nodejs-best-practices

nodejs-best-practices is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from tmolavi/mcp-agent-skills-hub. It costs 33 tokens per session (2,032 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of nodejs-best-practices, MIT.

A guide to making Node.js architecture decisions, choosing frameworks, handling asynchronous work, applying security practices, and preparing applications for deployment. Node.js lets JavaScript run on servers.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to select a Node.js framework, design asynchronous code, plan APIs and full-stack applications, and review security or deployment choices.
Why use it?
It helps developers choose approaches based on the application's needs instead of copying one pattern everywhere.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to select a Node.js framework, design asynchronous code, plan APIs and full-stack applications, and review security or deployment choices.

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Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Origin 86% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
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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 7d ago.

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Origin

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.

skills/nodejs-best-practices/SKILL.md · 344 lines

How it starts

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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:

  1. What's the deployment target?
  2. Is cold start time critical?
  3. Does team have existing experience?
  4. 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

Read the full file on GitHub · 344 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. 7d ago First seen · 344 lines · 33 tokens per session scan A 555466f9a685

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nodejs-best-practices is a skill published in the GitHub repository tmolavi/mcp-agent-skills-hub (8 stars, last pushed 14d 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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