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Your API spec is the prompt: stop re-explaining your backend to every AI

Your API spec is the prompt: stop re-explaining your backend to every AI

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Day 2: Designing an API with AI before the first line of code

Day 2: Designing an API with AI before the first line of code

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Day 3: I stopped hand-rolling mock JSON and unblocked three teams

Day 3: I stopped hand-rolling mock JSON and unblocked three teams

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Day 4: A 200 is not done — write API tests like a user walks the product

Day 4: A 200 is not done — write API tests like a user walks the product

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Day 5: We scanned a 200-route codebase into OpenAPI without uploading a file

Day 5: We scanned a 200-route codebase into OpenAPI without uploading a file

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Day 6: I connected my coding agent to the API spec over MCP

Day 6: I connected my coding agent to the API spec over MCP

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Day 7: From a local spec to hosted docs and an MCP endpoint in an afternoon

Day 7: From a local spec to hosted docs and an MCP endpoint in an afternoon

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