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.
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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
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
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
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.
managedcodeaspnet-core
Build, debug, modernize, or review ASP.NET Core applications with correct hosting, middleware, security, configuration, logging, and deployment patterns on current .NET. USE FOR: working on…
sanjay3290
AI Skills
sanjay3290atlassian
Manage Jira issues and Confluence wiki pages in Atlassian Cloud. Use when: (1) searching/creating/updating Jira issues with JQL, (2) searching/reading/creating Confluence pages with CQL…
managedcodeblazor
Build and review Blazor applications across server, WebAssembly, web app, and hybrid scenarios with correct component design, state flow, rendering, and hosting choices. USE FOR: building…
managedcodecreate-blazor-project
Create a new ASP.NET Core web application or web site using Blazor. USE FOR: creating a new Blazor web app, scaffolding a new web project, starting a new web site, choosing render modes…
benchflow-ai
Skillsbench
benchflow-aipubchem-database
Query PubChem via PUG-REST API/PubChemPy (110M+ compounds). Search by name/CID/SMILES, retrieve properties, similarity/substructure searches, bioactivity, for cheminformatics.
awesome-skills
Code Review Skill
awesome-skillscode-review-skill
Provides comprehensive code review guidance for React 19, Vue 3, Angular 17+, Svelte 5, Rust, TypeScript, Java, Java 8, PHP, Ruby, Rails, Python, Django, FastAPI, Go, C#/.NET, Kotlin…
sanjay3290
AI Skills
sanjay3290gmail
Interact with Gmail - search emails, read messages, send emails, create drafts, and manage labels. Use when user asks to: search email, read email, send email, create email draft, mark as…
rrezartprebreza
Spring Boot Skills
rrezartprebrezaagent-qa-browser-regression
Use when verifying an existing browser journey with agent-qa against a running Spring Boot application. Covers target selection, scoped execution, run evidence, and memidex provenance while…
rrezartprebreza
Spring Boot Skills
rrezartprebrezaai-observability
Use when adding Spring AI-specific model observations, token usage, latency, externally configured cost attribution, advisor telemetry, or protected prompt and completion logging. Use…
internet-court
Internet Court Skill
internet-courtaltllm-portal-auth
Use this skill when the user asks to log in or out with a wallet session, fetch a wallet sign-in challenge, verify an externally signed challenge, or troubleshoot AltLLM Portal wallet login…
OneWave-AI
Claude Skills
OneWave-AIapi-documentation-writer
Generate comprehensive API documentation including endpoint descriptions, request/response examples, authentication guides, error codes, and SDKs. Creates OpenAPI/Swagger specs, REST API…
rrezartprebreza
Spring Boot Skills
rrezartprebrezadomain-driven-design
Use when evolving aggregate invariants, value objects or domain events in an existing DDD-style Spring Boot 3 application, or when DDD is explicitly requested. Preserve existing API…
sanjay3290
AI Skills
sanjay3290google-calendar
Interact with Google Calendar - list calendars, view events, create/update/delete events, and find free time. Use when user asks to: check calendar, schedule a meeting, create an event…
freshtechbro
Claudedesignskills
freshtechbroreact-spring-physics
Physics-based animation library combining React Spring (spring dynamics, gesture integration, 60fps animations) and Popmotion (low-level composable animation utilities, reactive streams)…
OneWave-AI
Claude Skills
OneWave-AIapi-endpoint-scaffolder
Generate REST API endpoints with proper structure, validation, error handling, and types. Use when creating new API routes, endpoints, or backend services.
MoizIbnYousaf
AI Agent Skills
MoizIbnYousafdatabase-design
Database schema design, optimization, and migration patterns for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and NoSQL databases. Use for designing schemas, writing migrations, or optimizing queries.
mxyhifind-docs
Retrieves up-to-date documentation, API references, and code examples for any developer technology. Use this skill whenever the user asks about a specific library, framework, SDK, CLI tool…
Ootto-AIgoing-viral
The strategy layer for making short-form video actually go viral — pick the goal, manufacture the emotion that drives it, then build the hook + funnel around it. Use when the user says "go…
mikehasa
Golive Skill
mikehasagolive
Take an agent-written app from repo to live production on the user's OWN accounts, with providers they choose (hosting, database, auth, payments, email, domain/DNS). The human connects…
chubbyguan
Chubbyskills
chubbyguanknowledge-base-management
管理本地 Markdown/Obsidian 知识库：素材入库、健康检查、增量索引、关键词与 semantic-lite 检索、逐字原文资料包、归档和 MCP 连接。用于搜索知识库、整理资料及为 Agent 准备可定位的引用。
amElnagdy
Guard Skills
amElnagdytest-guard
Review generated or changed test code against universal testing rules before it ships. Best used reactively after an agent writes, edits, generates, or refactors tests, before presenting…
MoizIbnYousaf
AI Agent Skills
MoizIbnYousafbackend-development
Backend API design, database architecture, microservices patterns, and test-driven development. Use for designing APIs, database schemas, or backend system architecture.
oaustegard
Claude Skills
oaustegardcheck-tools
Validates development tool installations across Python, Node.js, Java, Go, Rust, C/C++, Git, and system utilities. Use when verifying environments or troubleshooting dependencies.
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorcontent-moat-calculator
Estimate pages needed for topical authority. Go/no-go decision before investing months in content. Triggers on: "how much content do I need", "topical authority estimate", "content moat"…
laolaoshiren
Claude Code Skills Zh
laolaoshirendep-auditor
审计 Node.js、Python、Go、Rust、JVM、Ruby 项目的依赖漏洞、版本健康度与许可证事实；当用户要求检查 package.json、lockfile、requirements、go.mod、Cargo.toml、pom.xml、Gemfile.lock，或生成不改依赖的中文审计报告时使用
Prat011mcp-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…
chubbyguan
Chubbyskills
chubbyguanpodcast-transcribe
播客/小宇宙 → 下载 → 转录 → 存为 Markdown 的完整工作流。 支持 RSS 批量下载、单集链接转录。
Jakeschincariol
Console Skill
Jakeschincariolconsole-backend
Backend Engineer. Builds the engine room the recompiled game runs on: syscalls, kernel stubs, file and disc I/O, the IOP. Reads PS2Recomp runtime logs and turns every "Unimplemented PS2…
chubbyguan
Chubbyskills
chubbyguanindustry-intelligence-radar
行业情报雷达：多源扫描(X/即刻/V2EX/HN) → 关键词过滤 → 趋势检测 → 每日情报简报。触发词：行业情报、竞品监控、热点扫描、情报雷达
Microckalphafold-database
Access AlphaFold's 200M+ AI-predicted protein structures. Retrieve structures by UniProt ID, download PDB/mmCIF files, analyze confidence metrics (pLDDT, PAE), for drug discovery and…
Microckarchitecture-patterns
Implement proven backend architecture patterns including Clean Architecture, Hexagonal Architecture, and Domain-Driven Design. Use when architecting complex backend systems or refactoring…
emotixco
Claude Skills Founder
emotixcogo-to-market
Plan a product launch from pre-launch audience building to a 90-day growth plan, with named communities, platform-specific launch tactics, channel rankings, and a budget for $0-$500 a…
lingxling
Awesome Skills Cn
lingxlingmcp-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…
Microsofttest-auth
Authenticate for Copilot Studio evaluation API and SDK chat. Caches a token that is shared across run-eval and chat-sdk skills. Run this before any eval or SDK chat workflow. Requires an…
luchasarie
Bro Skill
luchasariebro
Re-explain the previous assistant message, or any text typed after the command, in a much simpler way. For when a reply made you go 'bro what'. Use /bro for a plain-language version of the…
Microsoftchat-directline
Send a message to a Copilot Studio agent via DirectLine v3. Use for agents with no auth or manual auth. Requires a token endpoint URL or DirectLine secret.
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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