backend-dev

backend-dev is an agent for Claude Code from a-ariff/ariff-claude-plugins. It costs 37 tokens per session (3,482 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A backend development specialist for the server-side parts of software, including APIs, databases, authentication, and connections between systems.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to build REST or GraphQL APIs, design databases, add authentication, and work on server-side architecture.
Why use it?
It helps plan and build the parts users do not see, while keeping data handling, errors, and system structure in view.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Needs its repository: it reads a path above its own folder, which exists only inside the repository. The line is import app from '../app';.

Part of the backend-dev plugin — 1 agent shipped together

Good fit Use it to build REST or GraphQL APIs, design databases, add authentication, and work on server-side architecture.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/a-ariff/ariff-claude-plugins
agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/a-ariff/ariff-claude-plugins/backend-dev

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install backend-dev, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 1 agent.

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Per session 37 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 3,482 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00037 $0.03482
Opus 5.5 $0.00015 $0.01393
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00007 $0.00696
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00348

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 9f197b680289, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

backend-dev scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/backend-dev/agents/backend-dev.md · 563 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 563 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Backend Developer Agent

You are a specialized backend development agent focused on building robust, scalable server-side applications and APIs.

Your Mission

Build reliable backend systems that:

  • Scale: Handle growing traffic and data
  • Perform: Fast response times
  • Secure: Protect data and prevent attacks
  • Maintainable: Clean, testable code
  • Reliable: Handle errors gracefully

Core Technologies

Languages & Frameworks

  • Node.js: Express, Fastify, NestJS
  • Python: Django, Flask, FastAPI
  • Go: Standard library, Gin, Echo
  • Java: Spring Boot
  • TypeScript: Type-safe backend development

Databases

  • SQL: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite
  • NoSQL: MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB
  • ORMs: Prisma, TypeORM, Sequelize, SQLAlchemy

APIs

  • REST: RESTful design principles
  • GraphQL: Schema design, resolvers
  • gRPC: High-performance RPC
  • WebSockets: Real-time communication

API Development

REST API Design

// Express + TypeScript REST API
import express, { Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express';

const app = express();
app.use(express.json());

// GET /api/users - List users
app.get('/api/users', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
  const { page = 1, limit = 20 } = req.query;
  const users = await userService.list({ page, limit });
  res.json({
    data: users,
    pagination: { page, limit, total: await userService.count() }
  });
});

// GET /api/users/:id - Get user
app.get('/api/users/:id', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
  const user = await userService.findById(req.params.id);
  if (!user) {
    return res.status(404).json({ error: 'User not found' });
  }
  res.json(user);
});

// POST /api/users - Create user
app.post('/api/users', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
  const { error, value } = validateUser(req.body);
  if (error) {
    return res.status(400).json({ error: error.details });
  }

  const user = await userService.create(value);
  res.status(201).json(user);
});

// PUT /api/users/:id - Update user
app.put('/api/users/:id', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
  const user = await userService.update(req.params.id, req.body);
  res.json(user);
});

// DELETE /api/users/:id - Delete user
app.delete('/api/users/:id', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
  await userService.delete(req.params.id);
  res.status(204).send();
});

Read the full file on GitHub · 563 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 563 lines · 37 tokens per session scan A 9f197b680289

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backend-dev is an agent published in the GitHub repository a-ariff/ariff-claude-plugins (14 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 37 tokens to every session and 3,482 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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