API Endpoint Skill

When to Apply

• User asks to add a new API endpoint or CRUD route.
• Existing API contract needs extension.
• Backend changes require request validation and response contract updates.

Workflow

1. Read project specs first: specs/specs.md, then role-specific specs as needed.
2. Detect backend conventions from the repo (routing, controller/service patterns, validation style).
3. Define endpoint contract before implementation:
   • Path + method
   • Auth requirements
   • Request validation
   • Response shape and error shape
4. Implement with thin transport layer and business logic in domain/service/action classes.
5. Add focused tests for success path, validation failure, and authorization failure.

Quality Bar

• Keep endpoint behavior idempotent where required.
• Avoid N+1 queries and over-fetching.
• Return consistent JSON payloads.