Free Lesson
Context Is the Moat: How to Build API Products for Agents
60 min
Nov 24, 2026 11:00 AM
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What you'll learn
Why product context is the moat when everyone uses AI
Most teams build on the same AI models. Find out what still sets your API or MCP product apart.
Build the context your API or MCP server needs
Go past the half-page brief and capture the entities, attributes and rules your product runs on.
Write rules your API specs can be tested against
Develop rules precisely enough that the spec, the tests, and your team agree on what correct means.
Turn product context into an OpenAPI spec and a mock
Learn to use an agent skill to turn context into an OpenAPI spec and a mock prototype, then take the skill to your team.
Why this topic matters
AI can draft an API spec or an MCP server in minutes, but it builds from whatever context you give it. Hand it a half-page brief and it fills the gaps with guesses. Your product ends up like everyone else's - not very useful to real customers. Illia Shapoval shows how to build product context that captures your domain, rules & goals, then we turn it into an OpenAPI spec and a mock with an agent skill. You'll learn how real API products are built.
