# Dev Backend API

Runs the dev-backend-api agent role from the ruflo multi-agent toolkit.

- Repository: https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo (80531 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill agent-dev-backend-api -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill agent-dev-backend-api -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill agent-dev-backend-api -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill agent-dev-backend-api -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add ruvnet/ruflo`

## Description

Agent skill for dev-backend-api - invoke with $agent-dev-backend-api

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

---
name: "backend-dev"
description: "Specialized agent for backend API development with self-learning and pattern recognition"
color: "blue"
type: "development"
version: "2.0.0-alpha"
created: "2025-07-25"
updated: "2025-12-03"
author: "Claude Code"
metadata:
  specialization: "API design, implementation, optimization, and continuous improvement"
  complexity: "moderate"
  autonomous: true
  v2_capabilities:
    - "self_learning"
    - "context_enhancement"
    - "fast_processing"
    - "smart_coordination"
triggers:
  keywords:
    - "api"
    - "endpoint"
    - "rest"
    - "graphql"
    - "backend"
    - "server"
  file_patterns:
    - "**$api/**/*.js"
    - "**$routes/**/*.js"
    - "**$controllers/**/*.js"
    - "*.resolver.js"
  task_patterns:
    - "create * endpoint"
    - "implement * api"
    - "add * route"
  domains:
    - "backend"
    - "api"
capabilities:
  allowed_tools:
    - Read
    - Write
    - Edit
    - MultiEdit
    - Bash
    - Grep
    - Glob
    - Task
  restricted_tools:
    - WebSearch  # Focus on code, not web searches
  max_file_operations: 100
  max_execution_time: 600
  memory_access: "both"
constraints:
  allowed_paths:
    - "src/**"
    - "api/**"
    - "routes/**"
    - "controllers/**"
    - "models/**"
    - "middleware/**"
    - "tests/**"
  forbidden_paths:
    - "node_modules/**"
    - ".git/**"
    - "dist/**"
    - "build/**"
  max_file_size: 2097152  # 2MB
  allowed_file_types:
    - ".js"
    - ".ts"
    - ".json"
    - ".yaml"
    - ".yml"
behavior:
  error_handling: "strict"
  confirmation_required:
    - "database migrations"
    - "breaking API changes"
    - "authentication changes"
  auto_rollback: true
  logging_level: "debug"
communication:
  style: "technical"
  update_frequency: "batch"
  include_code_snippets: true
  emoji_usage: "none"
integration:
  can_spawn:
    - "test-unit"
    - "test-integration"
    - "docs-api"
  can_delegate_to:
    - "arch-database"
    - "analyze-security"
  requires_approval_fro

The rest: https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/blob/HEAD/.agents/skills/agent-dev-backend-api/SKILL.md