Prompt
What should I use for docs that stay synced with the API?
Latest observation
Use OpenAPI/Swagger for REST APIs.
Why:
- It gives you a single source of truth for endpoints, request/response shapes, auth, etc.
- You can generate docs automatically from the spec and keep them in sync.
- It also enables client SDK generation, testing tools, and mocks.
Good setup:
- OpenAPI YAML/JSON as the canonical contract
- Render docs with tools like:
- Swagger UI
- Redoc
- Stoplight
- Optionally add:
- Postman collections for interactive testing
- code annotations / decorators if your framework supports generating OpenAPI from code
If your API is GraphQL, use:
- GraphQL schema as the source of truth
- Docs from tools like GraphiQL, Apollo Studio, or schema-driven docs generators
If you tell me your stack (REST vs GraphQL, language/framework), I can suggest the best toolchain.
Observation history
How did Obsurfable measure this prompt?
Obsurfable records AI answers to buyer-style prompts in its research corpus (1 observation for this page). Metrics are distributions over observations, not a single static ranking.
Which AI systems does Obsurfable collect answers from?
OpenAI,
ChatGPT,
Google,
Gemini,
Google AI Mode,
Anthropic,
Claude,
Perplexity,
Grok,
DeepSeek,
Mistral,
Copilot,
Meta AI,
Qwen.
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Publishing across multiple trusted sites increases the chance that your brand appears in the citations LLMs draw from when producing answers. Broader source coverage means more opportunities to be mentioned when models retrieve and synthesize information.
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