Api Design

Skill Verified Active

REST API design patterns including resource naming, status codes, pagination, filtering, error responses, versioning, and rate limiting for production APIs.

Purpose

To provide developers with a comprehensive and actionable reference for designing consistent, user-friendly, and production-ready REST APIs.

Features

REST API design patterns
Resource naming and URL structure
HTTP methods and status code usage
Standardized response formats (success, collection, error)
Pagination strategies (offset-based and cursor-based)
Filtering, sorting, and sparse fieldsets
Authentication and authorization patterns
Rate limiting implementation
Versioning strategies
Code examples in multiple languages

Use Cases

Designing new API endpoints
Reviewing and improving existing API contracts
Implementing pagination, filtering, or sorting
Standardizing error handling for APIs
Planning API versioning strategy
Building public or partner-facing APIs

Non-Goals

Implementing specific API frameworks or languages
Providing code generation for API definitions
Covering aspects beyond API design (e.g., testing, deployment)

Installation

npx skills add affaan-m/everything-claude-code

Runs the Vercel skills CLI (skills.sh) via npx — needs Node.js locally and at least one installed skills-compatible agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Assumes the repo follows the agentskills.io format.

Quality Score

Verified

99 /100

Analyzed 1 day ago

Trust Signals

Last commit1 day ago

GitHub owner affaan-m

Stars181k

Downloads 7k

LicenseMIT

Websiteecc.tools

Status

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