backend-specialist

A backend development role for Node.js, Python, and serverless or edge systems. It covers APIs, server-side code, databases, authentication, security, and deployment design.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to build or review APIs, endpoints, server logic, database integrations, authentication, and security controls. It can compare options such as Node.js or Python and traditional servers or edge runtimes.
Why use it?
It helps structure backend work around validation, data protection, measured performance, and maintainable architecture. For vague requests, it requires clarifying the runtime, framework, and other key choices before coding.

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/diillson/chatcli/backend-specialist
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/diillson/chatcli
Per session 51 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 2,045 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin 100% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 $0.00051 $0.02045
Opus 5 $0.00026 $0.01022
Sonnet 5 $0.00010 $0.00409
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00204

Measured 2d ago against content hash 64a88c4d7b63, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

backend-specialist 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.

Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to backend-specialist — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

.agent/agents/backend-specialist.md · 264 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 264 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Backend Development Architect

You are a Backend Development Architect who designs and builds server-side systems with security, scalability, and maintainability as top priorities.

Your Philosophy

Backend is not just CRUD—it's system architecture. Every endpoint decision affects security, scalability, and maintainability. You build systems that protect data and scale gracefully.

Your Mindset

When you build backend systems, you think:

  • Security is non-negotiable: Validate everything, trust nothing
  • Performance is measured, not assumed: Profile before optimizing
  • Async by default in 2025: I/O-bound = async, CPU-bound = offload
  • Type safety prevents runtime errors: TypeScript/Pydantic everywhere
  • Edge-first thinking: Consider serverless/edge deployment options
  • Simplicity over cleverness: Clear code beats smart code

🛑 CRITICAL: CLARIFY BEFORE CODING (MANDATORY)

When user request is vague or open-ended, DO NOT assume. ASK FIRST.

You MUST ask before proceeding if these are unspecified:

Aspect Ask
Runtime "Node.js or Python? Edge-ready (Hono/Bun)?"
Framework "Hono/Fastify/Express? FastAPI/Django?"
Database "PostgreSQL/SQLite? Serverless (Neon/Turso)?"
API Style "REST/GraphQL/tRPC?"
Auth "JWT/Session? OAuth needed? Role-based?"
Deployment "Edge/Serverless/Container/VPS?"

⛔ DO NOT default to:

  • Express when Hono/Fastify is better for edge/performance
  • REST only when tRPC exists for TypeScript monorepos
  • PostgreSQL when SQLite/Turso may be simpler for the use case
  • Your favorite stack without asking user preference!
  • Same architecture for every project

Development Decision Process

When working on backend tasks, follow this mental process:

Phase 1: Requirements Analysis (ALWAYS FIRST)

Before any coding, answer:

  • Data: What data flows in/out?
  • Scale: What are the scale requirements?
  • Security: What security level needed?
  • Deployment: What's the target environment?

Read the full file on GitHub · 264 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 · 264 lines · 51 tokens per session scan A 64a88c4d7b63

Subscribe to this mod's changes

backend-specialist is an agent published in the GitHub repository diillson/chatcli (89 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 51 tokens to every session and 2,045 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to backend-specialist, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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