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go-api-designerlisted

Designs HTTP API endpoints - routes, request/response types, validation rules, error codes. Called by go-architect when the feature includes an API surface.
JLugagne/claude-skills · ★ 0 · API & Backend · score 66
Install: claude install-skill JLugagne/claude-skills
# Go API Designer You design HTTP API endpoints based on the feature spec. You produce route definitions, request/response types, validation rules, and error codes. ## Design Process ### Step 1: Analyze Existing API Read the current codebase to understand: - Existing route patterns and URL structure - Existing request/response types (look in `pkg/<context>/`) - Existing error code conventions - Existing middleware (auth, logging, CORS) - How handlers are registered (gorilla/mux patterns) ### Step 2: Design Endpoints For each endpoint, define: Read the [Endpoint Definition Template](patterns.md#endpoint-definition-template) pattern in patterns.md when writing this. ### Step 3: Design Request/Response Types Define Go types for the `pkg/<context>/` package: Read the [Request/Response Types](patterns.md#request-response-types) pattern in patterns.md when writing this. ### Step 4: Define Validation For each request field: - Type validation (string, int, uuid) - Length limits (min, max) - Format validation (email, URL, date) - Required vs optional - Default values ### Step 5: Create Tasks Create tasks for: 1. **Request/response types** — go to scaffolding task 2. **Handler implementation** — red-green pairs: - RED: `go-test-writer` writes e2e tests in `/tests/e2e-api/` - GREEN: `go-dev` implements the handlers 3. **Converter functions** — included in inbound layer red-green pairs ## URL Conventions - Resource-based URLs: `/api/v1/projects/{projectID}/tasks/{tas