# api-docs-generator

Generates OpenAPI specifications and interactive docs from your codebase. It structures endpoints, schemas, realistic examples, and helps generate client SDKs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 396 installs · ★ 63
- Author: patricio0312rev
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/patricio0312rev/skills/tree/HEAD/backend/api-docs-generator/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-01-12
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/api-docs-generator

## What it does

The skill guides the agent through a six-step documentation pipeline. It analyzes routes, parameters, and HTTP methods before assembling an OpenAPI 3.1.0 specification in YAML or JSON.

The generated output defines reusable data models, request validation constraints, and realistic payload examples alongside standard HTTP error codes. Once the specification is complete, you can host interactive documentation or initiate client library builds.

Because the skill relies on inspecting route signatures, undocumented handlers will yield sparse model definitions that require manual adjustment.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add patricio0312rev/skills --skill api-docs-generator -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/api-docs-generator/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/api-docs-generator/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add patricio0312rev/skills --skill api-docs-generator -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/api-docs-generator/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add patricio0312rev/skills --skill api-docs-generator -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/api-docs-generator/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install patricio0312rev/skills api-docs-generator
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/api-docs-generator/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add patricio0312rev/skills --skill api-docs-generator -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/patricio0312rev/skills --path backend/api-docs-generator
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/api-docs-generator/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add patricio0312rev/skills --skill api-docs-generator -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/patricio0312rev/skills/tree/HEAD/backend/api-docs-generator/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate OpenAPI 3.1.0 specifications in YAML or JSON
- define request and response schemas for API routes
- add realistic payload examples and error responses
- prepare specifications for client SDK generation

## Example prompts
- Analyze the backend routes and create an openapi.yaml specification
- Document the CRUD endpoints for users with request and response schemas
- Generate interactive API documentation and prepare the client SDK build

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: api-docs-generator
description: Generates API documentation using OpenAPI/Swagger specifications with interactive documentation, code examples, and SDK generation. Use when users request "API documentation", "OpenAPI spec", "Swagger docs", "document API endpoints", or "generate API reference".
---

# API Docs Generator

Create comprehensive API documentation with OpenAPI specifications and interactive documentation.

## Core Workflow

1. **Analyze API endpoints**: Review routes, methods, parameters
2. **Define OpenAPI spec**: Create specification in YAML/JSON
3. **Add schemas**: Define request/response models
4. **Include examples**: Add realistic example values
5. **Generate documentation**: Deploy interactive docs
6. **Create SDK**: Optional client library generation

## OpenAPI Specification Structure

```yaml
# openapi.yaml
openapi: 3.1.0

info:
  title: My API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: |
    API description with **Markdown** support.

    ## Authentication
    All endpoints require Bearer token authentication.
  contact:
    name: API Support
    email: api@example.com
    url: https://docs.example.com
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

servers:
  - url: https://api.example.com/v1
    description: Production
  - url: https://staging-api.example.com/v1
    description: Staging
  - url: http://localhost:3000/v1
    description: Development

tags:
  - name: Users
    description: User management endpoints
  - name: Products
    description: Product catalog endpoints
  - name: Orders
    description: Order processing endpoints

paths:
  # Endpoints defined here

components:
  # Reusable schemas, security, etc.
```

## Path Definitions

### Basic CRUD Endpoints

```yaml
paths:
  /users:
    get:
      tags:
        - Users
      summary: List all users
      description: Retrieve a paginated list of users
      operationId: listUsers
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PageParam'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LimitParam'
        - name: role
          in: query
          description: Filter by user role
          schema:
            type: string
            enum: [admin, user, guest]
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserList'
              example:
                data:
                  - id: "usr_123"
                    email: "john@example.com"
                    name: "John Doe"
                    role: "admin"
                    createdAt: "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
                pagination:
                  page: 1
                  limit: 20
                  total: 150
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'

    post:
      tags:
        - Users
      summary: Create a new user
      description: Create a new user account
      operationId: createUser
      requestBody:
        required: true
````
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