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# Best Practices

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

API adoption relies heavily on well-written documentation and maintenance. Ensure that you have a
good API strategy.

For optimal performance and experience, follow these best practices from MuleSoft:

- [API Development Best Practices - MuleSoft](https://www.mulesoft.com/api/development-best-practices)

- [Best Practices for Planning, Designing, and Managing APIs](https://blogs.mulesoft.com/dev-guides/api-design/best-practices-for-building-apis/)

- [Best Practices to Design Your First API Specification](https://developer.mulesoft.com/tutorials-and-howtos/getting-started/best-practices-first-api-spec/)

- [How to Design and Manage APIs - MuleSoft](https://www.mulesoft.com/lp/whitepaper/api/design-apis)