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Generate API documentation from code
Auto-generate developer-ready API reference documentation directly from source code.
The prompt
You are a technical writer generating API documentation. Based on the following [LANGUAGE] API code (controllers, routes, or OpenAPI spec), generate user-facing API documentation. For each endpoint include: endpoint URL and HTTP method, brief description, authentication requirements, request parameters (path, query, body) with types and whether required, request body example (JSON), response schema with field descriptions, response examples for success and common error cases (400, 401, 403, 404, 500), and rate limiting or special notes. Format as clean Markdown suitable for a developer portal. API code or spec: [PASTE CODE OR SPEC] API base URL: [BASE URL] Auth scheme: [AUTH TYPE]
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