# Skills for Backend and APIs Skills for Backend and APIs: what each one does, an install command and example prompts. 2076 cards · page 2 of 52 - HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/topic/backend?page=2 - Instructions for agents: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/agents.md - [bmad-architecture](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/bmad-architecture.md) — skill · bmad-code-org · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 12000 installs — Writes a short architecture document that pins down only the invariants keeping independently built parts of a system from diverging. - [bmad-agent-architect](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/bmad-agent-architect.md) — skill · bmad-code-org · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 12000 installs — This skill turns ticket requirements into technical architecture with explicit trade-offs. - [bmad-qa-generate-e2e-tests](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/bmad-qa-generate-e2e-tests.md) — skill · bmad-code-org · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 11600 installs — This skill adds end-to-end and API tests for working features through the project's existing test harness. - [backend-patterns](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/backend-patterns.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 6000 installs — A skill with backend patterns for Node.js, Express and Next.js API routes: layering, caching, transactions, error handling. - [durable-objects](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cloudflare-durable-objects.md) — skill · cloudflare · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 110600 installs — This skill helps build, debug, and review Cloudflare Durable Objects for state, coordination, and persistent connections. - [cloud](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/browser-use-cloud.md) — skill · browser-use · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 3200 installs — This skill covers Browser Use Cloud, its API, and SDKs for browser automation. - [google-cloud-recipe-auth](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/google-cloud-recipe-auth.md) — skill (official Google) · Google LLC · Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex · 15450 installs — This skill explains Google Cloud authentication and permissions. - [nodejs-backend-patterns](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nodejs-backend-patterns.md) — skill · Seth Hobson · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor · 48535 installs — Tells the agent how to build Express and Fastify servers: middleware, error handling, auth, database integration. - [api-design](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/api-design.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 5500 installs — Provides REST API design standards covering resource naming, status codes, pagination, and error payloads. - [gemini-live-api-dev](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/gemini-live-api-dev.md) — skill (official Google) · google-gemini · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 10200 installs — Guides real-time bidirectional streaming development with the Gemini Live API and migration to Gemini 3.8 Live. - [cloudflare-email-service](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cloudflare-email-service.md) — skill · cloudflare · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 102300 installs — A skill for Cloudflare Email Sending and Email Routing: it walks the agent through sending and receiving mail in Workers. - [laravel-security](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/laravel-security.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 5400 installs — This skill reviews Laravel authentication, Eloquent safety, CSRF, XSS, APIs, and production settings. - [postgres-patterns](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/postgres-patterns.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 5200 installs — PostgreSQL best practice reference based on Supabase guidelines. - [mcp-integration](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/mcp-integration.md) — skill (official Anthropic) · Anthropic · Claude Code · 6994 installs — This skill shows how to connect MCP servers to Claude Code plugins and expose their tools. - [django-patterns](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/django-patterns.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 5200 installs — Guides agents on Django and DRF architecture: modular settings, custom user models, and optimized QuerySets without N+1 queries. - [golang-patterns](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/golang-patterns.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 5200 installs — This skill guides Go coding, reviews, and refactors with idiomatic patterns. - [springboot-patterns](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/springboot-patterns.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 5000 installs — A skill for Java Spring Boot architecture and REST API work. - [nestjs-patterns](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nestjs-patterns.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 5000 installs — Architectural guidelines for NestJS backends, covering modular directory layouts, DTO validation, and testing. - [java-coding-standards](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/java-coding-standards.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 5100 installs — This skill applies Java conventions to Spring Boot and Quarkus code. - [rust-patterns](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/rust-patterns.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 5100 installs — Guides your coding agent to write idiomatic Rust using strict ownership rules, typed errors, Cow, and exhaustive pattern matching. - [laravel-patterns](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/laravel-patterns.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 5100 installs — This skill guides Laravel architecture, routing, Eloquent, queues, and API resources. - [turnstile-spin](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/turnstile-spin.md) — skill · cloudflare · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 93100 installs — Sets up Cloudflare Turnstile bot verification across existing frontend and backend code, including widget embedding and server-side siteverify. - [vercel-cli](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/vercel-vercel-cli.md) — skill · vercel · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 6800 installs — This skill guides an agent through Vercel CLI deployments, inspection, and troubleshooting. - [build-mcp-server](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/build-mcp-server.md) — skill (official Anthropic) · Anthropic · Claude Code · 6711 installs — This skill helps design an MCP server for Claude Code by clarifying the use case, choosing deployment, and shaping the tool interface. - [fastapi-patterns](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/fastapi-patterns.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 4900 installs — Provides production patterns for FastAPI, including Pydantic v2 schemas, async dependencies, and service layers. - [springboot-security](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/springboot-security.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 4900 installs — Reviews security in Java Spring Boot services, covering authentication, authorization, input validation, CSRF, secrets, headers, and dependencies. - [django-security](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/django-security.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 5000 installs — A skill that feeds your agent Django security rules: production settings, auth, permissions, SQL injection and XSS prevention. - [laravel-tdd](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/laravel-tdd.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 4900 installs — Guides test-driven development in Laravel using PHPUnit or Pest. - [build-mcp-app](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/build-mcp-app.md) — skill (official Anthropic) · Anthropic · Claude Code · 6458 installs — Learn to add interactive forms, pickers and visual widgets to an MCP server. - [django-tdd](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/django-tdd.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 4700 installs — Sets up TDD workflows for Django and DRF using pytest-django and factory_boy. - [redis-patterns](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/redis-patterns.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 4700 installs — Production Redis patterns covering caching strategies, distributed locks, sliding window rate limits, and Streams. - [dashboard-builder](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/dashboard-builder.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 4800 installs — Builds operational monitoring dashboards for Grafana and SigNoz based on incident response questions instead of vanity metric lists. - [error-handling](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/error-handling.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 4800 installs — A skill that sets one way to handle errors in TypeScript, Python and Go: typed errors, retries, circuit breakers, user-facing messages. - [hexagonal-architecture](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/hexagonal-architecture.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 4800 installs — Guides you in structuring Ports and Adapters systems across TypeScript, Java, Kotlin, and Go. - [deployment-patterns](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/deployment-patterns.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 4800 installs — Deployment strategies, multi-stage Dockerfile templates, and CI/CD pipeline guides for web apps. - [cost-aware-llm-pipeline](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cost-aware-llm-pipeline.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 4600 installs — A skill for apps that call LLM APIs: picks a model by task complexity, tracks spend, caches prompts. - [mcp-server-patterns](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/mcp-server-patterns.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 4700 installs — Teaches AI agents how to build MCP servers with the TypeScript SDK. - [mysql-patterns](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/mysql-patterns.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 4700 installs — Production patterns for MySQL and MariaDB schema design, indexing, transactions, and slow query diagnostics in AI coding agents. - [documentation-lookup](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/documentation-lookup.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 4700 installs — Fetches live library and framework documentation via the Context7 MCP server instead of stale training data. - [springboot-tdd](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/springboot-tdd.md) — skill · affaan-m · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor +3 · 4700 installs — A Spring Boot TDD workflow that starts with failing tests, then implementation and refactoring. 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