🛡️ Api Contract Design
This skill helps you design, document, and review REST, GraphQL, and OpenAPI contracts for consistent, evolvable APIs that developers love.
npx playbooks add skill rsmdt/the-startup --skill api-contract-design
About Api Contract Design
The Api Contract Design skill helps developers design, document, and review REST, GraphQL, and OpenAPI contracts to create consistent and evolvable APIs. This skill is used to ensure that APIs are well-structured and easy to use, which is especially important for security and collaboration among developers. A developer would reach for this skill when creating or refining APIs to guarantee they are robust, scalable, and easy to maintain.
This compact 20-word instruction set is purpose-built for security work in AI coding agents. Install with a single command.
Use Cases
- Auditing code for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Implementing authentication and authorization patterns
- Reviewing API security, rate limiting, and input validation
- Hardening infrastructure and dependency security
Example Prompts
System Prompt (20 words)
This skill helps you design, document, and review REST, GraphQL, and OpenAPI contracts for consistent, evolvable APIs that developers love.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Api Contract Design?
Api Contract Design is a free security skill for AI coding agents. This skill helps you design, document, and review REST, GraphQL, and OpenAPI contracts for consistent, evolvable APIs that developers love.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with security expertise.
How do I use Api Contract Design with Claude Code?
Run npx playbooks add skill rsmdt/the-startup --skill api-contract-design in your terminal to install Api Contract Design into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.
Which AI coding agents work with Api Contract Design?
Api Contract Design is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.
Is Api Contract Design free to use?
Yes, Api Contract Design is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/rsmdt/the-startup/tree/main/plugins/team/skills/development/api-contract-design. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.
