dotnet-minimal-apis

dotnet-minimal-apis is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from Postpartum-genushyacinthus29/dotnet-skills. It costs 36 tokens per session (1,862 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide to building lightweight HTTP APIs with ASP.NET Core, Microsoft’s framework for .NET web services. It covers direct endpoint handlers, route groups, validation, filters, typed responses, and OpenAPI documentation.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create new .NET HTTP APIs, group related routes, validate requests, add shared endpoint behavior, and generate API documentation.
Why use it?
It helps keep small APIs and microservices organized without introducing more framework structure than the project needs.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to create new .NET HTTP APIs, group related routes, validate requests, add shared endpoint behavior, and generate API documentation.

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Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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dotnet-minimal-apis scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

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skills/dotnet-minimal-apis/SKILL.md · 277 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 277 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Minimal APIs

Trigger On

  • building new HTTP APIs in ASP.NET Core
  • creating lightweight microservices
  • choosing between Minimal APIs and controllers
  • organizing endpoints with route groups
  • implementing validation and filters

Documentation

References

  • patterns.md - detailed route groups, filters, TypedResults patterns, parameter binding, error handling, and testing
  • anti-patterns.md - common Minimal API mistakes to avoid

When to Use Minimal APIs vs Controllers

Use Minimal APIs Use Controllers
New projects Existing MVC/API projects
Microservices Complex model binding
Simple CRUD APIs OData, JsonPatch
Lightweight handlers Heavy use of attributes
.NET 8+ projects Need [ApiController] features

Workflow

  1. Define endpoints directly in Program.cs (for small APIs)
  2. Use route groups for related endpoints
  3. Move handlers to separate classes as the API grows
  4. Apply filters for cross-cutting concerns
  5. Use TypedResults for type-safe responses
  6. Generate OpenAPI docs with .WithOpenApi()

Basic Patterns

Simple Endpoints

var app = builder.Build();

app.MapGet("/", () => "Hello World");

app.MapGet("/products/{id}", (int id) => Results.Ok(new { Id = id }));

app.MapPost("/products", (Product product) => Results.Created($"/products/{product.Id}", product));

Read the full file on GitHub · 277 lines

Files

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  1. 9d ago First seen · 277 lines · 36 tokens per session scan A 490cb35d1b39

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dotnet-minimal-apis is a skill published in the GitHub repository Postpartum-genushyacinthus29/dotnet-skills (10 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 36 tokens to every session and 1,862 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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