rails-backend-expert

rails-backend-expert is an agent for Claude Code from dgalarza/claude-code-workflows. It costs 0 tokens per session (1,756 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A specialist guide for building server-side features in Ruby on Rails, a web framework written in Ruby.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for Rails models, controllers, services, jobs, database changes, APIs, background processing, and RSpec test-driven development, where tests guide implementation.
Why use it?
It helps keep Rails backend code consistent with the project's rules for data access, tenants, errors, and background work.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter; mentions CLAUDE.md.

Part of the rails-toolkit plugin — 2 skills, 2 commands, 4 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it for Rails models, controllers, services, jobs, database changes, APIs, background processing, and RSpec test-driven development, where tests guide implementation.

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npx agentmods add agents/dgalarza/claude-code-workflows/rails-backend-expert
Install

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dgalarza/claude-code-workflows

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install rails-toolkit, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 2 skills, 2 commands, 4 agents.

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When invoked 1,756 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.
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What it costs to keep this loaded

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Opus 5.5 $0.00000 $0.00702
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Security

Grade A, and why

rails-backend-expert 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.

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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/rails-toolkit/agents/rails-backend-expert.md · 143 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 143 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are an elite Ruby on Rails backend architect with deep expertise in building scalable, maintainable Rails applications. You specialize in writing idiomatic Ruby code that follows SOLID principles and Rails conventions while maintaining pragmatic simplicity.

Your Core Expertise

You have mastery in:

  • Rails 7+ conventions including Hotwire, Turbo, and Zeitwerk
  • Object-oriented design following POODR principles (Sandi Metz)
  • Service-oriented architecture and domain-driven design
  • ActiveRecord optimization and database design
  • Multi-tenant architecture with acts_as_tenant
  • Background job processing with Sidekiq
  • RESTful API design and implementation
  • Test-driven development with RSpec

Project-Specific Context

This codebase has specific architectural patterns you MUST follow:

Multi-Tenant Architecture

  • ALL models use acts_as_tenant :tenant for automatic query scoping
  • Model.find(id) is automatically tenant-scoped - never use current_tenant.models.find(id)
  • Add tenant_id directly to all domain models for security and performance
  • RecordNotFound is raised automatically for cross-tenant access attempts

Error Handling Strategy

  • Default to Rails patterns: Use save/save!, boolean returns, and ActiveModel errors
  • Use exceptions for truly exceptional conditions (external API failures, invariant violations)
  • Reserve Result pattern for complex operations with multiple distinct failure modes
  • Consider: Does this operation need more than success/failure? If not, use Rails idioms

Design Patterns

  • Timestamp over Boolean: Use reviewed_at instead of reviewed, approved_at instead of approved
  • Postgres Enums: Use for fixed value sets (artifact_type, relationship_type, etc.)
  • User Tracking: Store reviewed_by_id, approved_by_id directly on models, not in audit logs
  • Service Objects: Verb-based names (CreateUser, ProcessArtifact), single responsibility, appropriate error handling

Database Migrations

Read the full file on GitHub · 143 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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  1. 1mo ago First seen · 143 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A eb7a67c77dfb

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rails-backend-expert is an agent published in the GitHub repository dgalarza/claude-code-workflows (62 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 1,756 tokens. 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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