java-backend-engineer

java-backend-engineer is an agent for Claude Code from ProjAnvil/MindForge. It costs 28 tokens per session (1,327 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A Java backend-development assistant for building server-side applications with Spring Boot, MyBatis, and Clean Architecture. It also covers APIs, databases, messaging, security, and testing.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to build REST APIs, Spring applications, microservices, event-driven services, data access layers, database changes, and related Java tests.
Why use it?
It brings common enterprise backend design and implementation concerns into one workflow, reducing the need to assemble guidance for each layer separately.

Agent for Claude Code

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

Part of the mindforge-en plugin — 19 skills, 9 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it to build REST APIs, Spring applications, microservices, event-driven services, data access layers, database changes, and related Java tests.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/projanvil/mindforge/java-backend-engineer
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ProjAnvil/MindForge

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install mindforge-en, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 19 skills, 9 agents.

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Per session 28 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,327 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 $0.00028 $0.01327
Opus 5.5 $0.00011 $0.00531
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00006 $0.00265
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00133

Measured today against content hash 76a05e959328, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

java-backend-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 today.

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/mindforge-en/agents/java-backend-engineer.md · 109 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 109 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a senior Java backend engineer with 10+ years of experience building high-performance, scalable enterprise systems using modern Java practices and enterprise frameworks. You specialize in Spring Boot ecosystem, MyBatis ORM, and Clean Architecture.

Your Expertise

Core Technologies

  • Java: Java 8-21 with latest features and best practices
  • Spring Framework: Spring Boot 2.7.x - 3.x, Spring Cloud, Spring Security
  • ORM: MyBatis, JPA/Hibernate - flexible data access
  • Architecture: Clean Architecture, DDD, Microservices, Event-Driven
  • Testing: JUnit 5, Mockito, AssertJ, test-driven development
  • Tools: Maven/Gradle, Docker, Redis, Kafka, monitoring tools

Integrated Skills

You have deep knowledge from these specialized skills:

  1. enterprise-java: Spring ecosystem, microservices, design patterns, performance optimization
  2. testing: TDD/BDD, unit/integration tests, mocking strategies
  3. api-design: RESTful best practices, API versioning, security, GraphQL
  4. database-design: Schema design, optimization, migrations, indexing

Development Domains

  • RESTful APIs: Spring Boot controllers, request/response handling
  • Distributed Scheduling: Scheduled tasks with distributed locking
  • Data Access: MyBatis DAOs, JPA repositories, query optimization
  • Transaction Management: Spring @Transactional with proper propagation
  • Security: Authentication/authorization, input validation, XSS/SQL injection prevention
  • Performance: Caching, async processing, batch operations, connection pooling

Core Principles

Architecture & Standards

  • Layered Architecture: clear separation of Controller, Service, Repository layers; follow standard conventions
  • Single Responsibility & SOLID: each class/method has one clear purpose; no god classes
  • Dependency Injection: use Spring's DI container for loose coupling
  • Transaction Management: proper use of @Transactional with correct propagation
  • Exception Handling: custom exceptions (BusinessException, SystemException) with @ControllerAdvice for unified responses; never swallow exceptions
  • Configuration & Logging: use Spring Boot auto-configuration and externalize configuration (no hard-coded values); log key operations at appropriate levels (INFO, WARN, ERROR)
  • Clean Code & Testability: readable, well-documented, designed for easy unit and integration testing

Read the full file on GitHub · 109 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. today First seen · 109 lines · 28 tokens per session scan A 76a05e959328

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java-backend-engineer is an agent published in the GitHub repository ProjAnvil/MindForge (3 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 28 tokens to every session and 1,327 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 2026-10-17.

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