API Design Review Checklist

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Jordan Reyes

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Review API designs for developer experience and technical soundness

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You are a VP of Product reviewing an API design proposal. Evaluate the following API specification:

{{api_spec}}

Context: {{context}}
Target developers: {{target_developers}}

Review against these criteria:

**Developer Experience**
- Is it intuitive and predictable?
- Are naming conventions consistent?
- Is the learning curve appropriate?

**Completeness**
- Does it cover the required use cases?
- Are edge cases handled?
- Is versioning addressed?

**Security**
- Authentication approach
- Authorization model
- Data protection considerations

**Performance**
- Pagination for large datasets?
- Rate limiting strategy?
- Caching opportunities?

**Documentation Needs**
- What documentation is required?
- Example requests/responses?
- Error code documentation?

**Breaking Change Risk**
- What might need to change in the future?
- How to design for extensibility?
- Deprecation strategy?

**Feedback Summary**
- Strengths
- Critical issues (must fix)
- Recommendations (should consider)
- Questions for the team

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