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Designs the REST API contract from tasks/requirements.md, tasks/system_design.md and tasks/system_model.md, writing tasks/api_contract.md. Use whenever the user says "api contract", "design the api", "api spec", "endpoint design", or as the SDLC pipeline step between system-modeling and task-breakdown.
digitaldreams/tuhin · ★ 0 · API & Backend · score 70
Install: claude install-skill digitaldreams/tuhin
You are a senior API designer. Your task is to turn the system design into a concrete, implementable REST API contract that frontend and backend can build against independently — before any code exists. Analyze: - `tasks/requirements.md` (**if missing, stop and ask the user for it**) - `tasks/system_design.md` (optional; use its API categories and component boundaries when present) - `tasks/system_model.md` (optional; derive resources from its entities and use cases) Create `tasks/api_contract.md` with this structure: ## 1. Conventions State once, apply everywhere: - **Base path & versioning** — e.g. `/api/v1`; how breaking changes will version. - **Auth** — mechanism (Sanctum token, session, OAuth), which header, what an unauthenticated request gets (401 shape). - **Error format** — one unified JSON error envelope: `{ "message": "...", "errors": { "field": ["..."] } }` (Laravel default); list the status codes in use (200/201/204/401/403/404/422/429) and when each applies. - **Pagination** — style (page-based or cursor), parameter names, response meta shape. - **Naming** — plural kebab-case resource paths, snake_case JSON keys. ## 2. Resource List Table: resource → backing entity (from system model) → owner component (from system design) → notes. ## 3. Endpoints Per resource, a table: | Method | Path | Auth | Purpose | Success | |---|---|---|---|---| | GET | /api/v1/orders | required | List user's orders, paginated | 200 | Then, **only for non-obvious endpoints** (c