# API Design Guidelines

Comprehensive guidelines for designing robust, scalable, and maintainable APIs.

## Overview

This module provides detailed guidelines for API design including REST principles, GraphQL best practices, versioning strategies, and general API design patterns.

## Key Benefits

- **RESTful Design**: Proper REST API architecture
- **GraphQL Patterns**: Modern GraphQL API design
- **Versioning**: API versioning strategies
- **Security**: Authentication and authorization patterns
- **Documentation**: API documentation best practices

## Installation

```bash
augx link domain-rules/api-design
```

## Contents

### Rules

- **rest-api.md** - RESTful API design principles
- **graphql-api.md** - GraphQL API best practices
- **versioning.md** - API versioning strategies
- **authentication.md** - Authentication and authorization
- **error-handling.md** - API error handling patterns
- **documentation.md** - API documentation guidelines

## Character Count

~35,000 characters

## Version

1.0.0

