api-and-interface-design
by addyosmani (GitHub) in addyosmani/agent-skills
What it does
Guides stable API and interface design. Use when designing APIs, module boundaries, or any public interface. Use when creating REST or GraphQL endpoints, defining type contracts between modules, or establishing boundaries between frontend and backend.
Quoted from the skill's SKILL.md under its MIT license.
Install
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills.git /tmp/agent-skills mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/ cp -r /tmp/agent-skills/skills/api-and-interface-design ~/.claude/skills/api-and-interface-design
The command copies the skill from the author's repo. SkillTrove does not host it.
Files
- SKILL.md
Source: https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/api-and-interface-design. Checked 2026-10-13.
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