documenting-apis

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Generate API specification documentation from codebase analysis. Detects REST endpoints, function signatures, type definitions, and schemas. Triggers: API specification, endpoints, REST API, type definitions, OpenAPI, Swagger, API documentation.

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docs:api - API Specification Generation

Auto-generate API documentation from codebase analysis.

Detection Items

Category	Targets
REST Endpoints	Express, Fastify, Hono, Next.js, Flask, FastAPI, Django REST
Functions	tree-sitter extraction, TypeScript types, JSDoc, docstrings
Types	interface, type, Zod, Yup, dataclass, Pydantic
OpenAPI	openapi.yaml/json, swagger.yaml/json

Framework Detection Patterns

Framework	Pattern
Express/Fastify/Hono	`app.get()`, `router.post()`
Next.js	`app/api//route.ts`, `pages/api//*.ts`
Flask	`@app.route()`
FastAPI	`@app.get()`, `@app.post()`
Django REST	`@api_view`

Analysis Scripts

Script	Purpose
`scripts/detect-endpoints.sh`	HTTP method, path, handler, file location
`scripts/extract-types.sh`	Type name, fields, related types

Generated Structure

# API Specification

## Endpoint List
### GET /api/users
**Request**: params table
**Response**: JSON example

## Type Definitions
### User
| Field | Type | Description |

Usage

/docs:api                    # Generate API docs
"Generate API specification" # Natural language

Markdown Validation

After generation, validate output with:

~/.claude/skills/scripts/validate-markdown.sh {output-file}

Non-blocking (warnings only) - style issues don't block document creation.

References

Related: documenting-architecture, setting-up-docs, documenting-domains