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API Design Patterns
Language-agnostic API design patterns covering REST and GraphQL, including resource naming, HTTP methods, status codes, versioning, pagination, filtering, authentication, error handling, and schema design. Activate when working with APIs, REST endpoints, GraphQL schemas, API documentation, OpenAPI/Swagger, JWT, OAuth2, endpoint design, API versioning, rate limiting, or GraphQL resolvers. Use when this capability is needed.
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---name: api-design-patterns-3description: Language-agnostic API design patterns covering REST and GraphQL, including resource naming, HTTP methods, status codes, versioning, pagination, filtering, authentication, error handling, and schema design. Activate when working with APIs, REST endpoints, GraphQL schemas, API documentation, OpenAPI/Swagger, JWT, OAuth2, endpoint design, API versioning, rate limiting, or GraphQL resolvers. Use when this capability is needed.---Read `~/.agents/skills/api-design-patterns/knowledge.md` for the full guidelines. Note: the path is `~/.agents`, not `~/.claude`.---> Source: [salverius-tech/dotfiles](https://github.com/salverius-tech/dotfiles) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).<!-- tomevault:4.0:skill_md:2026-05-22 -->
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Language-agnostic API design patterns covering REST and GraphQL, including resource naming, HTTP methods, status codes, versioning, pagination, filtering, authentication, error handling, and schema design. Activate when working with APIs, REST endpoints, GraphQL schemas, API documentation, OpenAPI/Swagger, JWT, OAuth2, endpoint design, API versioning, rate limiting, or GraphQL resolvers. Use when this capability is needed. It is listed under Docs & Writing on SkillMD.
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