Design the first successful request
Reference describes the surface area. A quickstart proves the developer can authenticate, send one realistic request, recognize a successful response, and know what to build next.
- Use a copyable example with a harmless resource.
- Show where credentials come from and how they are scoped.
- Explain the response fields needed for the next step.
- Name common setup failures beside the example.
Teach the model around the endpoints
Developers need to understand resources, identity, pagination, idempotency, limits, webhooks, and eventual consistency. Put concepts where they help a reader predict behavior, then link to the exact reference.
Treat errors and changes as product surfaces
Document error shape, status meaning, retry safety, and request identifiers. Version breaking changes, publish migration instructions, and keep old URLs redirected. A changelog without an action is only an announcement.