api-design-ops SKILL.md skillA
api-design-ops from 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/api-design-ops@git:20260705.a637868Pins git:20260705.a637868 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods
- Path
skills/api-design-ops/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260705.a637868, committed Jul 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 8, 2026
- Size
- 11,547 bytes
- Repository stars
- 68
- License
- MIT
API design patterns for REST, gRPC, and GraphQL. Use for: api design, REST, gRPC, GraphQL, protobuf, schema design, api versioning, pagination, rate limiting, error format, OpenAPI, API authentication, JWT, OAuth2, API gateway, webhook, idempotency.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# API Design Ops Comprehensive API design patterns covering REST (advanced), gRPC, and GraphQL. This skill provides decision frameworks, design patterns, and implementation guidance for building production APIs. ## API Style Decision Tree ``` What kind of API do you need? | +-- Internal microservice-to-microservice? | +-- High throughput, low latency needed? --> gRPC | +-- Streaming (real-time data, logs)? --> gRPC (bidirectional streaming) | +-- Simple request/response, team comfort? --> REST | +-- Public-facing API? | +-- Third-party developers consuming it? --> REST (widest compatibility) | +-- Mobile app with varied data needs? --> GraphQL | +-- Browser-only, simple CRUD? --> REST | +-- Frontend for your own app? | +-- Multiple clients with different data shapes? --> GraphQL | +-- Single client, straightforward data? --> REST | +-- Real-time updates needed? --> GraphQL subscriptions or SSE | +-- IoT / embedded / constrained devices? | +-- Binary efficiency matters? --> gRPC | +-- HTTP-only environments? --> REST ``` ### Quick Comparison | Concern | REST | gRPC | GraphQL | |---------|------|------|---------| …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/api-design-ops@sha256:2ebb97fce9e10412The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260705.a637868, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Mar 8, 2026 and Jul 5, 2026, about one every 60 days.
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| git:20260705.a637868 latest | 2026-07-05 | a637868 | 11,547 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260410.d221136 | 2026-04-10 | d221136 | 11,210 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260308.ca165aa | 2026-03-08 | ca165aa | 11,165 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
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- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source
0xdarkmatter/claude-mods · 68 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-14 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_nt3c76cjbjrj3jfm GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/api-design-ops GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2ebb97fce9e10412fea47c63c5a05c1eb9bab6d0d842c217fc2ae01db4a8f20f
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