# api-scaffolding

Assists with framework selection, backend architecture design, and REST or GraphQL API generation.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor · ★ 41729
- Author: Seth Hobson
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/HEAD/plugins/api-scaffolding
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/api-scaffolding

## What it does

The plugin automates early backend setup. It guides framework selection, shapes backend architecture, and scaffolds REST alongside GraphQL APIs.

Development focuses directly on API generation. Created by Seth Hobson in the `wshobson/agents` repository, it is published under the MIT license. Without backend interfaces to scaffold, the plugin has no role in the project.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install api-scaffolding@claude-code-workflows
```

## When to use it
- select a backend framework
- structure backend application architecture
- scaffold a REST API setup
- generate scaffolding for a GraphQL API

## Example prompts
- Help me choose a framework and plan the backend architecture
- Scaffold a REST API structure for a new service
- Generate a GraphQL API boilerplate for the backend

## Source text · api-scaffolding · MIT

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REST and GraphQL API scaffolding, framework selection, backend architecture, and API generation
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© Seth Hobson · MIT · https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/HEAD/plugins/api-scaffolding

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