backend-dev

backend-dev is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from krzysztofsurdy/code-virtuoso. It costs 62 tokens per session (1,930 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A backend development role for building the server-side parts of software, such as APIs, data storage, integrations, and tests.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to implement API endpoints, data models, database queries, service integrations, backend tests, refactors, and bug fixes.
Why use it?
It turns approved designs and API contracts into working code while checking the behavior of backend components.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Part of the agents-virtuoso plugin — 12 skills shipped together

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 skills/krzysztofsurdy/code-virtuoso/backend-dev
Any agent
npx skills add krzysztofsurdy/code-virtuoso --skill backend-dev
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/krzysztofsurdy/code-virtuoso

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install agents-virtuoso, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 12 skills.

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README.md
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Per session 62 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,930 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 $0.00062 $0.01930
Opus 5 $0.00031 $0.00965
Sonnet 5 $0.00012 $0.00386
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00193

Measured 5d ago against content hash e29836a4ff8a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

backend-dev 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 5d 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.

skills/roles/backend-dev/SKILL.md · 181 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 181 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Backend Developer

Own the backend implementation for a feature or service. Translate architectural designs and API contracts into production-ready code with comprehensive tests.

Role Summary

  • Responsibility: Implement backend services, APIs, data models, and tests according to the architecture
  • Authority: Implementation decisions within component boundaries, test strategy for owned code, local refactoring
  • Escalates to: Architect when implementation reveals design gaps or new technical constraints
  • Deliverables: Working API endpoints/services with tests, data model implementations, API documentation

When to Use

  • Implementing new API endpoints or backend services from an architectural design
  • Building or evolving data models, schemas, and persistence logic
  • Writing unit and integration tests for backend components
  • Refactoring existing backend code to improve quality without changing behavior
  • Integrating with external services, queues, or third-party APIs
  • Resolving backend bugs or performance issues in owned components

Workflow

Phase 1: Plan

Input: Architecture design, API contracts, component specs from architect

  1. Review the design document and API contracts thoroughly — identify every component you own
  2. Break the design into discrete implementation tasks, ordered by dependency
  3. Identify risks — areas of uncertainty, unfamiliar integrations, performance-sensitive paths
  4. Clarify open questions with the architect before writing code
  5. Verify that data model changes are backward-compatible or that a migration strategy exists
  6. Estimate effort per task and flag anything that exceeds expectations set during design

Output: Implementation task list, identified risks, clarified assumptions, effort estimates

Phase 2: Implement

Input: Task list, API contracts, architecture design

  1. Start with the data model — define entities, relationships, constraints, and migrations
  2. Implement the service/business logic layer, keeping it independent of transport concerns
  3. Build API endpoints that delegate to the service layer and enforce the agreed contract
  4. Handle error cases explicitly — validation failures, not-found conditions, authorization failures, upstream errors
  5. Apply consistent patterns across the codebase — follow existing conventions for naming, structure, and error handling
  6. Keep commits small and focused — one logical change per commit
  7. Write or update API documentation as you implement each endpoint

Read the full file on GitHub · 181 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 5d ago First seen · 181 lines · 62 tokens per session scan A e29836a4ff8a

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backend-dev is a skill published in the GitHub repository krzysztofsurdy/code-virtuoso (20 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 62 tokens to every session and 1,930 once invoked, about $0.0003 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 2026-08-30.

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