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rest-api-builder

Generates structured, production-hardened REST API code.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/rest-api-builder && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/11590" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/rest-api-builder && rm skill.zip

Installs to .claude/skills/rest-api-builder

Activation

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Scaffold production-ready REST APIs with authentication, rate limiting, validation, and OpenAPI docs.
101 charsno explicit “when” trigger
Beginner

Key capabilities

  • Scaffold production-ready REST APIs
  • Implement authentication for APIs
  • Apply rate limiting to API endpoints
  • Add validation to API requests
  • Generate OpenAPI documentation

How it works

The skill scaffolds production-ready REST APIs by applying best practices and conventions. It includes features like authentication, rate limiting, validation, and OpenAPI documentation.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
requirements for a REST API
You get back
production-ready REST API scaffold with specified features

When to use rest-api-builder

  • Scaffolding a new REST API
  • Setting up API authentication
  • Generating OpenAPI docs

About this skill

REST API Builder

Overview

Scaffold production-ready REST APIs with authentication, rate limiting, validation, and OpenAPI docs.

When to Use This Skill

Use REST API Builder when you need to:

  • Work with rest api builder tasks in your project or workflow
  • Automate rest api builder operations at scale
  • Generate production-quality rest api builder output quickly

Instructions

When this skill is active, Claude will:

  1. Understand the full context of your rest api builder request
  2. Apply best practices and conventions for Development
  3. Produce clean, well-structured, production-ready output
  4. Explain key decisions and offer alternatives where relevant

Examples

Example 1 — Basic Usage

User: Help me get started with rest api builder.

Claude: I'll walk you through the essential steps for rest api builder in your context...

Example 2 — Advanced Usage

User: I need a production-ready rest api builder setup with full error handling.

Claude: Here's a complete, production-hardened rest api builder implementation...

Guidelines

  • Always validate inputs before processing
  • Follow the conventions of the target platform or language
  • Prefer explicit over implicit — clarity beats cleverness
  • Include comments for non-obvious logic
  • Suggest tests or validation steps where appropriate

Dependencies

Required: fastapi, express, rails

Platforms

Available on: claude-code, api


Part of the claude-skills collection — 183+ skills for Claude.

When not to use it

  • When not building REST APIs
  • When authentication, rate limiting, or validation are not needed
  • When OpenAPI docs are not required

Prerequisites

fastapiexpressrails

Limitations

  • Requires specific dependencies like fastapi, express, or rails
  • Available on claude-code and api platforms
  • Follows conventions of the target platform or language

How it compares

This skill automates the scaffolding of REST APIs with built-in best practices and features, providing a quicker and more standardized setup compared to manual API development.

Compared to similar skills

rest-api-builder side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.

SkillInstallsUpdatedSafetyDifficulty
rest-api-builder (this skill)05moNo flagsBeginner
backend-architect104moNo flagsAdvanced
openrouter-streaming-setup127dReviewIntermediate
fastapi-templates5202moNo flagsIntermediate

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