| name | backend-dev |
| description | Use when implementing APIs, service layers, or data access patterns. Provides API spec templates, service scaffolds, error catalog structure, and repository pattern boilerplate. |
| compatibility | ["VS Code","Cursor","Windsurf","Claude Code"] |
| metadata | {"category":"Uncategorized","tags":["uncategorized"],"maturity":"beta","audience":["developers"]} |
| allowed-tools | ["bash","git","grep","find"] |
Backend Development Skill
Use this skill when the task involves designing or implementing backend services, REST or GraphQL APIs, business logic layers, or database access patterns.
When to Use
- Designing a new API endpoint or resource
- Scaffolding a service layer for a feature
- Defining error codes and structured error responses
- Implementing a data access repository
- Reviewing a backend implementation for correctness, security, or performance
How to Invoke
Reference this skill by attaching skills/backend-dev/SKILL.md to your agent context, or instruct the agent:
Use the backend-dev skill. Apply the API spec template, service template, and error catalog template to the feature being built.
Templates in This Skill
| Template | Purpose |
|---|
api-spec-template.md | OpenAPI 3.x-compatible skeleton for a new API resource |
service-template.md | Service layer scaffold with dependency injection, error handling, and logging stubs |
error-catalog-template.md | Structured error catalog with codes, messages, HTTP status codes, and resolution hints |
repository-pattern-template.md | Data access repository pattern boilerplate, adaptable to any ORM or query builder |
Agent Pairing
This skill is designed to be used alongside the backend-dev agent. The agent drives the workflow; this skill provides the reference templates and standards.
For full-stack features, the backend-dev agent defines contracts that the frontend-dev agent consumes. Route data persistence requirements to the data-tier agent.
