Guides stable API and interface design. Use when designing APIs, module boundaries, or any public interface. Use when creating REST or GraphQL endpoints, defining type contracts between modules, or establishing boundaries between frontend and backend.
Use when domain logic leaks into API/Infrastructure, project references violate layer boundaries, or CQRS handlers/buses need implementation.
Stable API and interface design patterns. Use when designing REST endpoints, module boundaries, component prop interfaces, or any public contract between systems. Covers contract-first development, error semantics (RFC 9457), REST conventions, pagination, idempotency, rate limiting, and backward compatibility. For TypeScript type patterns (branded types, discriminated unions, schemas), see typescript-strict. For validation at trust boundaries, see typescript-strict.
Guides stable API and interface design. Use when designing APIs, module boundaries, or any public interface. Use when creating REST or GraphQL endpoints, defining type contracts between modules, or establishing boundaries between frontend and backend. --- # API and Interface Design ## Overview Design stable, well-documented interfaces that are hard to misuse. Good interfaces make the right thing easy and the wrong thing hard. This applies to REST APIs, GraphQL schemas, module boundaries, component props, and any surface where one piece of code talks to another. ## When to Use - Designing new API endpoints - Defining module boundaries or contracts between teams - Creating component prop interfaces - Establishing database schema that informs API shape - Changing existing public interfaces ## Core Principles ### Hyrum's Law > With a sufficient number of users of an API, all observable behaviors of your > system will be depended on by somebody, regardless of what you promise in the > contract.
Preserve Rust workspace architecture and boundaries before coding; align with ARCHITECTURE.md.
Review a plan or implementation for model integrity, service boundaries, and canonical architecture direction. Use when a change touches service boundaries, data models, or trust boundaries.
skill-sample/ ├─ SKILL.md ⭐ Required: skill entry doc (purpose / usage / examples / deps) ├─ manifest.sample.json ⭐ Recommended: machine-readable metadata (index / validation / autofill) ├─ LICENSE.sample ⭐ Recommended: license & scope (open source / restriction / commercial) ├─ scripts/ │ └─ example-run.py ✅ Runnable example script for quick verification ├─ assets/ │ ├─ example-formatting-guide.md 🧩 Output conventions: layout / structure / style │ └─ example-template.tex 🧩 Templates: quickly generate standardized output └─ references/ 🧩 Knowledge base: methods / guides / best practices ├─ example-ref-structure.md 🧩 Structure reference ├─ example-ref-analysis.md 🧩 Analysis reference └─ example-ref-visuals.md 🧩 Visual reference
More Agent Skills specs Anthropic docs: https://agentskills.io/home
├─ ⭐ Required: YAML Frontmatter (must be at top) │ ├─ ⭐ name : unique skill name, follow naming convention │ └─ ⭐ description : include trigger keywords for matching │ ├─ ✅ Optional: Frontmatter extension fields │ ├─ ✅ license : license identifier │ ├─ ✅ compatibility : runtime constraints when needed │ ├─ ✅ metadata : key-value fields (author/version/source_url...) │ └─ 🧩 allowed-tools : tool whitelist (experimental) │ └─ ✅ Recommended: Markdown body (progressive disclosure) ├─ ✅ Overview / Purpose ├─ ✅ When to use ├─ ✅ Step-by-step ├─ ✅ Inputs / Outputs ├─ ✅ Examples ├─ 🧩 Files & References ├─ 🧩 Edge cases ├─ 🧩 Troubleshooting └─ 🧩 Safety notes
Skill files are scattered across GitHub and communities, difficult to search, and hard to evaluate. SkillWink organizes open-source skills into a searchable, filterable library you can directly download and use.
We provide keyword search, version updates, multi-metric ranking (downloads / likes / comments / updates), and open SKILL.md standards. You can also discuss usage and improvements on skill detail pages.
Quick Start:
Import/download skills (.zip/.skill), then place locally:
~/.claude/skills/ (Claude Code)
~/.codex/skills/ (Codex CLI)
One SKILL.md can be reused across tools.
Everything you need to know: what skills are, how they work, how to find/import them, and how to contribute.
A skill is a reusable capability package, usually including SKILL.md (purpose/IO/how-to) and optional scripts/templates/examples.
Think of it as a plugin playbook + resource bundle for AI assistants/toolchains.
Skills use progressive disclosure: load brief metadata first, load full docs only when needed, then execute by guidance.
This keeps agents lightweight while preserving enough context for complex tasks.
Use these three together:
Note: file size for all methods should be within 10MB.
Typical paths (may vary by local setup):
One SKILL.md can usually be reused across tools.
Yes. Most skills are standardized docs + assets, so they can be reused where format is supported.
Example: retrieval + writing + automation scripts as one workflow.
Some skills come from public GitHub repositories and some are uploaded by SkillWink creators. Always review code before installing and own your security decisions.
Most common reasons:
We try to avoid that. Use ranking + comments to surface better skills:
