Comprehensive guide to securing APIs through authentication, authorization, input validation, rate limiting, and vulnerability protection.
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epx add sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills --skill api-security-best-practicesCompatible with
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Covers five core security areas: JWT/OAuth authentication, role-based access control, input validation with parameterized queries, rate limiting with Redis, and DDoS protection via security headers
Includes practical code examples for token generation, refresh flows, SQL injection prevention, XSS sanitization, and tiered rate limiting by user tier
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Before installing skills in Cursor, ensure your development environment meets these requirements:
node --versionapi-security-best-practicesExecute the skills CLI command in your project's root directory to begin installation:
epx add sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills --skill api-security-best-practicesFetches api-security-best-practices from sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills and configures it for Cursor.
The CLI shows a list of agents. Use arrow keys and space to select Cursor:
Confirm successful installation by checking the skill directory location:
.cursor/skills/api-security-best-practices
Restart Cursor to activate api-security-best-practices. Access via /api-security-best-practicesin your agent's command palette.
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Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: api-security-best-practices is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
Useful defaults in api-security-best-practices — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
api-security-best-practices has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: api-security-best-practices is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
api-security-best-practices has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
We added api-security-best-practices from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.
We added api-security-best-practices from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.
Useful defaults in api-security-best-practices — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
Keeps context tight: api-security-best-practices is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.
Registry listing for api-security-best-practices matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.
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