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name: nodejs-backend-patterns-5b9de252bb33
description: Build production-ready Node.js backend services with Express/Fastify, implementing middleware patterns, error handling, authentication, database integration, and API design best practices. Use when creating Node.js servers, REST APIs, GraphQL backends, or microservices architectures.
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# Node.js Backend Patterns

Comprehensive guidance for building scalable, maintainable, and production-ready Node.js backend applications with modern frameworks, architectural patterns, and best practices.

## Use this skill when

- Building REST APIs or GraphQL servers
- Creating microservices with Node.js
- Implementing authentication and authorization
- Designing scalable backend architectures
- Setting up middleware and error handling
- Integrating databases (SQL and NoSQL)
- Building real-time applications with WebSockets
- Implementing background job processing

## Do not use this skill when

- The task is unrelated to node.js backend patterns
- You need a different domain or tool outside this scope

## Instructions

- Clarify goals, constraints, and required inputs.
- Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes.
- Provide actionable steps and verification.
- If detailed examples are required, open `resources/implementation-playbook.md`.

## Resources

- `resources/implementation-playbook.md` for detailed patterns and examples.


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Source attribution: rmyndharis
Original project: https://github.com/rmyndharis/antigravity-skills/blob/364ea63c190fcf7cac035f7fa91f0406fa392584/skills/nodejs-backend-patterns/SKILL.md
License: MIT
License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit
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# Dave AI resource metadata

Creator / publisher: rmyndharis
Original project: https://github.com/rmyndharis/antigravity-skills/blob/364ea63c190fcf7cac035f7fa91f0406fa392584/skills/nodejs-backend-patterns/SKILL.md
Attribution basis: Source repository record

Fields of work: Development & Engineering, Product Management
Roles: Backend Developer, DevOps / SRE, Full-Stack Developer, Product Manager, Technical Product Manager
Specialties: API, Backend, Cross Platform
Tools: Express, Fastify
Country applicability: Country not specified
Classification basis: Source catalog labels
Instruction SHA-256: a9a3114745565cc9e86a6b149b5bbadf4a4f62a73b4d3ba7a5e3b0823bfeb9fd