Best Claude skills for backend development
Backend skills teach API design, database schemas, migrations, auth and the boring-but-critical parts like idempotency and error handling. Vendor skills from Supabase and Stripe carry first-party knowledge about their platforms that generic models often get wrong.
288 backend skills · ranked live · November 2026
The top 10. Ranked by the Alyn Score.
- 1#1
Anthropic
Skills
Anthropic
MCP Builder
Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to…
Pack192k3.8MScore 93 - 2#2

affaan-m
Backend Patterns
Backend architecture patterns, API design, database optimization, and server-side best practices for Node.js, Express, and Next.js API routes. Use when building or reviewing Node.js…
Pack301k1.7MScore 89 - 3#3

Addy Osmani
API And Interface Design
Guides stable API and interface design. Use when designing APIs, module boundaries, or any public interface. Use when creating REST or GraphQL endpoints, defining type contracts between…
Pack115k1.8MScore 85 - 4#4
wshobson
Agents
wshobson
Architecture Patterns
Implement proven backend architecture patterns including Clean Architecture, Hexagonal Architecture, and Domain-Driven Design. Use this skill when designing clean architecture for a new…
Pack42k2.6MScore 85 - 5#5
GitHub
Awesome Copilot
GitHub
Arize Annotation
Creates and manages annotation configs (categorical, continuous, freeform label schemas) and annotation queues (human review workflows) on Arize. Applies human annotations to project spans…
Pack41k2.4MScore 85 - 6#6
wshobson
Agents
wshobson
API Design Principles
Master REST and GraphQL API design principles to build intuitive, scalable, and maintainable APIs that delight developers. Use when designing new APIs, reviewing API specifications, or…
Pack42k2.6MScore 84 - 7#7
wshobson
Agents
wshobson
Saga Orchestration
Implement saga patterns for distributed transactions and cross-aggregate workflows. Use this skill when implementing distributed transactions across microservices where 2PC is unavailable…
Pack42k2.6MScore 84 - 8#8
GitHub
Awesome Copilot
GitHub
API Breaking Change Detector
Cross-references C# Web API controllers/DTOs against their TypeScript/JavaScript consumers (React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, Node.js, or hand-written/auto-generated HTTP clients like Fetch…
Pack41k2.4MScore 83 - 9#9

Shubhamsaboo
MCP Apps Builder
**MANDATORY for ALL MCP server work** - mcp-use framework best practices and patterns. **READ THIS FIRST** before any MCP server work, including: - Creating new MCP servers - Modifying…
Pack144k83kScore 83 - 10#10
K-Dense
Scientific Agent Skills
K-Dense
Database Lookup
Queries documented public database APIs with explicit endpoints, filters, pagination, and provenance. Used when a scientific, regulatory, financial, or other database-backed fact must be…
Pack57k328kScore 82
What makes a great backend skill.
Official vendor skills for the services you use (Supabase, Stripe, Cloudflare).
Migration and rollback guidance, not only happy-path code.
Security defaults: row-level security, secrets handling, input validation.
All 288 backend skills.
Expo
Skills
expo-examples
Expo's official example projects - the expo/examples repo of ~70 `with-*` integrations (Stripe, Clerk, Supabase, OpenAI, maps, Reanimated, SQLite, Skia, NativeWind, and more). Use when…
wanshuiyin
Auto Claude Code Research In Sleep
experiment-queue
SSH job queue for multi-seed/multi-config ML experiments with OOM-aware retry, stale-screen cleanup, and wave-transition race prevention. Use when user says "batch experiments", "队列实验"…

supabase
Use when doing ANY task involving Supabase. Triggers: Supabase products (Database, Auth, Edge Functions, Realtime, Storage, Vectors, Cron, Queues); client libraries and SSR integrations…
dotnet
Skills
configure-auth
Add authentication and authorization to a Blazor Web App, accounting for the app's render mode. USE WHEN the user needs [Authorize] on pages, AuthorizeView, role or policy-based access…
dotnet
Skills
convert-blazor-server-to-webapp
Guides conversion of a pre-.NET 8 Blazor Server app into a .NET 8+ Blazor Web App. USE FOR: migrating apps that use AddServerSideBlazor and MapBlazorHub to the AddRazorCo…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
chembl-database
Query the ChEMBL database for bioactive molecules, drug targets, bioactivity data, approved drugs, and chemical structures. Use when the user asks about compounds, targets, IC50/Ki values…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
clinical-trials-database
Query ClinicalTrials.gov via APIv2. Use when you want to search for trials by condition, drug, location, status, or phase; retrieve trial details by NCT ID; check eligibility/inclusion…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
clinvar-database
Use when needing clinical significance, pathogenicity classifications (e.g., Pathogenic, Benign, VUS), clinical evidence rationales, or finding "hard positive" benchmark controls for human…
competition-graphql-rpc-drift
Internal downstream skill for ctf-sandbox-orchestrator. CTF-sandbox workflow for GraphQL schemas, persisted queries, RPC manifests, generated clients, OpenAPI drift, hidden operations, and…
antfu
Skills
nitro
Nitro is the framework-agnostic server toolkit (powering Nuxt) for building and deploying web servers anywhere. Use when working with nitro.config, server routes/event handlers, route…
Hugging Face
Skills
transformers-js
Use Transformers.js to run state-of-the-art machine learning models directly in JavaScript/TypeScript. Supports NLP (text classification, translation, summarization), computer vision (image…
mukul975
Anthropic Cybersecurity Skills
analyzing-kubernetes-audit-logs
Parses Kubernetes API server audit logs (JSON lines) to detect exec-into-pod, secret access, RBAC modifications, privileged pod creation, and anonymous API access, and builds SIEM detection…
wondelai
Skills
clean-architecture
Structure software around the Dependency Rule: source code dependencies point inward from frameworks to use cases to entities. Use when the user mentions "architecture layers", "dependency…
competition-queue-worker-drift
Internal downstream skill for ctf-sandbox-orchestrator. CTF-sandbox workflow for queues, async workers, cron jobs, delayed tasks, retry behavior, worker-only config drift, and…
wondelai
Skills
crossing-the-chasm
Navigate the technology adoption lifecycle from early adopters to mainstream market. Use when the user mentions "crossing the chasm", "beachhead segment", "whole product", "early adopters…
alirezarezvani
Claude Skills
cs-backend-engineer
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alirezarezvani
Claude Skills
cs-backend-review
wondelai
Skills
ddia-systems
Design data systems by understanding storage engines, replication, partitioning, transactions, and consistency models. Use when the user mentions "database choice", "which database should I…
ljagiello
Ctf Skills
ctf-web
Provides web exploitation techniques for CTF challenges. Use when the target is primarily an HTTP application, API, browser client, template engine, identity flow, or smart-contract…
deanpeters
Product Manager Skills
eol-readiness-advisor
Run a go/no-go assessment for retiring a product or feature, then right-size the effort. Use when someone says "we should probably kill this" and nobody has made the call.
himself65
Finance Skills
fintel-data
Query Fintel (fintel.io) institutional market data through its REST API or official MCP server. Use this skill whenever the user mentions Fintel or asks about short interest, short interest…

github-ops
Operates GitHub via gh CLI and REST/GraphQL — PRs, issues, Actions, self-hosted Runner inventory/capacity, repos, collaborators, org permissions, 2FA — with explicit target, authorization…
Hugging Face
Skills
hf-mcp
Use Hugging Face Hub via MCP server tools. Search models, datasets, Spaces, papers. Get repo details, fetch documentation, run compute jobs, and use Gradio Spaces as AI tools. Available…

supabase-postgres-best-practices
Postgres best practices maintained by Supabase, for Postgres running anywhere. Load this skill BEFORE writing or changing anything that lives in a Postgres database: creating or altering…

mcp-builder
Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to…
abridge-install-auth
Establish Abridge tenant access, identity ownership, and approved EHR integration prerequisites without fabricating public credentials or endpoints. Use when onboarding an Abridge…
Stripe
AI
connect-recommend
Use this skill when the user asks about Stripe Connect configuration, charge patterns, Dashboard access, or how to get started with Connect, is building a marketplace, platform…
Stripe
AI
stripe-apps
Build, modify, or review Stripe Apps and extensions using the relevant documentation and reference guides. Use for custom Stripe Dashboard UI, stripe-app.yaml, @stripe/ui-extension-sdk…
Stripe
AI
stripe-best-practices
Guides Stripe integration decisions across development and test environment planning (separate sandboxes vs the shared test mode sandbox), API selection (Checkout Sessions vs…
abridge-prod-checklist
Run an evidence-backed Abridge production readiness decision across clinical, privacy, security, EHR, training, support, and rollback owners. Use when preparing a pilot or cohort expansion…
hashicorp
Agent Skills
provider-configuration
Implement Terraform provider configuration and authentication with the Plugin Framework: provider schema for credentials (Optional + Sensitive attributes), environment variable fallbacks…
chembl-database
Query ChEMBL bioactive molecules and drug discovery data. Search compounds by structure/properties, retrieve bioactivity data (IC50, Ki), find inhibitors, perform SAR studies, for medicinal…
clinicaltrials-database
Query ClinicalTrials.gov via API v2. Search trials by condition, drug, location, status, or phase. Retrieve trial details by NCT ID, export data, for clinical research and patient matching.
clinpgx-database
Access ClinPGx pharmacogenomics data (successor to PharmGKB). Query gene-drug interactions, CPIC guidelines, allele functions, for precision medicine and genotype-guided dosing decisions.

deploy-pipeline
Run end-to-end deploy pipelines across Stripe, Supabase, and Vercel using the Composio CLI. Promote Stripe products, push Supabase migrations, ship Vercel deployments, and verify with…
Microsoft
Skills For Fabric
eventhouse-cli
Authors and queries Fabric Eventhouse and KQL databases: tables, functions, policies, materialized views, ingestion, and read-only KQL for real-time and time-series analytics. All KQL…
Backend skills, explained.
Also searched as: backend agent skills, api design skill, database skill, supabase skill.
What are the best Claude skills for backend development?
Right now the top-ranked backend skills on Alyn are MCP Builder (Anthropic), Backend Patterns (affaan-m), API And Interface Design (Addy Osmani). Rankings combine GitHub stars, installs, freshness and depth, and update live.
Is there an official Supabase skill?
Yes. supabase/agent-skills is published by Supabase and ranks among the most installed backend skills.
Skills or MCP for databases?
Use both. An MCP server gives the agent access to your database. A skill teaches it how to use that access well.
How do I install a backend skill?
Run npx skills add owner/repo in your project, or copy the folder with SKILL.md into ~/.claude/skills. Every skill on this page has a ready-to-copy command.
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