WSO2 API Designer

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AI design

The extension includes an API Design Skill that works with GitHub Copilot to draft API specifications from prompts.wso2.com · read 3 Oct 2026

AI readiness

AI-assisted analysis combines rule-based results with narrative feedback about specification issues that can affect agents and tools.wso2.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Custom rules

Users can point the extension to a custom ruleset folder using a GitHub folder URL or an absolute local directory path.wso2.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Governance

It checks specifications with bundled Spectral rulesets for WSO2 AI readiness, WSO2 REST API design guidelines, and OWASP API Security Top 10.wso2.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Integration

GitHub Copilot is optional and recommended for AI-assisted workflows; the extension can be installed from the VS Code Marketplace.wso2.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Intended users

WSO2 describes its 30-day trial as ideal for students and individual developers, and its Growth plan as intended for small to mid-sized businesses with basic API management needs.wso2.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Maker security

WSO2 states that it is ISO 27001:2022 certified and SOC 2 Type 2 compliant.wso2.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Purpose

API Designer is a Visual Studio Code extension for building and improving OpenAPI specifications.wso2.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Requirement

The documented VS Code prerequisite is compatibility with extension engine requirement ^1.100.0.wso2.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Security note

WSO2’s API Designer guidance warns that security findings may require real URLs, policies, or authorization server metadata and advises against inventing production values with AI.wso2.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Specification format

API Designer supports creating and improving OpenAPI 3.x specifications and opens YAML or JSON specification files.wso2.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Support

The documentation directs users to WSO2’s official Discord community for help and discussion.wso2.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Visual editing

Design view displays API resources, operations, and reusable components and supports form-based editing of operations and schemas.wso2.com · read 3 Oct 2026

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