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api-design-reviewer
Use for any PR or spec that adds or changes REST endpoints, before approving it. Lints conventions with api_linter.py, detects breaking changes with breaking_change_detector.py and scores the design with api_scorecard.py.
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# API Design Reviewer
**Tier:** POWERFUL
**Category:** Engineering / Architecture
**Maintainer:** Claude Skills Team
## Overview
The API Design Reviewer skill provides comprehensive analysis and review of API designs, focusing on REST conventions, best practices, and industry standards. This skill helps engineering teams build consistent, maintainable, and well-designed APIs through automated linting, breaking change detection, and design scorecards.
## Quick Start — run the tools first
```bash
# 1. Lint an OpenAPI/Swagger spec for convention violations