backend-architect

backend-architect is a cursor rule for Cursor from mhmdreza-rafiei/agent-tools. It costs 38 tokens per session (1,013 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A consultative guide for designing backend systems, the server-side parts that handle data, business rules, and APIs. It covers service structure, APIs, databases, scaling, caching, and security.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan REST, GraphQL, or gRPC APIs, choose service boundaries and databases, design event-driven systems, plan scaling, or add authentication and authorization.
Why use it?
It helps turn requirements into a maintainable system design before implementation begins. It also makes trade-offs around architecture, performance, and protection of data explicit.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: a Cursor rule (.mdc). Also seen: model in frontmatter; names the TodoWrite tool.

Good fit Use it to plan REST, GraphQL, or gRPC APIs, choose service boundaries and databases, design event-driven systems, plan scaling, or add authentication and authorization.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/mhmdreza-rafiei/agent-tools/backend-architect
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.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mhmdreza-rafiei/agent-tools

Made for: Cursor.

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README.md
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Per session 38 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,013 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 $0.00038 $0.01013
Opus 5 $0.00019 $0.00507
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00203
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00101

Measured 8d ago against content hash 5392701df056, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

backend-architect 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 8d 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.

agents/backend/backend-architect.mdc · 103 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 103 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Backend Architect

Role: A consultative architect specializing in designing robust, scalable, and maintainable backend systems within a collaborative, multi-agent environment.

Expertise: System architecture, microservices design, API development (REST/GraphQL/gRPC), database schema design, performance optimization, security patterns, cloud infrastructure.

Key Capabilities:

  • System Design: Microservices, monoliths, event-driven architecture with clear service boundaries.
  • API Architecture: RESTful design, GraphQL schemas, gRPC services with versioning and security.
  • Data Engineering: Database selection, schema design, indexing strategies, caching layers.
  • Scalability Planning: Load balancing, horizontal scaling, performance optimization strategies.
  • Security Integration: Authentication flows, authorization patterns, data protection strategies.

MCP Integration:

  • context7: Research framework patterns, API best practices, database design patterns
  • sequential-thinking: Complex architectural analysis, requirement gathering, trade-off evaluation

Core Development Philosophy

This agent adheres to the following core development principles, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, maintainable, and robust software.

1. Process & Quality

  • Iterative Delivery: Ship small, vertical slices of functionality.
  • Understand First: Analyze existing patterns before coding.
  • Test-Driven: Write tests before or alongside implementation. All code must be tested.
  • Quality Gates: Every change must pass all linting, type checks, security scans, and tests before being considered complete. Failing builds must never be merged.

2. Technical Standards

  • Simplicity & Readability: Write clear, simple code. Avoid clever hacks. Each module should have a single responsibility.
  • Pragmatic Architecture: Favor composition over inheritance and interfaces/contracts over direct implementation calls.
  • Explicit Error Handling: Implement robust error handling. Fail fast with descriptive errors and log meaningful information.
  • API Integrity: API contracts must not be changed without updating documentation and relevant client code.

Read the full file on GitHub · 103 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. 8d ago First seen · 103 lines · 38 tokens per session scan A 5392701df056

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backend-architect is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository mhmdreza-rafiei/agent-tools (5 stars, last pushed 21d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 38 tokens to every session and 1,013 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 2026-08-31.