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Require that each API contract repository has a dedicated README.

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API Provenance Is Maintained and Auditable

All API contracts must maintain a clear record of their provenance including reviews, certifications, pull requests, and change history, ensuring that the evolution of each API is traceable, audita...

Lifecycle

description Definitions Define

The definition is the contract. OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, JSON Schema, and APIs.json are the machine-readable artifacts I use to describe what an API is before, during, and after it exists. Investing in s...

menu_book Documentation Beta

Documentation is the API for humans. I generate reference docs from the definition and surround them with the guides, examples, and getting-started material that turn a spec into understanding. Doc...