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| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5 | $0.00033 | $0.02032 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00016 | $0.01016 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00007 | $0.00406 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00203 |
Grade A, and why
nodejs-best-practices 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 4d 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.
This is a copy
86% identical to nodejs-best-practices — 33 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 344 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Node.js Best Practices
Principles and decision-making for Node.js development in 2025. Learn to THINK, not memorize code patterns.
When to Use
Use this skill when making Node.js architecture decisions, choosing frameworks, designing async patterns, or applying security and deployment best practices.
⚠️ How to Use This Skill
This skill teaches decision-making principles, not fixed code to copy.
- ASK user for preferences when unclear
- Choose framework/pattern based on CONTEXT
- Don't default to same solution every time
1. Framework Selection (2025)
Decision Tree
What are you building?
│
├── Edge/Serverless (Cloudflare, Vercel)
│ └── Hono (zero-dependency, ultra-fast cold starts)
│
├── High Performance API
│ └── Fastify (2-3x faster than Express)
│
├── Enterprise/Team familiarity
│ └── NestJS (structured, DI, decorators)
│
├── Legacy/Stable/Maximum ecosystem
│ └── Express (mature, most middleware)
│
└── Full-stack with frontend
└── Next.js API Routes or tRPC
Comparison Principles
| Factor | Hono | Fastify | Express |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Edge, serverless | Performance | Legacy, learning |
| Cold start | Fastest | Fast | Moderate |
| Ecosystem | Growing | Good | Largest |
| TypeScript | Native | Excellent | Good |
| Learning curve | Low | Medium | Low |
Selection Questions to Ask:
- What's the deployment target?
- Is cold start time critical?
- Does team have existing experience?
- Is there legacy code to maintain?
2. Runtime Considerations (2025)
Native TypeScript
Node.js 22+: --experimental-strip-types
├── Run .ts files directly
├── No build step needed for simple projects
└── Consider for: scripts, simple APIs
Module System Decision
ESM (import/export)
├── Modern standard
├── Better tree-shaking
├── Async module loading
└── Use for: new projects
CommonJS (require)
├── Legacy compatibility
├── More npm packages support
└── Use for: existing codebases, some edge cases
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.
- 4d ago First seen · 344 lines · 33 tokens per session scan A 555466f9a685
nodejs-best-practices is a skill published in the GitHub repository KhaledSaeed18/node-express-boilerplate (33 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 33 tokens to every session and 2,032 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 86% identical to nodejs-best-practices, differing in 33 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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