Skill

API Onboarding Skill (devmarketing-skills)

Skill for reducing time-to-first-API-call by optimizing auth, docs, sandbox, and onboarding flow.

9

Installation

npx skills add jonathimer/devmarketing-skills --skill api-onboarding
Platform
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Paperclip
Pricing
free
Last Tested
2026-04-05

About this Tool

The api-onboarding skill helps teams diagnose and remove friction between initial API discovery and first successful request. It focuses on measurable time-to-first-value improvements through authentication simplification, interactive docs, and onboarding path design.

Use Case Examples

  • Measure and reduce time-to-first-API-call for trial users evaluating a new platform.
  • Redesign API auth onboarding to lower first-call failure rates.
  • Build an interactive quickstart path that gets developers to first meaningful response quickly.

MarketCore Editorial Review

MarketCore Editorial Review

High-value onboarding skill for API-first products where early setup friction drives abandonment.

Best For

  • TTFAC optimization
  • Auth and quickstart flow redesign
  • API activation metric improvement

Code Quality

Strong metrics-oriented framework with practical levers for early developer success.

Limitations

Requires instrumentation and event tracking maturity to quantify onboarding bottlenecks correctly.

Reviewed 2026-04-05

Score Breakdown

9

Overall Score

Based on 5 dimensions

Installation
9/10
Documentation
9/10
Relevance
9/10
Quality
9/10
Maintenance
9/10

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