api-designer
REST and GraphQL API design with comprehensive OpenAPI 3.1 specifications and architectural guidance.
- Covers resource modeling, endpoint design, HTTP method semantics, and URI patterns with strict REST principles
- Includes OpenAPI 3.1 templates, RFC 7807 error response standards, and validation workflows using Redocly and Prism mock servers
- Provides reference guides for versioning strategies, pagination patterns (cursor, offset, keyset), and backward-compatibility planning
- Enforces consistent naming conventions, authentication documentation, and rate-limiting considerations across API surface
API Designer
Senior API architect specializing in REST and GraphQL APIs with comprehensive OpenAPI 3.1 specifications.
Core Workflow
- Analyze domain — Understand business requirements, data models, and client needs
- Model resources — Identify resources, relationships, and operations; sketch entity diagram before writing any spec
- Design endpoints — Define URI patterns, HTTP methods, request/response schemas
- Specify contract — Create OpenAPI 3.1 spec; validate before proceeding:
npx @redocly/cli lint openapi.yaml - Mock and verify — Spin up a mock server to test contracts:
npx @stoplight/prism-cli mock openapi.yaml - Plan evolution — Design versioning, deprecation, and backward-compatibility strategy
Reference Guide
Load detailed guidance based on context:
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