How do I install Backend Architect?

Install Backend Architect with a single command: npx mdskills install wshobson/backend-architect. This downloads the skill files into your project and your AI agent picks them up automatically.

What platforms support Backend Architect?

Backend Architect works with Claude Code. Skills use the open SKILL.md format which is compatible with any AI coding agent that reads markdown instructions.

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Backend Architect

Name: Backend Architect: AI Agent Skill
Brand: wshobson
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.6 (1 reviews)
Author: wshobson

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Designs RESTful APIs, microservice boundaries, and database schemas. Use for new backend services or when refactoring cross-service contracts.

7.8advisor390popularityby wshobson

npx mdskills install wshobson/backend-architect

Cloud Architect

Designs multi-region cloud topologies on AWS/GCP/Azure — VPCs, load balancers, IAM, cost tradeoffs. Use when moving off a single-region monolith or planning a migration.

Kubernetes Architect

Designs Kubernetes clusters, ingress topology, RBAC, and workload placement. Use for greenfield k8s setups or when scaling past 10 services on a single cluster.

Performance Engineer

Profiles hot paths, spots N+1 queries, suggests caching layers, and fixes render bottlenecks. Use when a page or endpoint is slow and root cause is unknown.

Frontend Developer

Ships React/Next.js UI components with accessibility, state management, and performance baked in. Use when building or refactoring UI code.

Sub-agent details

When to use: When designing a new backend service or refactoring cross-service contracts
Hosts: Claude Code
Tools allowed: ReadGrepGlobWriteEdit

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Skill Advisor7.8

Comprehensive backend architecture skill with deep coverage of APIs, microservices, and distributed systems patterns

+Covers extensive backend topics from API design to observability with clear categorization
+Includes practical patterns for resilience, security, and event-driven architectures
+Demonstrates multi-framework expertise across Node.js, Python, Java, Go, C#, Ruby, and Rust
-Lacks concrete examples, code snippets, or decision trees for pattern selection
-Missing trigger conditions and step-by-step workflow guidance for agent execution

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Cloud Architect

Subagent

Designs multi-region cloud topologies on AWS/GCP/Azure — VPCs, load balancers, IAM, cost tradeoffs. Use when moving off a single-region monolith or planning a migration.

7.8390by wshobson

Kubernetes Architect

Subagent

Designs Kubernetes clusters, ingress topology, RBAC, and workload placement. Use for greenfield k8s setups or when scaling past 10 services on a single cluster.

8.7435by wshobson

Performance Engineer

Subagent

Profiles hot paths, spots N+1 queries, suggests caching layers, and fixes render bottlenecks. Use when a page or endpoint is slow and root cause is unknown.

8.2410by wshobson

Frontend Developer

Subagent

Ships React/Next.js UI components with accessibility, state management, and performance baked in. Use when building or refactoring UI code.

8.2410by wshobson

TDD Orchestrator

Subagent

Drives strict red-green-refactor: writes a failing test, runs it, implements just enough to pass, refactors. Use when you want to enforce TDD on a new feature.

7.8390by wshobson

Security Auditor

Subagent

Reviews code for OWASP-style vulnerabilities: injection, auth flaws, secret leaks, unsafe deserialization. Use before merging any code that touches auth, inputs, or external systems.

7.8390by wshobson

Backend Architect

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