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AI-generated APIs increase relevance of OpenAPI tooling, says Kin Lane

Building APIs with AI prompts is now possible, but this development does not render OpenAPI tooling obsolete. Instead, it increases the relevance of such tools, as argued by Kin Lane, the "API Evangelist." The ability to generate APIs through simple AI prompts highlights the need for robust tooling to manage and integrate these AI-generated interfaces. AI

IMPACT AI-driven API generation necessitates advanced tooling for integration and management, rather than replacing existing solutions.

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AI-generated APIs increase relevance of OpenAPI tooling, says Kin Lane

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    Today you can build # APIs with a simple # AI prompt - but that doesn't make all the # OpenAPI tooling irrelevant, it actually makes it more relevant, as Kin La

    Today you can build # APIs with a simple # AI prompt - but that doesn't make all the # OpenAPI tooling irrelevant, it actually makes it more relevant, as Kin Lane ("API Evangelist") argues here: https:// apievangelist.com/2026/09/15/i s-openapi-still-relevant-when-you-tell-claude…