Backend and APIs Cursor rules

2,163 tagged Backend and APIs, measured the same way as everything else here.

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strapi

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t-code4change/claude-strapi-skills

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Strapi v5 backend patterns — content types, relations, i18n, SEO, R2/S3 storage, PostgreSQL, Docker + Traefik.

not rated 2 2mo ago A 0 tokens original MIT

convex-ents

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Omed0/convex-selfhost-starterkit

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Convex Ents are an ergonomic layer on top of the Convex built-in ctx.db API for reading from and writing to the database.

not rated 2 10mo ago A 0 tokens

saas-development

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devbrother2024/saas-starter-kit

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A set of project rules for building a SaaS application, meaning an online service that users access through the web, with Next.js. It promotes adding features gradually while keeping the project structured for growth.

not rated 2 10mo ago A 1,596 tokens

node-express-security

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coldtatooine/vuln-skill-pack

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Node.js & Express API security footguns — missing auth/authz middleware, IDOR, broken JWT verification, permissive CORS, SQL/NoSQL/command injection, missing rate limiting, mass assignment. Apply when reviewing, building, or shipping a Node/Express (or Fastify/Koa/Nest) backend.

not rated 2 10d ago A 0 tokens original MIT

core

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verygoodplugins/ai-editor-rules

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Core WordPress plugin architectural patterns and development guidelines. Use when working with core plugin functionality.

not rated 2 1y ago A 1,120 tokens GPL-3.0

project

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coeusyk/inference-x

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Cursor rule "project" from coeusyk/inference-x, covering inferencex project rules, repo boundaries, path handling, working style and quality bar.

not rated 2 24d ago A 653 tokens original MIT

backend

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sowee121/xx-chat-ai

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Backend development rules for XX Chat AI using Fastify, server-sent events, provider integrations, and SQLite. Server-sent events are a way to stream updates from a server to a browser.

not rated 2 1mo ago A 0 tokens

cursorrules

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PawelWaj/MCP

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This is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides comprehensive knowledge about Backstage for plugin development.

not rated 2 11mo ago A 223 tokens

rewynd

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SrinjoyDev/rewynd

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Debug and verify backend runtime behavior (HTTP 500s, wrong responses, slow endpoints, suspected N+1 or duplicate queries) by reading the actual recorded request trace via rewynd, instead of guessing from source or adding print statements.

not rated 2 2mo ago A 48 tokens original MIT

cursorrules

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huseyindol/McpProjectScaffold

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// Tool tanımı { name: "getuserbyid", description: "ID'ye göre kullanıcı getir", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { id: { type: "number", description: "Kullanıcı ID'si" } }, required: ["id"] } }.

not rated 2 11mo ago A 573 tokens

python

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seanofahey/mcp-noaa-tides

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You are an expert in Python, FastAPI, and scalable API development.

not rated 1 1y ago A 762 tokens

python-fastapi

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georgi-io/jessica

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This makes the agent a Python/FastAPI backend professional.

not rated 1 1y ago A 0 tokens

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