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Automatically discover API design skills when working with REST APIs, GraphQL schemas, API authentication, OAuth, JWT, rate limiting, API versioning, error handling, or endpoint design. Activates for backend API development tasks.

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cc-polymath

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rand/cc-polymath
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skills/discover-api/SKILL.md

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January 21, 2026

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npx add-skill https://github.com/rand/cc-polymath/blob/main/skills/discover-api/SKILL.md -a claude-code --skill discover-api

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# API Skills Discovery

Provides automatic access to comprehensive API design, authentication, and implementation skills.

## When This Skill Activates

This skill auto-activates when you're working with:
- REST API design and implementation
- GraphQL schema design
- API authentication (JWT, OAuth 2.0, API keys, sessions)
- API authorization (RBAC, ABAC, permissions)
- Rate limiting and throttling
- API versioning strategies
- Error handling and validation
- HTTP methods, status codes, endpoints

## Available Skills

### Quick Reference

The API category contains 7 specialized skills:

1. **rest-api-design** - RESTful resource modeling, HTTP semantics, URL conventions
2. **graphql-schema-design** - GraphQL types, resolvers, N+1 problem prevention
3. **api-authentication** - JWT, OAuth 2.0, API keys, session management
4. **api-authorization** - RBAC, ABAC, policy engines, permission systems
5. **api-rate-limiting** - Token bucket, sliding window, rate limiting algorithms
6. **api-versioning** - API versioning, deprecation, backward compatibility
7. **api-error-handling** - RFC 7807 errors, validation, standardized responses

### Load Full Category Details

For complete descriptions and workflows:

```bash
cat ~/.claude/skills/api/INDEX.md
```

This loads the full API category index with:
- Detailed skill descriptions
- Usage triggers for each skill
- Common workflow combinations
- Cross-references to related skills

### Load Specific Skills

Load individual skills as needed:

```bash
# Core API design
cat ~/.claude/skills/api/rest-api-design.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/api/graphql-schema-design.md

# Security and access control
cat ~/.claude/skills/api/api-authentication.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/api/api-authorization.md

# Production hardening
cat ~/.claude/skills/api/api-rate-limiting.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/api/api-error-handling.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/api/api-versioning.md
```

## Common Workflows

### New REST API
**Sequence**: REST design → Authentication → Authori

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