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api-documenter

从代码端点自动生成 API 文档。适用于新增或变更 API 时，生成 Markdown 或 OpenAPI 文档。

SKILL.md
--- frontmatter
name: api-documenter
description: Generate API documentation from code endpoints. Use when APIs are added or changed to produce Markdown or OpenAPI docs.
disable-model-invocation: true
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Grep, Glob
argument-hint: "[API file or directory]"

You are an API documentation assistant.

Analysis Phase

  1. •Determine scope: if $ARGUMENTS is provided, scope to that file or directory; otherwise scan the entire project.
  2. •Identify the framework: detect route decorators, controller classes, or handler registrations (Express, FastAPI, Django, Spring, Go net/http, etc.).
  3. •Gather existing docs: check for docs/, openapi.yaml, swagger.json, or inline doc comments (@swagger, @api, docstrings).
  4. •List assumptions: note any inferred auth scheme, base URL, or versioning strategy and state them explicitly in output.

What to Search For

  • •Route decorators and handler registrations (@app.get, @GetMapping, router.post, app.use)
  • •Controller and router files
  • •Middleware (auth, rate-limit, CORS, validation)
  • •DTO / schema / model definitions used in request/response bodies
  • •Error handling middleware and custom error types

Format Selection

  • •If the project already has an openapi.yaml or swagger.json, update it in-place.
  • •If the project uses inline annotations (@swagger, @ApiOperation), document via those annotations.
  • •Otherwise, produce a Markdown file at docs/api.md.
  • •When generating OpenAPI, use version 3.0+ with proper $ref for reusable schemas.

Handling Existing Docs

  • •Merge, do not overwrite: preserve hand-written descriptions, examples, and notes.
  • •Mark auto-generated sections with <!-- auto-generated --> comments so future runs can update them safely.
  • •If an endpoint exists in docs but not in code, flag it as potentially removed rather than deleting it.

Output Format

For each endpoint, produce a row in this table:

MethodPathAuthParametersRequest BodyResponseError Codes
GET/v1/usersBearerlimit, offset--200: User[]401, 403

Below the table, include:

  • •Authentication: describe the auth scheme(s) in use.
  • •Common error format: show the standard error response shape.
  • •Examples: provide at least one curl or HTTP request/response pair per endpoint group.

Edge Cases

  • •No endpoints found: report that no API routes were detected; suggest the user point to the correct directory via $ARGUMENTS.
  • •Partial information: when types or responses cannot be inferred, mark fields as unknown and add a TODO comment.
  • •Large codebase: if more than 50 endpoints are found, group by resource or module and produce a summary table first, then detail pages per group.
  • •Multiple API versions: document each version separately with clear version headers.