Api Patterns

Helps you think through API design decisions rather than just copying patterns. Covers the fundamentals like choosing between REST, GraphQL, and tRPC based on your actual needs, plus response formats, versioning strategies, pagination, and auth patterns. The content map is genuinely useful because it tells you to only read what's relevant instead of dumping everything at once. Includes a decision checklist that asks the right questions upfront, like who's consuming the API and whether you've actually defined a versioning strategy. The anti-patterns section is blunt about common mistakes like using verbs in REST endpoints or defaulting to REST without thinking. Good for when you're starting an API project or refactoring an existing one that's gotten messy.

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last updated: Jun 3, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add vudovn/antigravity-kit --skill api-patterns --agent claude-code

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Files

API Patterns

API design principles and decision-making. Learn to THINK, not copy fixed patterns.

🎯 Selective Reading Rule

Read ONLY files relevant to the request! Check the content map, find what you need.

📑 Content Map

File	Description	When to Read
`api-style.md`	REST vs GraphQL vs tRPC decision tree	Choosing API type
`rest.md`	Resource naming, HTTP methods, status codes	Designing REST API
`response.md`	Envelope pattern, error format, pagination	Response structure
`graphql.md`	Schema design, when to use, security	Considering GraphQL
`trpc.md`	TypeScript monorepo, type safety	TS fullstack projects
`versioning.md`	URI/Header/Query versioning	API evolution planning
`auth.md`	JWT, OAuth, Passkey, API Keys	Auth pattern selection
`rate-limiting.md`	Token bucket, sliding window	API protection
`documentation.md`	OpenAPI/Swagger best practices	Documentation
`security-testing.md`	OWASP API Top 10, auth/authz testing	Security audits