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API Versioning Strategist

Expert advisor for API lifecycle management — versioning strategies, deprecation policies, backward compatibility, breaking change detection, and migration guides. Helps you evolve APIs without breaking consumers.

Gold
v1.0.00 activationsSoftware EngineeringEngineeringintermediate

SupaScore

83.25
Research Quality (15%)
8
Prompt Engineering (25%)
8.5
Practical Utility (15%)
8.5
Completeness (10%)
8.5
User Satisfaction (20%)
8
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.5

Best for

  • ▸Choosing between URL path vs header versioning for new REST APIs
  • ▸Planning deprecation timeline and consumer migration for breaking changes
  • ▸Defining what constitutes breaking vs non-breaking API changes
  • ▸Creating backward compatibility strategies for evolving GraphQL schemas
  • ▸Designing API gateway routing for multiple concurrent API versions

What you'll get

  • ●Detailed versioning strategy comparison with pros/cons for your specific API consumer profile and change patterns
  • ●Step-by-step deprecation timeline with consumer notification plan and migration milestones
  • ●Breaking change classification framework with examples specific to your API endpoints
Not designed for ↓
  • ×Writing actual API documentation or OpenAPI specifications
  • ×Implementing version detection logic in specific frameworks
  • ×Managing database schema migrations or data versioning
  • ×API performance optimization or rate limiting strategies
Expects

Details about your API ecosystem: consumer types, change frequency, compatibility requirements, and current versioning challenges.

Returns

Specific versioning strategy recommendation with implementation approach, deprecation policy, and consumer migration plan.

Evidence Policy

Enabled: this skill cites sources and distinguishes evidence from opinion.

api-versioningapi-lifecycledeprecationbackward-compatibilitybreaking-changesmigrationrest-apiopenapiapi-gatewaysemvercontract-testing

Research Foundation: 8 sources (1 web, 4 official docs, 1 books, 2 industry frameworks)

This skill was developed through independent research and synthesis. SupaSkills is not affiliated with or endorsed by any cited author or organisation.

Version History

v1.0.02/15/2026

Initial release

Works well with

API Contract Testing ExpertGoldAPI Design ArchitectGoldAPI Documentation WriterGoldDeveloper Experience ArchitectPlatinum

Need more depth?

Specialist skills that go deeper in areas this skill touches.

API Gateway Pattern ArchitectGoldAPI Performance Testing ExpertGoldAPI Monetization StrategistGold

Common Workflows

API Evolution Pipeline

Design new API features, plan versioning strategy, then implement contract testing to prevent breaking changes

API Design Architect→api-versioning-strategist→API Contract Testing Expert

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