# General Guidelines

- [Introduction](/api-guidelines/general-guidelines/general-guidelines.md)
- [API First](/api-guidelines/general-guidelines/api-first.md)
- [Contract](/api-guidelines/general-guidelines/contract.md)
- [Immutability](/api-guidelines/general-guidelines/c_immutability.md)
- [Robustness](/api-guidelines/general-guidelines/robustness.md)
- [Common Data Types](/api-guidelines/general-guidelines/d_data_types.md)
- [Version Control System](/api-guidelines/general-guidelines/version-control-system.md)
- [Minimal API Surface](/api-guidelines/general-guidelines/minimal-api-surface.md)
- [Rules for Extending](/api-guidelines/general-guidelines/rules-for-extending.md)
- [JSON](/api-guidelines/general-guidelines/json.md)
- [Security](/api-guidelines/general-guidelines/security.md)
- [Tooling](/api-guidelines/general-guidelines/n_tooling.md)