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
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.
zamesin
Next Move Theory Canon And Skills
zamesinnmt-craft-go-to-market
Write the go-to-market communication for a chosen segment using Ivan Zamesin's AJTBD / Next Move Theory methodology. Input — a /nmt-craft-value-proposition result (best), a…
zamesin
Next Move Theory Canon And Skills
zamesinnmt-market-research
Run market research for a product or feature idea using Ivan Zamesin's AJTBD / Next Move Theory methodology (distinct from generic Christensen JTBD). Output — an A4 one-pager with a GO /…
Microsoftdetect-mode
Detect a Copilot Studio agent's authentication mode (DirectLine vs M365) by querying Dataverse. Returns the mode and connection details needed to chat.
BrianRWagner
AI Marketing Claude Code Skills
BrianRWagnergo-mode
Autonomous goal execution — give a goal, get a plan, confirm, execute, report. You steer, Claude drives.
sno-airust-coder
Implement, refactor, and migrate production Rust with repository-grounded ownership, type-driven invariants, explicit errors, safe concurrency, minimal unsafe code, and verified Cargo…
zxkane
Aws Skills
zxkaneaws-mcp-setup
Configure AWS MCP servers for documentation search and API access. Use when setting up AWS MCP, configuring AWS documentation tools, troubleshooting MCP connectivity, or when user mentions…
Gentleman-Programming
Gentleman Skills
Gentleman-Programminghexagonal-architecture-layers-java
Hexagonal architecture layering for Java services with strict boundaries. Trigger: When structuring Java apps by Domain/Application/Infrastructure, or refactoring toward clean architecture.
Gentleman-Programming
Gentleman Skills
Gentleman-Programmingspring-boot-3
Spring Boot 3 patterns for configuration, DI, and web services. Trigger: When building or refactoring Spring Boot 3 applications.
rohitg00verification-gates
Creates explicit validation checkpoints (verification gates) between project phases to catch errors early and ensure quality before proceeding. Use when the user asks about quality gates…
Gentleman-Programming
Gentleman Skills
Gentleman-Programmingjava-21
Java 21 language and runtime patterns for modern, safe code. Trigger: When writing Java 21 code using records, sealed types, or virtual threads.
wshobson
Agents
wshobsonfastapi-templates
Create production-ready FastAPI projects with async patterns, dependency injection, and comprehensive error handling. Use when building new FastAPI applications or setting up backend API…
wshobson
Agents
wshobsonevent-store-design
Design and implement event stores for event-sourced systems. Use when building event sourcing infrastructure, choosing event store technologies, or implementing event persistence patterns.
wshobson
Agents
wshobsonworkflow-orchestration-patterns
Design durable workflows with Temporal for distributed systems. Covers workflow vs activity separation, saga patterns, state management, and determinism constraints. Use when building…
wshobson
Agents
wshobsoncqrs-implementation
Implement Command Query Responsibility Segregation for scalable architectures. Use when separating read and write models, optimizing query performance, or building event-sourced systems.
wshobson
Agents
wshobsonmicroservices-patterns
Design microservices architectures with service boundaries, event-driven communication, and resilience patterns. Use when building distributed systems, decomposing monoliths, or…
wshobson
Agents
wshobsonprojection-patterns
Build read models and projections from event streams. Use when implementing CQRS read sides, building materialized views, or optimizing query performance in event-sourced systems.
wshobson
Agents
wshobsontemporal-python-testing
Test Temporal workflows with pytest, time-skipping, and mocking strategies. Covers unit testing, integration testing, replay testing, and local development setup. Use when implementing…
Microsoftentra-app-registration
Guides Microsoft Entra ID app registration, OAuth 2.0 authentication, and MSAL integration. USE FOR: create app registration, register Azure AD app, configure OAuth, set up authentication…
sambergolang-concurrency
Golang concurrency design — goroutine lifecycle and leak prevention, channels and `select`, channel ownership and direction, `sync.Mutex`/`RWMutex`/`sync.Map`/`sync.Once`/atomics…
sambergolang-continuous-integration
GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline configuration for Golang projects — workflow files for test, lint, SAST, coverage and vulnerability-scan jobs, Dependabot and Renovate config files, GoReleaser…
sambergolang-data-structures
Golang data structures — slices (internals, capacity growth, preallocation, slices package), maps (internals, hash buckets, maps package), arrays, container/list/heap/ring, strings.Builder…
sambergolang-database
Comprehensive guide for Go database access — parameterized queries, struct scanning, NULLable columns, transactions, isolation levels, SELECT FOR UPDATE, connection pool, batch processing…
sambergolang-dependency-injection
Comprehensive guide for dependency injection (DI) in Golang. Covers why DI matters (testability, loose coupling, separation of concerns, lifecycle management), manual constructor injection…
sambergolang-dependency-management
Dependency management for Golang projects — go.mod and go.sum, `go get` install and upgrade flows, Minimal Version Selection, conflict resolution with replace/exclude/retract, `govulncheck`…
sambergolang-design-patterns
Idiomatic Golang design patterns — functional options, constructor APIs, `init()` and global-state avoidance, enums, panic vs error decisions, resource management and lifecycle, graceful…
sambergolang-documentation
Comprehensive documentation guide for Golang projects, covering godoc comments, README, CONTRIBUTING, CHANGELOG, Go Playground, Example tests, API docs, and llms.txt. Use when writing or…
sambergolang-error-handling
Idiomatic Golang error handling — creation, wrapping with %w, errors.Is/As, errors.Join, custom error types, sentinel errors, panic/recover, the single handling rule, structured logging…
sambergolang-google-wire
Compile-time dependency injection in Golang using google/wire — wire.NewSet, wire.Build, wire.Bind (interface→concrete), wire.Struct, wire.Value, wire.InterfaceValue, wire.FieldsOf, cleanup…
sambergolang-gopls
Golang semantic code intelligence via `gopls`, the official Go language server — go-to-definition, find references, call/implementation hierarchy, workspace symbol search, package API…
sambergolang-graphql
Implements GraphQL APIs in Golang using gqlgen or graphql-go. Apply when building GraphQL servers, designing schemas, writing resolvers, handling subscriptions, or integrating GraphQL with…
sambergolang-grpc
Provides gRPC usage guidelines, protobuf organization, and production-ready patterns for Golang microservices. Use when implementing, reviewing, or debugging gRPC servers/clients, writing…
sambergolang-how-to
Golang skills orchestrator — always active on any Golang coding, review, debug, or setup task. Reads the task context and loads the most relevant skills from samber/cc-skills-golang, often…
sambergolang-lint
Linting best practices and golangci-lint configuration for Golang projects — running linters, configuring .golangci.yml, suppressing warnings with nolint directives, interpreting lint…
sambergolang-modernize
Modernize Golang code to use recent language features, standard library improvements, and idiomatic patterns. Use when reviewing Go code with old-style patterns, when encountering a…
sambergolang-naming
Go (Golang) naming conventions — covers packages, constructors, structs, interfaces, constants, enums, errors, booleans, receivers, getters/setters, functional options, acronyms, test…
sambergolang-observability
Golang everyday observability — the always-on signals in production. Covers structured logging with slog, Prometheus metrics, OpenTelemetry distributed tracing, continuous profiling with…
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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