# api-testing-observability

A plugin that handles the boring parts around APIs: automated tests, request mocks, OpenAPI docs and observability setup.

- 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-testing-observability
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/api-testing-observability

## What it does

The plugin covers several API chores at once. It automates endpoint testing, spins up mocks for requests, generates OpenAPI documentation and helps wire up monitoring. All of it runs through the agent, so you skip hand-maintaining collections and schemas.

Install comes from the `wshobson/agents` marketplace in Claude. It is also listed for Claude and Cursor, but install commands exist only for Claude, so hooking it up in the other two editors is on you. The MIT license means you can edit the code freely.

If your project already has a test generator or a schema pipeline, this plugin will duplicate that work. Worth checking what is already in place before adding another layer.

## 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-testing-observability@claude-code-workflows
```

## When to use it
- generate tests for REST endpoints from existing routes
- stand up a mock server before the backend is ready
- build an OpenAPI schema from code and keep it current
- set up metric and log collection for API calls
- catch docs that drifted away from real responses

## Example prompts
- generate tests for every endpoint in `routes/api.py`
- build an OpenAPI description for the current service
- set up mocks for the external payments API

## Source text · api-testing-observability · MIT

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API testing automation, request mocking, OpenAPI documentation generation, observability setup, and monitoring
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© Seth Hobson · MIT · https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/HEAD/plugins/api-testing-observability

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