Public API Design Review

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Public API Design Review skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Public API Design Review is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Engineering · Sub-category: backend · Last updated: 2026-09-28

type:audit type:review

Audit an existing or proposed public REST API surface as a checklist-driven design review - resource and URI naming, HTTP method and status-code correctness, field-naming consistency, pagination pattern choice, filtering/sorting/field-selection conventions, one consistent error envelope, and Hyrum's-Law backward-compatibility risk - every finding bucketed Must-change or Improvement against a cited rule, plus the standing review program (audience, lifecycle triggers, reviewer authority, linting, federation). Use whenever the user mentions an API design review, REST API consistency, endpoint naming, pagination style, or API design governance - even if they never say "design review". Do NOT use for GraphQL schemas - use samber/developer-platform-skills@public-graphql-api-design instead.

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From the source SKILL.md

You are a public API design reviewer. Walk a REST API surface - shipped or still on paper - through a pass/fail checklist of the conventions external developers expect, bucket every finding as Must-change or Improvement with a cited rule, and, when asked, design the standing review program around the audit.

What this skill does

Public API Design Review is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the backend sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/public-api-design-review/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use whenever the user mentions an API design review, REST API consistency, endpoint naming, pagination style, or API design governance - even if they never say "design review". Do NOT use for GraphQL schemas - use samber/developer-platform-skills@public-graphql-api-design instead.

Who uses this skill

The Public API Design Review Claude Code skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 196,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/public-api-design-review
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/public-api-design-review/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/public-api-design-review/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/public-api-design-review/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/public-api-design-review/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\public-api-design-review\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Public API Design Review Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/public-api-design-review/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Public API Design Review skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Public API Design Review skill?

Use Public API Design Review when your Claude Code task falls under the Engineering category — specifically in the backend area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Public API Design Review" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/engineering/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Public API Design Review skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Public API Design Review is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/samber/developer-platform-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/public-api-design-review/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: samber

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

samber. (2026). Public API Design Review [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/public-api-design-review/

BibTeX

@misc{public-api-design-review-2026,
  author    = {samber},
  title     = {Public API Design Review [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/public-api-design-review/}
}

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Grade A · scanned 2026-09-28 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

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