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name: cc-skill-backend-patterns
description: "Backend architecture patterns, API design, database optimization, and server-side best practices for Node.js, Express, and Next.js API routes."
risk: critical
source: community
date_added: "2026-02-27"
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# Backend Development Patterns

Backend architecture patterns and best practices for scalable server-side applications.

## Detailed Guide

Read [the detailed guide](references/detailed-guide.md) before executing this skill. It retains the complete procedure and reference material. Treat its safety, prerequisites, and validation requirements as mandatory. For focused work, load the relevant sections; for end-to-end work, read the guide completely.

## When to Use
This skill is applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview.

## Limitations
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- Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
- Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.


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Source attribution: affaan-m
Original project: https://github.com/affaan-m/everything-claude-code
License: CC-BY-4.0
License information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Original upstream instructions; downloaded from Dave AI.


# Dave AI resource metadata

Creator / publisher: affaan-m
Original project: https://github.com/affaan-m/everything-claude-code
Attribution basis: Original project explicitly identified in package addition commit

Fields of work: Development & Engineering
Roles: Backend Developer
Specialties: Specialty not specified
Tools: Tool not specified
Country applicability: Country not specified
Classification basis: Dave AI task classification from package title, description, and declared metadata
Instruction SHA-256: 85af552f55703e9550aa5fc4f734e3d64e24fe20e06db2f0ccde36370bc7e56c
Metadata reviewed: 2026-10-27
This metadata supersedes earlier Dave AI catalog attribution. Original instruction and supporting files are preserved.