---

name: api-documentation-generator description: Generate comprehensive, accurate API documentation from source code. Use when creating or updating API documentation, generating OpenAPI specs, or when users mention API docs, endpoints, or documentation.

API Documentation Generator Skill

Generates

• OpenAPI/Swagger specifications
• API endpoint documentation
• SDK usage examples
• Integration guides
• Error code references
• Authentication guides

Documentation Structure

For Each Endpoint

## GET /api/v1/users/:id

### Description
Brief explanation of what this endpoint does

### Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| id | string | Yes | User ID |

### Response

**200 Success**
```json
{
  "id": "usr_123",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "created_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}

404 Not Found

{
  "error": "USER_NOT_FOUND",
  "message": "User does not exist"
}

Examples

cURL

curl -X GET "https://api.example.com/api/v1/users/usr_123" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

JavaScript

const user = await fetch('/api/v1/users/usr_123', {
  headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer token' }
}).then(r => r.json());

Python

response = requests.get(
    'https://api.example.com/api/v1/users/usr_123',
    headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer token'}
)
user = response.json()