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API Development
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gitgoodordietrying
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· v1.0.0
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Install in OpenClaw
/install api-dev
Description
Scaffold, test, document, and debug REST and GraphQL APIs. Use when the user needs to create API endpoints, write integration tests, generate OpenAPI specs, test with curl, mock APIs, or troubleshoot HTTP issues.
Usage Guidance
Install only if you are comfortable treating this as a review-needed API helper. Use it against local or test APIs by default, avoid running destructive examples on production data, verify base URLs and resource IDs before mutation, keep real tokens and files out of shell history, and pin or lock npm-based CLI tools instead of running unversioned npx commands.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: api-dev
Version: 1.0.0
The skill bundle is classified as benign. All code snippets and instructions in SKILL.md, including the use of `curl`, `node`, `python3`, `npm install express`, and `npx @redocly/cli`, are directly aligned with the stated purpose of API development, testing, and debugging. While the skill involves powerful commands like `kill` and access to environment variables like `$TOKEN`, these are used in standard developer debugging and testing patterns (e.g., killing a process on a specific port, using a token for authentication, decoding a JWT locally) and do not show any intent for data exfiltration, malicious execution, persistence, or prompt injection against the agent.
Capability Assessment
Credentials
curl, node, and python are proportionate for API development, but examples touch external endpoints and local services, so users should constrain targets deliberately.
Install Mechanism
The skill package itself is Markdown-only and has no install hook, but use-time examples invoke unpinned npx packages that may download and execute mutable third-party code.
Instruction Scope
The guidance includes copy-paste POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, bearer-token, and file-upload examples, plus a test runner with a hard-coded DELETE /api/users/1, without explicit non-production safeguards or confirmation steps.
Persistence & Privilege
No artifact-backed persistence, privilege escalation, background service installation, memory writes, or hidden credential storage was found.
Purpose & Capability
The skill's API testing, scaffolding, OpenAPI, mock server, and debugging guidance matches its stated api-dev purpose.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install api-dev - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/api-dev - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Initial release - REST/GraphQL API scaffolding, curl testing, OpenAPI spec generation, mock servers, Express scaffolding, and HTTP debugging patterns.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is API Development?
Scaffold, test, document, and debug REST and GraphQL APIs. Use when the user needs to create API endpoints, write integration tests, generate OpenAPI specs, test with curl, mock APIs, or troubleshoot HTTP issues. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 11621 downloads so far.
How do I install API Development?
Run "/install api-dev" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is API Development free?
Yes, API Development is completely free (open-source). You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does API Development support?
API Development is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (linux, darwin, win32).
Who created API Development?
It is built and maintained by gitgoodordietrying (@gitgoodordietrying); the current version is v1.0.0.
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