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.
sambergolang-performance
Golang performance optimization patterns and methodology - if X bottleneck, then apply Y. Covers allocation reduction, CPU efficiency, memory layout, GC tuning, pooling, caching, and…
sambergolang-pkg-go-dev
Golang package and module lookup via `godig`, a pkg.go.dev API client (CLI + MCP server). Use for any Go/Golang library's documentation, API signatures, symbols, usage examples, which…
sambergolang-project-layout
Golang project layout and workspace setup — cmd/internal/pkg directory conventions, module and package naming, go.work workspaces, and essential configuration files. Use when starting a new…
sambergolang-refactoring
Golang refactoring — safe, at-scale restructuring of existing Go code: a coverage-adaptive safety net, behavior-preserving transforms (gopls Rename/Extract, `gofmt -r`, `gopatch`), the…
sambergolang-safety
Defensive Golang coding against accidental bugs — nil panics, typed-nil interfaces, `append` backing-array aliasing, silent int64-to-int32 truncation, float `==` comparison, `defer` inside…
sambergolang-samber-do
Dependency injection in Golang using samber/do — service containers, lifecycle management, scopes, health checks, graceful shutdown, and module organization. Apply when using or adopting…
sambergolang-samber-hot
In-memory caching in Golang using samber/hot — eviction algorithms (LRU, LFU, TinyLFU, W-TinyLFU, S3FIFO, ARC, TwoQueue, SIEVE, FIFO), TTL, cache loaders, sharding, stale-while-revalidate…
Jeffallan
Claude Skills
Jeffallanjava-architect
Use when building, configuring, or debugging enterprise Java applications with Spring Boot 3.x, microservices, or reactive programming. Invoke to implement WebFlux endpoints, optimize JPA…
Microsoftpython-appservice-deploy
Deploy Python (Flask/Django/FastAPI) code to Azure App Service Linux. WHEN: "Flask App Service", "Django App Service", "FastAPI App Service", "deploy Python to App Service". DO NOT USE FOR…
Jeffallan
Claude Skills
Jeffallanatlassian-mcp
Integrates with Atlassian products to manage project tracking and documentation via MCP protocol. Use when querying Jira issues with JQL filters, creating and updating tickets with custom…
Microsoftazure-cloud-migrate
Assess and migrate cross-cloud workloads to Azure with reports and code conversion. Supports Lambda→Functions, Beanstalk/Heroku/App Engine→App Service, Fargate/Kubernetes/Cloud Run/Spring…
Microsoftazure-kusto
Query and analyze data in Azure Data Explorer (Kusto/ADX) using KQL for log analytics, telemetry, and time series analysis. WHEN: KQL queries, Kusto database queries, Azure Data Explorer…
Microsoftazure-storage
Azure Storage Services including Blob Storage, File Shares, Queue Storage, Table Storage, and Data Lake. Answers questions about storage access tiers (hot, cool, cold, archive), when to use…
Jeffallan
Claude Skills
Jeffallancsharp-developer
Use when building C# applications with .NET 8+, ASP.NET Core APIs, or Blazor web apps. Builds REST APIs using minimal or controller-based routing, configures database access with Entity…
Jeffallan
Claude Skills
Jeffallandotnet-core-expert
Use when building .NET 8 applications with minimal APIs, clean architecture, or cloud-native microservices. Invoke for Entity Framework Core, CQRS with MediatR, JWT authentication, AOT…
Jeffallan
Claude Skills
Jeffallanfullstack-guardian
Builds security-focused full-stack web applications by implementing integrated frontend and backend components with layered security at every level. Covers the complete stack from database…
sambergolang-context
Idiomatic context.Context usage in Golang — propagation through API boundaries, cancellation, timeouts and deadlines, request-scoped values, context.WithoutCancel for background work…
Jeffallan
Claude Skills
Jeffallangolang-pro
Implements concurrent Go patterns using goroutines and channels, designs and builds microservices with gRPC or REST, optimizes Go application performance with pprof, and enforces idiomatic…
Jeffallan
Claude Skills
Jeffallangraphql-architect
Use when designing GraphQL schemas, implementing Apollo Federation, or building real-time subscriptions. Invoke for schema design, resolvers with DataLoader, query optimization, federation…
Jeffallan
Claude Skills
Jeffallanjavascript-pro
Writes, debugs, and refactors JavaScript code using modern ES2023+ features, async/await patterns, ESM module systems, and Node.js APIs. Use when building vanilla JavaScript applications…
phuryncompetitive-battlecard
Create sales-ready competitive battlecards comparing your product against a specific competitor — positioning, feature comparison, objection handling, and win/loss patterns. Use when…
phurynsql-queries
Generate SQL queries from natural language descriptions. Supports BigQuery, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and other dialects. Reads database schemas from uploaded diagrams or documentation. Use when…
Microsoftazure-compute
Azure VM/VMSS router. WHEN: create / provision / deploy / spin-up VM, recommend VM size, compare VM pricing, VMSS, scale set, autoscale, burstable, lightweight server, website, backend…
dotnet
Skills
dotnetcreate-datadriven-aspnetcore
Generate or scaffold ASP.NET Core code — Razor Pages, Blazor components, MVC controllers, views, and Minimal API endpoints — without using ASP.NET Core CLI scaffolding/code-generation…
dotnet
Skills
dotnetdotnet-webapi
Guides creation and modification of ASP.NET Core Web API endpoints with correct HTTP semantics, OpenAPI metadata, and error handling. USE FOR: adding new API endpoints (controllers or…
sambergolang-popular-libraries
Golang library and framework selection — vetted production-ready options by category (web, database, testing, logging, messaging), new and experimental stdlib packages, s…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMinddbsnp-database
Use when you want to look up, map, and search for short genetic variants (SNPs, indels) in NCBI's dbSNP database. Resolves between rsIDs, genomic coordinates in VCF format, and HGVS…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindencode-ccres-database
Query the ENCODE Registry of cis-Regulatory Elements (cCREs) via the SCREEN GraphQL API, or make custom queries to the ENCODE Portal REST API for experiments and files (ChIP-seq peaks…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindensembl-database
Query the Ensembl database to resolve gene, transcript, and protein IDs, fetch genomic or protein sequences, retrieve gene structures (exons), and get variant consequence and effect…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindgtex-database
Use when you want to retrieve quantitative RNA expression data and variant eQTL information from the GTEx (Genotype-Tissue Expression) Project across 54 non-diseased tissue sites.
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindhuman-protein-atlas-database
Use when you want to retrieve semi-quantitative protein expression and spatial localisation data from the Human Protein Atlas (HPA).
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindinterpro-database
Identify domains, families, and sites in proteins; find all proteins in a family or sharing a domain; explore species distribution for a domain; annotate genomes with protein families and…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindliterature-search-europepmc
Search Europe PMC for scientific literature and download open-access full texts and PDFs. Retrieve full-text XML/plain text by PMCID, get citation lists and bibliography.
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindopenfda-database
Query, search, and download data from the openFDA API for drugs, devices, foods, tobacco, cosmetics, animal and veterinary products, substances, and transparency data. Use for FDA adverse…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindopentargets-database
Query Open Targets Platform for target-disease associations, drug target discovery, tractability/safety data, genetics/omics evidence, known drugs, for therapeutic target identification.
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindpdb-database
Use when you want to search for or download experimentally-determined 3D structures for biomolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, bound ligands). Supports searching by sequence similarity…
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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