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api-contract-testing from secondsky/claude-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

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SKILL.md skill
Repository
secondsky/claude-skills
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plugins/api-contract-testing/skills/api-contract-testing/SKILL.md
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git:20260402.75421fa, committed Apr 2, 2026
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License
MIT

Verifies API contracts between services using consumer-driven contracts, schema validation, and tools like Pact. Use when testing microservices communication, preventing breaking changes, or validating OpenAPI specifications.

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 Contract Testing

Verify that APIs honor their contracts between consumers and providers without requiring full integration tests.

## Key Concepts

| Term | Definition |
|------|------------|
| Consumer | Service that calls an API |
| Provider | Service that exposes an API |
| Contract | Agreed request/response format |
| Pact | Consumer-driven contract testing tool |
| Schema | Structure definition (OpenAPI, JSON Schema) |
| Broker | Central repository for contracts |

## Pact Consumer Test (TypeScript)

```typescript
import { PactV3, MatchersV3 } from '@pact-foundation/pact';

const provider = new PactV3({
  consumer: 'OrderService',
  provider: 'UserService'
});

describe('User API Contract', () => {
  it('returns user by ID', async () => {
    await provider
      .given('user 123 exists')
      .uponReceiving('a request for user 123')
      .withRequest({ method: 'GET', path: '/users/123' })
      .willRespondWith({
        status: 200,
        body: MatchersV3.like({
          id: '123',
          name: MatchersV3.string('John'),
          email: MatchersV3.email('john@example.com')
        })
      })
      .executeTest(async (mockServer) => {
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
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Source

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secondsky/claude-skills · 243 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main

API

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GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=secondsky/claude-skills/api-contract-testing
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