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.
Microsoftazure-messaging
Troubleshoot and resolve issues with Azure Messaging SDKs for Event Hubs and Service Bus. Covers connection failures, authentication errors, message processing issues, and SDK configuration…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindpubchem-database
Query PubChem, search by name/CID/SMILES, retrieve properties, similarity/substructure searches, bioactivity, for cheminformatics. Use when a user asks about a specific chemical, drug, or…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindalphafold-database-fetch-and-analyze
Retrieve and analyze AlphaFold predicted structures for a protein. Use when the user provides a specific UniProt Accession ID and wants structural confidence metrics (pLDDT), domain…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindjaspar-database
Query the JASPAR database for Transcription Factor (TF) binding profiles. Use when retrieving Position Frequency Matrices (PFMs) or Position Weight Matrices (PWMs) for specific TFs…
Google DeepMind
Science Skills
Google DeepMindgnomad-database
Query the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Use when determining the rarity or allele frequency of specific genetic variants, retrieving gene constraint metrics (pLI, LOEUF) to assess…
Stripe
AI
Stripeconnect-required-verification-information
Use this skill when the user asks what information a Stripe Connect connected account must provide for verification, onboarding, KYC, or account requirements; when they need to compare…
Stripe
AI
Stripemetronome
Guides Metronome usage-based billing integration decisions — event ingestion (single and batch, idempotency, billable metrics), contract design (rate cards, overrides, dimensional pricing…
Stripe
AI
Stripestripe-directory
Identifies external providers, merchants, nonprofits, platforms, APIs, and software services, and resolves the documented way to engage them — to pay, donate, subscribe, book, provision, or…
Stripe
AI
Stripestripe-projects
Use when the user wants to provision infrastructure or third-party services using Stripe Projects. Triggers: "I need a database", "set up auth", "add caching", "give me a Postgres"…
Stripe
AI
Stripeupgrade-stripe
Guide for upgrading Stripe API versions, webhook endpoints, server-side SDKs, Stripe.js, and mobile SDKs
Stripe
AI
Stripestripe-pay
Helps users send funds to another Stripe business, transfer money to a Stripe Profile handle or network ID, or ask whether an agent can pay a Stripe business. Use Stripe Directory to find…
foryourhealth111-pixelbiopython
Primary retained Python toolkit for molecular biology sequence work. Preferred for sequence manipulation, FASTA/FASTQ/GenBank parsing, Bio.Entrez, BLAST workflows, alignments, structures…
kajisho5verifying-external-behavior
Confirms what a third-party library, remote API, build backend, or scraped document actually does before writing code that depends on it — throwaway probes that run in seconds, permissive…
Aaronontheweb
Dotnet Skills
Aarononthewebakka-net-testing-patterns
Write unit and integration tests for Akka.NET actors using modern Akka.Hosting.TestKit patterns. Covers dependency injection, TestProbes, persistence testing, and actor interaction…
Aaronontheweb
Dotnet Skills
Aarononthewebdatabase-performance
Database access patterns for performance. Separate read/write models, avoid N+1 queries, use AsNoTracking, apply row limits, and never do application-side joins. Works with EF Core and…
Aaronontheweb
Dotnet Skills
Aarononthewebplaywright-blazor-testing
Write UI tests for Blazor applications (Server or WebAssembly) using Playwright. Covers navigation, interaction, authentication, selectors, and common Blazor-specific patterns.
foryourhealth111-pixelarchitecture-patterns
Implement proven backend architecture patterns including Clean Architecture, Hexagonal Architecture, and Domain-Driven Design. Use when architecting complex backend systems or refactoring…
Stripe
AI
Stripestripe-docs
Use when the user or agent needs to read, search, or look up Stripe documentation or API reference. Prefer this over curl or WebFetch for any docs.stripe.com content. Use to fetch gated…
databricks
Databricks Agent Skills
databricksdatabricks-lakeflow-connect
Lakeflow Connect managed ingestion into Unity Catalog from databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle) by CDC or query-based. Use when creating, running or debugging these pipelines.
databricks
Databricks Agent Skills
databricksdatabricks-sandbox
Databricks Sandbox: on-demand serverless compute for running untrusted or agent-generated code and background tasks. Create/start/stop/delete sandboxes, run commands (synchronous…
databricks
Databricks Agent Skills
databricksspark-python-data-source
Build custom Python data sources for Apache Spark using the PySpark DataSource API — batch and streaming readers/writers for external systems. Use this skill whenever someone wants to…
rmyndharis
Antigravity Skills
rmyndharisarchitecture-patterns
Implement proven backend architecture patterns including Clean Architecture, Hexagonal Architecture, and Domain-Driven Design. Use when architecting complex backend systems or refactoring…
rmyndharis
Antigravity Skills
rmyndharisauth-implementation-patterns
Master authentication and authorization patterns including JWT, OAuth2, session management, and RBAC to build secure, scalable access control systems. Use when implementing auth systems…
foryourhealth111-pixelbio-database-evidence
Unified biological database evidence owner. Use for gene annotation, variant clinical significance, cancer mutation evidence, GWAS trait associations, pathway mapping, target-disease…
managedcodedotnet-maui-doctor
Diagnoses and fixes .NET MAUI development environment issues. Validates .NET SDK, workloads, Java JDK, Android SDK, Xcode, and Windows SDK. All version requirements discovered dynamically…
managedcodeminimal-apis
Design and implement Minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core using handler-first endpoints, route groups, filters, and lightweight composition suited to modern .NET services. USE FOR: building new…
managedcodegrpc
Build or review gRPC services and clients in .NET. USE FOR: ASP.NET Core gRPC, protobuf contracts, unary or streaming RPC, gRPC client factory, interceptors, deadlines, cancellation…
managedcodeconfigure-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…
managedcodeconvert-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…
managedcodedotnet-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…
rrezartprebreza
Spring Boot Skills
rrezartprebrezaflyway-migrations
Use when creating database migrations, schema changes, seed data, or any SQL that modifies database structure. Covers Flyway naming conventions, versioning, and safe migration patterns.
rrezartprebreza
Spring Boot Skills
rrezartprebrezajava-supply-chain-security
Use when reviewing Maven or Gradle dependency risk, SBOM coverage, vulnerability findings, or Java release provenance. Covers compatible remediation and CI trust boundaries; container…
rrezartprebreza
Spring Boot Skills
rrezartprebrezalayered-architecture
Use when generating or modifying any Spring Boot class — controllers, services, repositories, DTOs, mappers, or configuration. Enforces strict layer separation and prevents business logic…
sanjay3290
AI Skills
sanjay3290mssql
Execute read-only SQL queries against multiple Microsoft SQL Server databases. Use when: (1) querying MSSQL/SQL Server databases, (2) exploring database schemas/tables, (3) running SELECT…
rrezartprebreza
Spring Boot Skills
rrezartprebrezamulti-module-maven
Use when working in a multi-module Maven project. Covers parent POM conventions, shared dependency management, inter-module rules, and build ordering.
sanjay3290
AI Skills
sanjay3290mysql
Execute read-only SQL queries against multiple MySQL databases. Use when: (1) querying MySQL databases, (2) exploring database schemas/tables, (3) running SELECT queries for data analysis…
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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