api-documentation
Skill from postmanlabs/postman-plugin
Install
npx skills add postmanlabs/postman-plugin --skill api-documentation
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install postman@postman
This skill is part of the plugin “postman”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the api-documentation skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Questions about api-documentation
What does the api-documentation skill do?
Use when defining or improving an API contract, generating documentation from a collection or OpenAPI spec, publishing API docs, or sharing a documentation link. Makes auth, inputs, responses, and examples reusable by callers, tests, and mocks. Use for requests such as "publish API docs".
How do I install api-documentation?
In a terminal: npx skills add postmanlabs/postman-plugin --skill api-documentation. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use api-documentation?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is api-documentation safe to use?
Our automatic check found no risky patterns (piped shell scripts, hidden characters, secret access, prompt overrides). It is not a full audit – read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.
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