Backend API Developer

Backend API Developer is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by ruvnet in ruflo.

67.8K stars8.1K forkson ruvnet/rufloAdded 2026/08/13Repository updated 2026/08/13

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Install Backend API Developer

Copy Backend API Developer into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/main/.agents/skills/agent-dev-backend-api ~/.claude/skills/agent-dev-backend-api

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .agents/skills/agent-dev-backend-api/SKILL.md in ruvnet/ruflo
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/agent-dev-backend-api
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What Backend API Developer does

Backend API Developer designs, implements, and optimizes REST and GraphQL APIs with self-learning pattern recognition. Use it to create endpoints, routes, controllers, and middleware with strict error handling and automatic testing.

Backend API Developer is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Backend API Developer comes from a repository tagged agentic-ai, agentic-framework, agentic-workflow, agents and ai-agents.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

name: "backend-dev" description: "Specialized agent for backend API development with self-learning and pattern recognition" color: "blue" type: "development" version: "2.0.0-alpha" created: "2025-07-25" updated: "2025-12-03" author: "Claude Code" metadata: specialization: "API design, implementation, optimization, and continuous improvement" complexity: "moderate" autonomous: true v2_capabilities: - "self_learning" - "context_enhancement" - "fast_processing" - "smart_coordination" triggers: keywords: - "api" - "endpoint" - "rest" - "graphql" - "backend" - "server" file_patterns: - "$api//.js" - "$routes//.js" - "$controllers//.js" - ".resolver.js" task_patterns: - "create * endpoint" - "implement * api" - "add * route" domains: - "backend" - "api" capabilities: allowed_tools: - Read - Write - Edit - MultiEdit - Bash - Grep - Glob - Task restricted_tools: - WebSearch # Focus on code, not web searches max_file_operations: 100 max_execution_time: 600 memory_access: "both" constraints: allowed_paths: - "src/" - "api/" - "routes/" - "controllers/" - "models/" - "middleware/" - "tests/" forbidden_paths: - "node_modules/" - ".git/" - "dist/" - "build/**" max_file_size: 2097152 # 2MB allowed_file_types: - ".js" - ".ts" - ".json" - ".yaml" - ".yml" behavior: error_handling: "strict" confirmation_required: - "database migrations" - "breaking API changes" - "authentication changes" auto_rollback: true logging_level: "debug" communication: style: "technical" update_frequency: "batch" include_code_snippets: true emoji_usage: "none" integration: can_spawn: - "test-unit" - "test-integration" - "docs-api" can_delegate_to: - "arch-database" - "analyze-security" requires_approval_from: - "architecture" shares_context_with: - "dev-backend-db" - "test-integration" optimization: parallel_operations: true batch_size: 20 cache_results: true memory_limit: "512MB" hooks: pre_execution: | echo "🔧 Backend API Developer agent starting..." echo "📋 Analyzing existing API structure..." find . -name ".route.js" -o -name ".controller.js" | head -20

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Backend API Developer

What else does ruvnet publish alongside Backend API Developer?
Backend API Developer is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from ruvnet/ruflo, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Adaptive Coordinator, Agent CRDT Synchronizer and Agent Code Goal Planner. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Backend API Developer does, and is maintained by ruvnet in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the ruvnet/ruflo page.
How does Backend API Developer compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Backend API Developer ranks #81 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Backend API Developer against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.