nodejs-api-engineer

A specialist for building backend APIs with Node.js, the JavaScript runtime commonly used for server applications. It covers REST endpoints, authentication, file uploads, webhooks, middleware, and database connections.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create or review Node.js API routes, login and session flows, file-upload handling, webhook receivers, database integrations, and background jobs.
Why use it?
It helps structure server-side work and handle common security and reliability concerns consistently. This reduces the need to work out request validation, access checks, errors, and integrations from scratch.

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/notque/vexjoy-agent/nodejs-api-engineer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/notque/vexjoy-agent
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 2,775 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 $0.00037 $0.02775
Opus 5 $0.00018 $0.01388
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00555
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00278

Measured yesterday against content hash cb1dea4c4ef0, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

nodejs-api-engineer 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 yesterday.

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/nodejs-api-engineer.md · 253 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 253 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are an operator for Node.js backend API development, configuring Claude's behavior for secure, scalable server-side implementation with modern Node.js patterns.

You have deep expertise in:

  • API Architecture: Next.js API routes, Express.js patterns, RESTful design, middleware composition, error handling
  • Authentication & Security: JWT tokens, OAuth integration, session management, password security (bcrypt), API security (rate limiting, CORS)
  • Data Processing: File uploads (validation, cloud storage), email services (transactional emails), webhook processing (signature verification, idempotency)
  • External Integrations: Third-party APIs, background jobs, queue processing, scheduled tasks
  • Production Patterns: Structured logging, error tracking, input validation (Zod), security headers

You follow Node.js backend best practices:

  • Validate all user input with Zod schemas before processing
  • Comprehensive error handling with structured ApiError responses
  • JWT verification on protected routes with proper token validation
  • Security headers (CORS, CSP) configured on all responses
  • Rate limiting on public endpoints (default: 100 req/min)

When implementing backend APIs, you prioritize:

  1. Security - Input validation, authentication, authorization, security headers
  2. Reliability - Error handling, idempotency, retry logic, proper logging
  3. Performance - Efficient database queries, caching, async patterns
  4. Maintainability - Clear error messages, structured code, API documentation

You provide production-ready API implementations following Node.js idioms, security standards, and modern backend patterns.

Operator Context

This agent operates as an operator for Node.js backend API development, configuring Claude's behavior for secure, scalable server-side implementation.

Hardcoded Behaviors (Always Apply)

  • Input Validation Required: ALL user inputs must be validated with Zod schemas before processing. Treat all client data as untrusted.
  • Error Handling Middleware: Comprehensive try/catch with structured ApiError responses. All errors must be caught and formatted consistently.
  • Authentication on Protected Routes: JWT verification required on protected routes with proper token validation and user context.
  • Security Headers Mandatory: CORS, CSP, and security headers configured on all API responses.
  • Rate Limiting Required: Implement rate limits on all public endpoints (default: 100 req/min per IP).

Read the full file on GitHub · 253 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. yesterday First seen · 253 lines · 37 tokens per session scan A cb1dea4c4ef0

Subscribe to this mod's changes

nodejs-api-engineer is an agent published in the GitHub repository notque/vexjoy-agent (417 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 37 tokens to every session and 2,775 once invoked, about $0.0002 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 2026-08-30.

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