Guides API engineering work from contract design through implementation, mocking, testing, documentation and deployment.
- What it does
- This skill acts as a default entry point for API engineering tasks. It lays out principles for putting the API contract first, capturing it with an OpenAPI spec or Postman collection, and validating changes against that contract. It points to related activities such as mocking, testing, documentation, discovery and CI-based deployment, and it recommends proposing next steps rather than jumping straight into implementation.
- When to use it
- Use it when starting or coordinating API engineering work, such as designing, implementing, mocking, testing, monitoring, documenting or deploying an API. It is suited to situations where a contract-first workflow and staged next steps are wanted.
- Requirements
- No scripts are shipped; it is an instructions-only skill. It references tools and practices such as Postman collections, OpenAPI specs, Postman workspace push and CI integration, but does not itself require credentials or network access.
