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Use when a task needs a new or modified YouTube Music API call, response parser validation, authenticated endpoint investigation, or fixture capture; explore endpoints with `swift run api-explorer` before changing production code.

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API Exploration

Use this skill when a task needs a new or modified YouTube Music API call, response parser validation, authenticated endpoint investigation, or fixture capture.

Guardrails

  • Always enhance Sources/APIExplorer/main.swift; do not write one-off scripts for endpoint exploration.
  • Never commit real cookies, SAPISID values, tokens, or account identifiers. Redact anything sensitive in notes, fixtures, and examples.
  • Prefer API endpoints over WebView whenever the functionality already exists in YTMusicClient.

Workflow

  1. Start with swift run api-explorer auth if the task touches sign-in-backed endpoints.
  2. Check what already exists with swift run api-explorer list.
  3. Probe the endpoint with browse, action, or continuation before touching production code.
  4. Save representative payloads with -o when parser work or regression tests need fixtures.
  5. Update docs/api-discovery.md if you confirm a new endpoint, parameter, or auth constraint.

Common Commands

swift run api-explorer auth
swift run api-explorer list
swift run api-explorer browse FEmusic_home -v
swift run api-explorer browse FEmusic_liked_playlists -v
swift run api-explorer action search '{"query":"never gonna give you up"}'

Landmarks

  • Sources/APIExplorer/main.swift
  • docs/api-discovery.md
  • Tests/KasetTests/Fixtures/

Authenticated exploration reads the debug cookie export from ~/Library/Application Support/Kaset/cookies.dat.