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Backend Development

by MoizIbnYousaf

Backend Development is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by MoizIbnYousaf in ai-agent-skills.

1.1K stars131 forkson MoizIbnYousaf/ai-agent-skillsAdded 2026/09/03Repository updated 2026/08/17
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Install Backend Development
Copy Backend Development 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/MoizIbnYousaf/ai-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/backend-development ~/.claude/skills/backend-development

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/MoizIbnYousaf/ai-agent-skills.git

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

In this catalog

Source file
skills/backend-development/SKILL.md in MoizIbnYousaf/ai-agent-skills
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/backend-development
Collection
One of 18 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
DevOps — 1075 skills

What Backend Development does

Backend Development covers API design, database architecture, authentication, caching, rate limiting, and observability. Use it when designing backend services, schemas, or test-driven server-side systems.

Backend Development is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Backend Development comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, ai-agents, claude-code, cli and codex.

Documentation

README

Backend Development

API Design

RESTful Conventions

GET    /users          # List users
POST   /users          # Create user
GET    /users/:id      # Get user
PUT    /users/:id      # Update user (full)
PATCH  /users/:id      # Update user (partial)
DELETE /users/:id      # Delete user

GET    /users/:id/posts  # List user's posts
POST   /users/:id/posts  # Create post for user

Response Format

{
  "data": { ... },
  "meta": {
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total": 100
  }
}

Error Format

{
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid input",
    "details": [
      { "field": "email", "message": "Invalid format" }
    ]
  }
}

Database Patterns

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

Commands Backend Development provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

  • /users
  • /health
  • /ready

Frequently asked about Backend Development

  • What else does MoizIbnYousaf publish alongside Backend Development?

    Backend Development is one of 18 skills that DirSkills catalogs from MoizIbnYousaf/ai-agent-skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Add an Upstream Skill, Ask Questions If Underspecified and Audit Library Health. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Backend Development does, and is maintained by MoizIbnYousaf in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the MoizIbnYousaf/ai-agent-skills page.

  • How does Backend Development compare to other DevOps skills?

    Backend Development ranks #404 by stars among the 1075 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. 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 Development against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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