> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.joincandidhealth.com/api-principles/llms.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.joincandidhealth.com/_mcp/server.

# API Principles

## Docs

- [Design Principles](https://docs.joincandidhealth.com/api-principles/design-principles.md)
- [Development Lifecycle](https://docs.joincandidhealth.com/api-principles/development-lifecycle.md)
- [Breaking Changes](https://docs.joincandidhealth.com/api-principles/breaking-changes.md)
- [Conventions](https://docs.joincandidhealth.com/api-principles/conventions.md)