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Apideck API Skills

Tessl Review Score Connectors Unified APIs License

One abstraction, 146+ SaaS connectors. AI agent skills for the Apideck Unified API — integrate Salesforce, HubSpot, QuickBooks, Xero, BambooHR, Workday, Greenhouse, SharePoint, Jira, Shopify, and 130+ more apps through a single method set. Switch connectors by changing one string; don't rewrite per vendor.

// One codebase, any CRM
await apideck.crm.contacts.list({ serviceId: "salesforce" });
await apideck.crm.contacts.list({ serviceId: "hubspot" });
await apideck.crm.contacts.list({ serviceId: "pipedrive" });

Same pattern for accounting (34 connectors), HRIS (58), ATS (11), file storage (5), issue tracking (6), ecommerce (17). New connectors Apideck adds become available without code changes — this is the compounding advantage.

Start here

# The front-door meta-skill — teaches the unified-API model
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill apideck-unified-api

apideck-unified-api is the catalog's introduction. Install it alongside any connector or SDK skill to give your agent the routing model upfront.

Test-drive with the 30-day free trial. Sign up at apideck.com — no credit card required. Agents and developers can explore all unified APIs, connect to downstream services via Vault, and validate coverage before any commitment. This is the friction-free path to evaluate whether Apideck fits your use case.

Installation

Install a skill for your language:

# TypeScript / Node.js
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill apideck-node

# Python
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill apideck-python

# C# / .NET
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill apideck-dotnet

# Java
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill apideck-java

# Go
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill apideck-go

# PHP
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill apideck-php

# REST API (any language)
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill apideck-rest

# MCP server (for agent-driven integrations: Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Agents SDK, Pydantic AI)
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill apideck-mcp

# Best practices (recommended with any SDK skill)
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill apideck-best-practices

# API contract testing
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill apideck-portman

# Code generation from OpenAPI specs
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill apideck-codegen

# Connector coverage checking
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill apideck-connector-coverage

# Migration from direct integrations
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill apideck-migration

Add --global to install globally across all projects.

Skills

Every skill in the catalog lives under skills/ — the canonical path scanned by the skills CLI. Two naming conventions coexist there:

  • skills/apideck-* — Apideck-specific API abstractions and SDK patterns (apideck-node, apideck-unified-api, apideck-best-practices, etc.)
  • skills/<bare-slug> — per-connector routing skills (salesforce, quickbooks, sharepoint, etc.). Generated from connectors/manifest.json by node connectors/generate.js; do not hand-edit.

The connectors/ directory holds the tooling that generates connector skills (manifest.json, generate.js, validate.js, _enhancements/) — no SKILL.md output lives there.

apideck-* skills (18)

Apideck-specific API abstractions, SDK wrappers, and tooling. Install individually or as a set. apideck-unified-api is the front door — install it first.

Skill Kind Purpose Package / Language
apideck-unified-api Meta Start here. Front-door skill teaching the compounding-abstraction model (one method set, 163+ connectors, switch via serviceId) and routing to per-connector / per-SDK skills
apideck-best-practices Integration Architecture patterns, Vault auth, pagination, error handling, webhooks, common pitfalls
apideck-connector-coverage Integration Check connector API coverage before building — verify which operations each connector supports via the Connector API
apideck-migration Integration Migrate from direct Salesforce/HubSpot/QuickBooks/Xero integrations to Apideck's unified layer
apideck-portman Tooling API contract testing with Portman — generate Postman collections with tests from OpenAPI specs Portman
apideck-codegen Tooling Generate typed clients from OpenAPI specs using openapi-generator, Speakeasy, or Postman import
apideck-node SDK Unified API integration patterns for TypeScript / Node.js — CRUD, pagination, filtering, Vault @apideck/unify
apideck-python SDK Unified API integration patterns for Python apideck-unify
apideck-dotnet SDK Unified API integration patterns for C# / .NET ApideckUnifySdk
apideck-java SDK Unified API integration patterns for Java com.apideck:unify
apideck-go SDK Unified API integration patterns for Go github.com/apideck-libraries/sdk-go
apideck-php SDK Unified API integration patterns for PHP apideck-libraries/sdk-php
apideck-rest SDK Direct REST patterns for any language — raw HTTP, authentication headers, response handling
apideck-mcp MCP Front-door for the Apideck MCP server — 330 unified-API tools + 4 intent-grouped workflow tools, dynamic discovery, Vault OAuth elicitations @apideck/mcp
apideck-mcp-pay-bill MCP playbook Task playbook for apideck-pay-bill — pay a known vendor bill (AP)
apideck-mcp-receive-payment MCP playbook Task playbook for apideck-receive-customer-payment — record a customer payment against an invoice (AR)
apideck-mcp-onboard-employee MCP playbook Task playbook for apideck-onboard-employee — convert a hired ATS applicant into an HRIS employee (cross-API)
apideck-mcp-month-end-close MCP playbook Task playbook for apideck-month-end-close-check — fetch P&L + balance sheet + aged AP/AR in one shot

Connector Skills

Per-connector skills for the top apps across seven unified APIs: Ecommerce, Accounting, CRM, ATS, File Storage, Issue Tracking, HRIS — plus a set of proxy-only connectors (Asana, Notion, Zendesk, Jira Service Desk, ServiceNow, monday.com, etc.) that route through Apideck's Proxy API + Vault auth instead of a unified resource API.

Tier 1a — hand-authored depth (entity mapping, coverage ✅/❌, auth gotchas, 2–3 worked examples):

Connector Unified API
salesforce CRM
quickbooks Accounting
bamboohr HRIS
greenhouse ATS
sharepoint File Storage
jira Issue Tracking
shopify Ecommerce

Tier 1b — abbreviated depth (21 connectors): HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Xero, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Workable, Lever, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, GitHub, GitLab, Linear, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Shopify Public App, Personio, Workday, Deel, HiBob.

Tier 1c + Tier 2 — baseline routing skills (~107 connectors): every live connector in scope gets a minimal routing skill (serviceId, unified API, Proxy escape hatch). See connectors/manifest.json for the full list and tier assignment.

Proxy-only connectors (17): Apideck handles auth + token refresh but exposes the vendor's native API through the Proxy rather than a unified resource model. Skills teach the Proxy call shape with x-apideck-downstream-url and the vendor's own request/response format. List: Asana, Azure DevOps, Basecamp, ClickUp, Intercom, JetBrains YouTrack, Jira Data Center, Jira Service Desk, Jira Teams, Mollie, monday.com, Notion, Sage Intacct REST, ServiceNow, Sesame HR, Shortcut, Zendesk.

Installation:

# Install a specific connector skill
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill salesforce
npx skills add apideck/api-skills --skill sharepoint

# Or install the full catalog (all connectors)
npx skills add apideck/api-skills

Authoring workflow:

Connector skills are generated from connectors/manifest.json and optional per-connector enhancement files in connectors/_enhancements/. Generator output lands at skills/{slug}/ alongside the apideck-* skills — do not hand-edit those files, regenerate instead:

node connectors/generate.js          # regenerate all into skills/
node connectors/generate.js --only=salesforce
node connectors/generate.js --tier=1a

node connectors/validate.js          # lint skills/ connector entries against manifest

IDE Plugins

Pre-configured plugins with skills and slash commands:

Provider Path
Claude Code providers/claude/plugin/
Cursor providers/cursor/plugin/

Slash Commands

Command Description
/test-connection Verify an Apideck connection works by making a test API call
/list-connectors Show available connectors and their capabilities for a unified API
/portman-init Generate a Portman config for API contract testing against an Apideck spec

Testing

Two levels of quality checks.

1. Structural validation (fast, deterministic)

node skills/test.js                 # Validate apideck-* skills
node skills/test.js --check-links   # Also verify external URLs
node connectors/validate.js         # Validate connector catalog against manifest

Checks frontmatter, metadata, code blocks, links, SDK content consistency, provider sync status, serviceId/manifest consistency.

2. Tessl quality review (slow, LLM-as-judge)

Tessl scores skills on validation + description quality + content quality using the agentskills.io spec. Scores:

  • ≥ 90% — conforms to best practices
  • 70–89% — good, minor improvements needed
  • < 70% — needs work

Run against a sample or the full catalog:

node scripts/tessl-check.js                       # Tier 1a sample (fast baseline)
node scripts/tessl-check.js --tier=1b             # Tier 1b connectors
node scripts/tessl-check.js --only=salesforce     # One skill
node scripts/tessl-check.js --all                 # Full catalog (slow)
node scripts/tessl-check.js --threshold=70        # Exit non-zero if any skill < 70%
node scripts/tessl-check.js --report              # Save full reports to .planning/tessl-reports/

Current baseline (Tier 1a + meta/SDK skills, 20 skills): 85% average, every skill in the 70–89% "good" band.

Tessl uses LLMs for parts of its evaluation, so --all against 158 skills takes a while and may cost real tokens on your account. Default mode (Tier 1a sample) runs in ~5 min.

Skill Sync

Skills are synced to provider plugin directories using the sync script:

node skills/sync.js              # Sync all (fetch spec info + copy skills)
node skills/sync.js --skills-only  # Only sync skills to provider dirs
node skills/sync.js --specs-only   # Only fetch OpenAPI spec info

LLM Integration

This repository includes llms.txt following the emerging standard for making content accessible to LLMs. It provides a curated index of all Apideck documentation, API references, SDKs, and developer tools with integration guidelines.

Prerequisites

Set your API key as an environment variable:

export APIDECK_API_KEY="your-api-key"

You also need your App ID and Consumer ID from the Apideck dashboard.

What's Covered

  • Accounting API - Invoices, bills, payments, ledger accounts, journal entries, tax rates, reports
  • CRM API - Contacts, companies, leads, opportunities, activities, pipelines
  • HRIS API - Employees, departments, payrolls, time-off requests
  • File Storage API - Files, folders, drives, shared links, upload sessions
  • ATS API - Jobs, applicants, applications
  • Vault API - Connection management, OAuth flows, custom field mapping
  • Vault JS - Embeddable modal UI for user-managed integrations
  • Webhook API - Event subscriptions and real-time notifications
  • Portman - API contract testing from OpenAPI specs

Developer Tools

  • API Explorer - Test endpoints in the browser with a JWT token
  • OpenAPI Specs - Machine-readable specs for all unified APIs
  • Portman - API contract testing from OpenAPI specs

License

Apache-2.0

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One abstraction, 146 SaaS connectors. Agent skills for Apideck's Unified API — integrate Salesforce, QuickBooks, BambooHR, Jira, Shopify and 140+ more by changing one string.

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