Design APIs
by talking them through.
An AI that asks about your use case, your consumers, and your scale — then helps you draft resource models, endpoints, OpenAPI specs, and error contracts. Like pair-designing with someone who's read every API style guide.
Three conversations. One solid API.
You describe what you're building. API Architect asks the right questions, then drafts specs for you to review, lint, and test.
Describe Your Domain
Tell the AI what you're building — an e-commerce API, a booking system, an IoT data pipeline. It'll ask about your consumers, expected load, and what already exists.
Draft the Architecture
API Architect proposes resource models, endpoint structures, naming conventions, and pagination strategies. You refine together — iterate until the design fits.
Get Concrete Output
Walk away with draft OpenAPI 3.x YAML, GraphQL type definitions, error response schemas, and versioning plans — generated in the conversation, for you to lint, test, and security-review before use.
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
title: ProjectHub API
version: 2.0.0
paths:
/workspaces/{wid}/projects:
get:
summary: List projects
parameters:
- $ref: '#/.../cursor'
What you can ask about
These are real topics API Architect handles well. It's an AI — it won't always be perfect — but it's deeply tuned for API design conversations.
Resource Modeling
Nouns, relationships, sub-resources, and when to flatten vs. nest. Discuss your domain and get a clean resource hierarchy.
OpenAPI 3.x Specs
Get YAML/JSON spec drafts written in conversation. Paths, schemas, components, security schemes — validate and review them before they go into your project.
GraphQL Schema Design
Types, queries, mutations, subscriptions, and resolver patterns. Discuss the N+1 problem, DataLoader, and federation strategies.
Error Handling Patterns
RFC 7807 problem details, consistent error envelopes, status code selection, and how to handle validation errors across your API.
Auth & Security Flows
OAuth2 grants, JWT claims, API key rotation, scopes vs. permissions, and where to put auth in your request chain.
Versioning & Evolution
URI versioning vs. headers, deprecation strategies, breaking change detection, and backward-compatible schema evolution.
Things you could ask
"I have a booking API. Should I use PATCH or PUT for partial availability updates? And how do I handle concurrent booking conflicts?"
"Write me an OpenAPI 3.1 spec for a notification service with webhooks. I need POST to register callbacks and a retry mechanism documented."
"I'm torn between REST and GraphQL for a mobile app with complex nested data. The team is small. What should I consider?"
"Design a rate limiting strategy for a public API. I need different tiers: anonymous, authenticated, and paid. Show me the headers too."
"Here's my current error response format [pasted JSON]. Can you review it against RFC 7807 and suggest improvements?"
Example conversation — demo
An illustrative exchange, not a real user transcript. Treat the output as a draft to review, lint, and test.
GET /availability?listing_id=lis_123&cursor=eyJ...
→ 200 { "data": [...], "next_cursor": "..." }
→ 400 RFC 7807 problem detail on a bad cursor
Frequently asked questions
Your next API deserves a second opinion.
Describe what you're building. Get resource models, endpoint specs, and honest design tradeoffs — all in conversation.
Meet API Architect →Chat-based AI persona on AURVEK — no install, no setup. No payment required to open; conversation usage consumes your wallet balance.