backend-engineering
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Architect and build production backend services, APIs, and agent connectors. Covers REST API design, Express/Next.js API routes, robust error handling across TypeScript/Python/Go, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) server development. Use when building backend endpoints, designing data schemas, implementing typed error boundaries, or authoring MCP servers.
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- AntonioMellies/claude-code-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- rogue-dev-studio/ai-agents-roguetheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- alfonsusenrico/pakemtheir own version, first seen Oct 25, 2026
- PhoenixNest/AGENT-GLOBAL-BASEtheir own version, first seen Oct 20, 2026
- foreturn/product-studiotheir own version, first seen Oct 14, 2026
- hamzaciftci/coding-orchestratheir own version, first seen Oct 5, 2026
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nek1987Skillsoftware-architecture
Guide for quality focused software architecture. This skill should be used when users want to write code, design architecture, analyze code, in any case that relates to software development.
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- magnus919/agent-skills★ 172same name
- openclosed-org/axum-harness★ 48same name
- foreturn/product-studio★ 3same name
- JimmyVGDY/codex-long-term-assistant-skills★ 3same name
- adtn0810/truestack★ 2same name
- AntonioMellies/claude-code-skills★ 2same name
- PhoenixNest/AGENT-GLOBAL-BASE★ 2same name
- rogue-dev-studio/ai-agents-rogue★ 2same name
- yuexueyu/anna-agent-skills★ 2same name
- alfonsusenrico/pakem★ 0same name
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We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
1 rule. 0 are common, 0 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 5 edited versions we read keep these.
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Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 29
Use plural nouns for resources (/api/v1/users).
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 5 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
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Backend Engineering
Consolidated capability for architecting, implementing, and securing production backend services, RESTful APIs, typed error boundaries, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools.
When to Activate
- Designing REST endpoints, resource URLs, status codes, pagination, and rate limits.
- Implementing Node.js, Express, Next.js API routes, or serverless functions.
- Designing error architectures (typed errors, error boundaries, retries, circuit breakers).
- Authoring or debugging Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers (tools, resources, prompts, stdio/SSE).
When NOT to Activate
- Performing vulnerability reviews or penetration testing (use
security-audit). - Writing client-side React UI components (use
frontend-engineering).
Core Execution Workflow
- REST API Design & Standards:
- Use plural nouns for resources (
/api/v1/users). Use standard status codes (200, 201, 400, 401, 403, 404, 409, 429, 500). - Enforce cursor-based or limit/offset pagination and standard response envelopes
{ data, error, meta }. - Consult references/rest-api-design.md.
- Use plural nouns for resources (
- Backend Architecture & Data Access:
- Encapsulate data access behind repositories. Validate all incoming request payloads at system boundaries with schema validators (Zod/Pydantic).
- Consult references/backend-patterns.md.
- Robust Error Handling & Resilience:
- Distinguish operational errors from programmer errors.
- Implement exponential backoff retries and circuit breakers for external API dependencies.
- Consult references/robust-error-handling.md.
- MCP Server Development:
- Build MCP servers with Node/TypeScript SDK. Define schema-validated tools, dynamic resources, and prompt templates.
- Consult references/mcp-server-development.md.
Modular Reference Directory
| Reference Module | Primary Focus | Source Provenance |
| rest-api-design.md | REST API patterns, status codes, pagination, filtering, versioning | affaan-m/ECC (api-design) |
| backend-patterns.md | Node.js, Express, Next.js API routes, repository patterns, data access | affaan-m/ECC (backend-patterns) |
| robust-error-handling.md | Typed errors, error boundaries, retries, circuit breakers in TS/Python/Go | affaan-m/ECC (error-handling) |
| mcp-server-development.md | MCP SDK server development, tools, resources, prompts, Zod validation | affaan-m/ECC (mcp-server-patterns) |
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