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## Changes
- Add narrative API documentation in docs/api-content/ (introduction,
  quickstart, authentication, conventions, errors, rate limiting)
- Scaffold Astro Starlight site at docs/api/ that consumes prose from
  the sibling api-content folder and auto-generates the endpoint
  reference from server/openapi.json via starlight-openapi
- Wire Checkmate brand color (#13715B) into Starlight via custom CSS
- Add vercel.json so the docs site deploys cleanly as an Astro project
  with root directory docs/api/

## Benefits
- Public API docs ready to publish at checkmate.so/docs
- Endpoint reference stays in sync with the OpenAPI spec automatically
- Zero third-party SaaS dependency: site is fully self-hosted on Vercel
- Contributors edit plain markdown; no Astro knowledge needed for prose
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API reference overview All endpoints, grouped by resource. Auto-generated from the OpenAPI spec.

API reference

The full machine-readable specification is at server/openapi.json. Mintlify renders an interactive reference from it — each endpoint below is fully documented with request/response schemas, examples, and a built-in "Try it" form.

Endpoint groups

Group Description
auth Register, log in, password recovery, manage users
invite Send and redeem team invites
monitors Create, update, pause, and delete monitors
checks Read individual check results and team-wide summaries
incidents List, filter, and resolve downtime incidents
maintenance-window Schedule maintenance windows to silence checks
notifications Configure email, Slack, Discord, and webhook channels
status-page Manage public status pages
geo-checks Multi-region check results
logs Audit and operational logs
settings Global Checkmate settings
queue Background-job queue health (operational)
diagnostic System health and version info

Authentication

Every endpoint except the unauthenticated auth/recovery routes requires:

Authorization: Bearer <jwt>

See Authentication for how to obtain a token.

Conventions recap

  • Base URL: https://your-checkmate-host/api/v1
  • Response envelope: { success, msg, data }
  • IDs: 24-character MongoDB ObjectIds
  • Timestamps: ISO 8601 UTC
  • Durations: integers in milliseconds
  • Most resources are team-scoped — pass teamId where the path includes /team/...

See Conventions for full details.