Wednesday
Room 3
15:00 - 16:00
(UTC+02)
Talk (60 min)
Designing REST APIs for the age of AI agents
REST APIs were designed for human developers - but nowadays many consumers are AI agents. LLMs generate requests, interpret responses, and chain APIs together autonomously. What does that mean for your API design?
This talk explores how to make your REST APIs understandable, reliable, and useful not only to humans, but also to machines that "learn" from documentation and responses.
You will see how to structure endpoints for discoverability, add metadata that helps AI reason about your API, and protect your systems from unpredictable agent behavior. We will explore topics like security, error-handling, hypermedia-driven APIs, and monitoring for reliability at scale. By the end, you will understand how to make your APIs ready for an AI-driven world - where your next client might not be a person.
