api-design-principles
Research-backed, opinionated guidance for designing world-class RESTful APIs — routes, naming, errors, auth, caching, webhooks, and more, distilled from Stripe, GitHub, Twilio…
Plugin bundle · by Dr. Oliver Borchers
About
api-design-principles is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Dr. Oliver Borchers. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). The last change we recorded was on 2026-11-02. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-04.
Research-backed, opinionated guidance for designing world-class RESTful APIs — routes, naming, errors, auth, caching, webhooks, and more, distilled from Stripe, GitHub, Twilio, Shopify, Google, and Microsoft
What it asks for
- Installs as a plugin bundle
- Hooks: 1
What it declares, asks for and runs, in full
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Works with
- Claude Code
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Connect
Commands and configs built only from what its marketplaces declare. We do not run them for you and do not test plugins.
As a Claude Code plugin
Built from what Community GitHub marketplaces declares.
/plugin marketplace add oborchers/fractional-cto
/plugin install api-design-principles@fractional-ctoWhere it is published
| Marketplace | Status | Version | Figures | Verified | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace oborchers/fractional-cto (Open the source on GitHub) | Listed | 1.0.1 | Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 36 |
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Listed in one community marketplace
| Marketplace | Repository | Stars (GitHub) |
|---|---|---|
| fractional-cto | oborchers/fractional-cto | 36 |
How its figures have moved
- 2026-11-0236
- 2026-11-0436
Each dot is a day we read a different number; flat stretches are days the number did not move. Figures of different marketplaces are never added up.
What the bundle contains
As published on Community GitHub marketplaces.
Skills: 13
advanced-patternsauth-and-api-keyscaching-and-performancedocumentation-and-dxerrors-and-status-codeshttp-methodsprefixed-idsrate-limiting-and-securityresponse-design-and-paginationroutes-and-namingusing-api-principlesversioning-and-evolution
Show the remaining 1
webhooks-and-events
Commands: 1
api-review
Agents: 1
api-design-reviewer
Hooks: 1
SessionStart
What changed
- Became a product we track
- Community GitHub marketplaces: appeared
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