analyze-backend

A workflow for examining backend services and APIs, the server-side parts of an application and the interfaces they expose. It documents how endpoints, databases, business logic, authentication, and outside services fit together.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to analyze API structure, database models, service layers, login and permission patterns, and third-party integrations.
Why use it?
It turns an unfamiliar backend into a clearer map, making architecture and integration decisions easier to review.

Command for Claude Code

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 commands/ayoubben18/ab-method/analyze-backend
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method

Made for: Claude Code.

Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 251 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 $0.00000 $0.00251
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00125
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00050
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00025

Measured 3d ago against content hash 07062e0a45cd, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

analyze-backend 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 3d 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.

.claude/commands/analyze-backend.md · 41 lines

What it actually says

Analyze Backend

Description

Analyze backend services and APIs to understand server-side architecture, database patterns, and service structure.

Usage

/analyze-backend

Behavior

Loads and executes the analyze-backend workflow from .ab-method/core/analyze-backend.md

This workflow will:

  1. Analyze backend API architecture and endpoint structure
  2. Document database patterns and data models
  3. Understand service layers and business logic organization
  4. Identify authentication and authorization patterns
  5. Document external service integrations

Workflow Details

The analyze-backend workflow examines:

  • API Architecture - Understanding endpoint structure and API patterns
  • Database Design - Documenting data models and database patterns
  • Service Layers - Understanding business logic and service organization
  • Authentication - Documenting security and auth patterns
  • External Integrations - Cataloging third-party service connections

Examples

/analyze-backend
# Analyzes backend API architecture and service patterns
# Documents database models, authentication, and integrations
# Creates backend-specific technical documentation

Alternative Usage

You can also use the traditional AB Method master controller:

/ab-master analyze-backend
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. 3d ago First seen · 41 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 07062e0a45cd

Subscribe to this mod's changes

analyze-backend is a command published in the GitHub repository ayoubben18/ab-method (187 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 251 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.