Build an API-First Product with AI
Emmanuel Paraskakis
Founder, Level 250 | 3x VP, API Products
Go from an idea to a deployed, standards-compliant API in one session.
$50 Replit Credits & Free API Design Skill Included!
You have idea for an API product. Build the first iteration inside of 3 hours so you can validate it in the market.
In this workshop, you'll start with a prompt and a set of requirements. By the end, you'll have a standards-compliant API running behind a gateway, with observability, logging, and documentation. Built with AI, validated with real tools, deployed and live.
You'll use a repeatable workflow: requirements to user stories, stories to OpenAPI spec, from API design to running code, behind a gateway with rate limiting and auth. Every step uses AI. Every step follows real API standards and best practices. Every step produces an artifact you keep.
You'll design the API using a Skill that takes your requirements, domain model, and API standards as markdown files and produces a validated spec. You'll score it for quality and build it with Replit. Then you'll deploy it on an API gateway with authentication, rate limiting, analytics and documentation. You'll watch traffic flow through.
Walk in with an idea. Walk out with a running API you can show your team, point an agent at, or build on tomorrow.
What you’ll learn
Workshop agenda
Optional: Introductions
Join early to introduce yourself and meet participants in an informal setting before the workshop starts.
Tools for Rapid API Prototyping
We'll set up your tools and generate context files.
Translating Requirements into Stories and Specs
Write your context files (domain model, API standards, best practices). Generate user stories with AI. Review, approve, and produce an OpenAPI Spec to drive development.
Evaluation: Quality, Linting & Validation
Validate syntax and quality against preset rules to ensure adherence to standards.
Feedback Through Mocks & Documentation
Upload your spec and get a live mock API with documentation in seconds. Share it with users, observe requests, and collect feedback to validate your product design.
Implementation: Frameworks & Code Generation
Use your OpenAPI Spec with a code generation agent. Watch it build your API, fix issues by chatting with the agent and test its output.
Deployment & API Gateways
Configure API Management with your API Spec. Set up routes, forwarding, rate limiting, and auth. Generate traffic and observe analytics.
Optional: Q&A and Next Steps
Extended Q&A and help with prioritization. Path to further learning.
Learn directly from Emmanuel
Emmanuel Paraskakis
3x VP Product (Apiary, Swagger, Oracle) | 1.3M APIs | Agent-ready APIs & MCP
Who this workshop is for
API Product Managers who want to prototype an API quickly so they can validate it in the market.
Software Architects who want to have a repeatable, AI-assisted API design workflow end-to-end.
Software Engineers who want to build AI-ready APIs the right way, adhering to standards.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Emmanuel Paraskakis in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
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Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
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