli lint openapi.yamlnpx @stoplight/prism-cli mock openapi.yamlLoad detailed guidance based on context:
| Topic | Reference | Load When |
|-------|-----------|-----------|
| REST Patterns | references/rest-patterns.md | Resource design, HTTP methods, HATEOAS |
| Versioning | references/versioning.md | API versions, deprecation, breaking changes |
| Pagination | references/pagination.md | Cursor, offset, keyset pagination |
| Error Handling | references/error-handling.md | Error responses, RFC 7807, status codes |
| OpenAPI | references/openapi.md | OpenAPI 3.1, documentation, code generation |
/users/{id}, not /getUser/{id})openapi: "3.1.0"
info:
title: Example API
version: "1.1.0"
paths:
/users:
get:
summary: List users
operationId: listUsers
tags: [Users]
parameters:
- name: cursor
in: query
schema: { type: string }
description: Opaque cursor for pagination
- name: limit
in: query
schema: { type: integer, default: 20, maximum: 100 }
responses:
"200":
description: Paginated list of users
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required: [data, pagination]
properties:
data:
type: array
items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/User" }
pagination:
$ref: "#/components/schemas/CursorPage"
"400": { $ref: "#/components/responses/BadRequest" }
"401": { $ref: "#/components/responses/Unauthorized" }
"429": { $ref: "#/components/responses/TooManyRequests" }
/users/{id}:
get:
summary: Get a user
operationId: getUser
tags: [Users]
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
schema: { type: string, format: uuid }
responses:
"200":
description: User found
content:
application/json:
schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/User" }
"404": { $ref: "#/components/responses/NotFound" }
components:
schemas:
User:
type: object
required: [id, email, created_at]
properties:
id: { type: string, format: uuid, readOnly: true }
email: { type: string, format: email }
name: { type: string }
created_at: { type: string, format: date-time, readOnly: true }
CursorPage:
type: object
required: [next_cursor, has_more]
properties:
next_cursor: { type: string, nullable: true }
has_more: { type: boolean }
Problem: # RFC 7807 Problem Details
type: object
required: [type, title, status]
properties:
type: { type: string, format: uri, example: "https://api.example.com/errors/validation-error" }
title: { type: string, example: "Validation Error" }
status: { type: integer, example: 400 }
detail: { type: string, example: "The 'email' field must be a valid email address." }
instance: { type: string, format: uri, example: "/users/req-abc123" }
responses:
BadRequest:
description: Invalid request parameters
content:
application/problem+json:
schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Problem" }
Unauthorized:
description: Missing or invalid authentication
content:
application/problem+json:
schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Problem" }
NotFound:
description: Resource not found
content:
application/problem+json:
schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Problem" }
TooManyRequests:
description: Rate limit exceeded
headers:
Retry-After: { schema: { type: integer } }
content:
application/problem+json:
schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Problem" }
securitySchemes:
BearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT
security:
- BearerAuth: []
{
"type": "https://api.example.com/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation Error",
"status": 422,
"detail": "The 'email' field must be a valid email address.",
"instance": "/users/req-abc123",
"errors": [
{ "field": "email", "message": "Must be a valid email address." }
]
}
Content-Type: application/problem+json for error responses.type must be a stable, documented URI — never a generic string.detail must be human-readable and actionable.errors[] for field-level validation failures.When delivering an API design, provide:
type URIs)npx @redocly/cli lint openapi.yaml passes with no errorsREST architecture, OpenAPI 3.1, GraphQL, HTTP semantics, JSON:API, HATEOAS, OAuth 2.0, JWT, RFC 7807 Problem Details, API versioning patterns, pagination strategies, rate limiting, webhook design, SDK generation
Comprehensive GitHub project management with swarm-coordinated issue tracking, project board automation, and sprint planning
Comprehensive technology-agnostic prompt for analyzing and documenting project folder structures. Auto-detects project types (.NET, Java, React, Angular, Python, Node.js, Flutter), generates detailed blueprints with visualization options, naming conventions, file placement patterns, and extension templates for maintaining consistent code organization across diverse technology stacks.
Use when complex problems require systematic step-by-step reasoning with ability to revise thoughts, branch into alternative approaches, or dynamically adjust scope. Ideal for multi-stage analysis, design planning, problem decomposition, or tasks with initially unclear scope.
Multi-agent workflow examples to work together on the OpenServ Platform. Covers agent discovery, multi-agent workspaces, task dependencies, and workflow orchestration using the Platform Client. Read reference.md for the full API reference. Read openserv-agent-sdk and openserv-client for building and running agents.
> Compress natural language memory files (CLAUDE.md, todos, preferences) into caveman format to save input tokens. Preserves all technical substance, code, URLs, and structure. Compressed version overwrites the original file. Human-readable backup saved as FILE.original.md.
API design principles and decision-making. REST vs GraphQL vs tRPC selection, response formats, versioning, pagination.
Patterns for automating GitHub workflows with AI assistance, inspired by [Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli) and modern DevOps practices.
Groups existing components into logical business domains to plan service-based architecture. Use when asking "which components belong together?", "group these into services", "organize by domain", "component-to-domain mapping", or planning service extraction from an existing codebase. Do NOT use for identifying new domains from scratch (use domain-analysis) or analyzing coupling (use coupling-analysis).
Take jeffallan/api-designer from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the
same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.
The instructions reference npx.
Without those the skill loads but fails at the first command.