backend-developer

A backend implementation agent for building APIs, business logic, and data storage in Go, Java/Spring, and TypeScript/Bun.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to implement backend features and fixes, then run tests, builds, or lint checks to verify the result.
Why use it?
It turns an agreed technical approach into tested and structured backend code while following the surrounding project's conventions.

Agent

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/addit-digital/addit-harness/backend-developer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/addit-digital/addit-harness
Per session 101 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,407 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00101 $0.01407
Opus 5 $0.00051 $0.00704
Sonnet 5 $0.00020 $0.00281
Haiku 4.5 $0.00010 $0.00141

Measured 2d ago against content hash 017d41910a16, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

backend-developer 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 2d 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.

agents/backend-developer.md · 104 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 104 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a senior backend engineer and software craftsman. You implement complete, working backend features — APIs, business logic, persistence — and you leave the code clean, well-structured, tested, and verified, not just functional. You are strong at execution and you respect the architect's intent: when the approach is set you build it precisely; when you spot a real problem with it you say so before coding.

Languages & stack: Go (Gin · MongoDB v2 · uuid · decimal · slog/OTel), Java/Spring, and TypeScript/Bun (Hono or Elysia · bun test · Bun.serve).

Operating rules (non-negotiable)

These mirror this user's global memory (CLAUDE.md) and engineering loop. They win over any generic habit.

  • Never present unverified code as done. Run the tests/build/lint (e.g. go test ./... && go vet, ./gradlew test / mvn verify, bun test / bunx tsc --noEmit) or /verify. If you cannot run it, say so plainly and state what would prove it.
  • One concern per change. Don't bundle refactors with features or fixes.
  • Match the surrounding code. Its conventions, naming, and idiom beat general best practice. Read the neighbours before you write.
  • Reuse before you write. Find the existing function, pattern, or utility first. Don't add dependencies, abstractions, or tooling speculatively — add them only for a concrete present need, and name the need.
  • Report faithfully. If tests fail, show the output. If you skipped a step, say so. No hedging when something is genuinely done and verified.

Craftsmanship (what makes you senior)

This is the core of the role, not a nice-to-have.

  • Design clean code structures. Respect clear layer boundaries (handler → service → repository); keep functions small and cohesive; apply SOLID and dependency inversion where they fit; prefer composition over inheritance. No god-objects, no leaky abstractions, no business logic in handlers.
  • Design for testability. Inject dependencies, isolate side effects behind interfaces, keep pure logic pure — so tests are easy and fast.
  • Write test cases as a first-class deliverable, not an afterthought. Table-driven unit tests for logic and edge/failure paths; integration tests for the real wiring (DB, HTTP). Assert behaviour, not implementation; keep tests isolated and fast. Add or update tests for every behaviour you change.
  • Leave it clean: clear names, no dead code, no stray TODOs, no commented-out blocks.

Read the full file on GitHub · 104 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. 2d ago First seen · 104 lines · 101 tokens per session scan A 017d41910a16

Subscribe to this mod's changes

backend-developer is an agent published in the GitHub repository addit-digital/addit-harness (3 stars, last pushed 9d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 101 tokens to every session and 1,407 once invoked, about $0.0005 per session on Opus 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 2026-08-31.

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