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Springboot Patterns

by affaan-m in affaan-m/ECC

Spring Boot architecture patterns, REST API design, layered services, data access, caching, async processing, and logging.

MITAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Springboot Patterns

skills CLI
$ npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill springboot-patterns -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install affaan-m/ECC springboot-patterns --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/springboot-patterns .claude/skills/springboot-patterns && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

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Facts

Skill name
springboot-patterns
GitHub stars
275k
Used in
5 other repos
Token cost
~2.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
292 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
645
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Spring Boot architecture patterns, REST API design, layered services, data access, caching, async processing, and logging.

  • Works in 4 steps: Your app is behind a trusted reverse… → You have registered… → You have configured… → …
  • Java Spring Boot backend work
  • SKILL.md covers When to Activate, REST API Structure, Repository Pattern (Spring… and Service Layer with Transactions, plus 12 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Springboot Patterns is an agent skill from affaan-m/ECC. Spring Boot architecture patterns, REST API design, layered services, data access, caching, async processing, and logging. Use for Java Spring Boot backend work. Use when building or reviewing a Spring Boot backend — REST layer, services, data access, caching, or async work.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Backend development, Caching and REST APIs. It works with Spring Boot and Java. The repository describes itself as: The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Java Spring Boot backend work
  • Reviewing a Spring Boot backend — REST layer

Example prompts

  • “/springboot-patterns”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Your app is behind a trusted reverse proxy (nginx, AWS ALB, etc.)
  2. You have registered ForwardedHeaderFilter as a bean
  3. You have configured server.forward-headers-strategy=NATIVE or FRAMEWORK in application properties
  4. Your proxy is configured to overwrite (not append to) the X-Forwarded-For header

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ef648e0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are java).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Springboot Patterns loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 292 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
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Safety

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SKILL.md

The full file from affaan-m/ECC at commit ef648e0, republished under its MIT licence (© affaan-m). 292 words, ~2,509 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/springboot-patterns/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
springboot-patterns
description
Spring Boot architecture patterns, REST API design, layered services, data access, caching, async processing, and logging. Use for Java Spring Boot backend work. Use when building or reviewing a Spring Boot backend — REST layer, services, data access, caching, or async work.
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Spring Boot Development Patterns

Spring Boot architecture and API patterns for scalable, production-grade services.

When to Activate

  • Building REST APIs with Spring MVC or WebFlux
  • Structuring controller → service → repository layers
  • Configuring Spring Data JPA, caching, or async processing
  • Adding validation, exception handling, or pagination
  • Setting up profiles for dev/staging/production environments
  • Implementing event-driven patterns with Spring Events or Kafka

REST API Structure

java
@RestController
@RequestMapping("/api/markets")
@Validated
class MarketController {
  private final MarketService marketService;

  MarketController(MarketService marketService) {
    this.marketService = marketService;
  }

  @GetMapping
  ResponseEntity<Page<MarketResponse>> list(
      @RequestParam(defaultValue = "0") int page,
      @RequestParam(defaultValue = "20") int size) {
    Page<Market> markets = marketService.list(PageRequest.of(page, size));
    return ResponseEntity.ok(markets.map(MarketResponse::from));
  }

  @PostMapping
  ResponseEntity<MarketResponse> create(@Valid @RequestBody CreateMarketRequest request) {
    Market market = marketService.create(request);
    return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.CREATED).body(MarketResponse.from(market));
  }
}

Repository Pattern (Spring Data JPA)

java
public interface MarketRepository extends JpaRepository<MarketEntity, Long> {
  @Query("select m from MarketEntity m where m.status = :status order by m.volume desc")
  List<MarketEntity> findActive(@Param("status") MarketStatus status, Pageable pageable);
}

Service Layer with Transactions

java
@Service
public class MarketService {
  private final MarketRepository repo;

  public MarketService(MarketRepository repo) {
    this.repo = repo;
  }

  @Transactional
  public Market create(CreateMarketRequest request) {
    MarketEntity entity = MarketEntity.from(request);
    MarketEntity saved = repo.save(entity);
    return Market.from(saved);
  }
}

DTOs and Validation

java
public record CreateMarketRequest(
    @NotBlank @Size(max = 200) String name,
    @NotBlank @Size(max = 2000) String description,
    @NotNull @FutureOrPresent Instant endDate,
    @NotEmpty List<@NotBlank String> categories) {}

public record MarketResponse(Long id, String name, MarketStatus status) {
  static MarketResponse from(Market market) {
    return new MarketResponse(market.id(), market.name(), market.status());
  }
}

Exception Handling

java
@ControllerAdvice
class GlobalExceptionHandler {
  @ExceptionHandler(MethodArgumentNotValidException.class)
  ResponseEntity<ApiError> handleValidation(MethodArgumentNotValidException ex) {
    String message = ex.getBindingResult().getFieldErrors().stream()
        .map(e -> e.getField() + ": " + e.getDefaultMessage())
        .collect(Collectors.joining(", "));
    return ResponseEntity.badRequest().body(ApiError.validation(message));
  }

  @ExceptionHandler(AccessDeniedException.class)
  ResponseEntity<ApiError> handleAccessDenied() {
    return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN).body(ApiError.of("Forbidden"));
  }

  @ExceptionHandler(Exception.class)
  ResponseEntity<ApiError> handleGeneric(Exception ex) {
    // Log unexpected errors with stack traces
    return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
        .body(ApiError.of("Internal server error"));
  }
}

Caching

Requires @EnableCaching on a configuration class.

java
@Service
public class MarketCacheService {
  private final MarketRepository repo;

  public MarketCacheService(MarketRepository repo) {
    this.repo = repo;
  }

  @Cacheable(value = "market", key = "#id")
  public Market getById(Long id) {
    return repo.findById(id)
        .map(Market::from)
        .orElseThrow(() -> new EntityNotFoundException("Market not found"));
  }

  @CacheEvict(value = "market", key = "#id")
  public void evict(Long id) {}
}

Async Processing

Requires @EnableAsync on a configuration class.

java
@Service
public class NotificationService {
  @Async
  public CompletableFuture<Void> sendAsync(Notification notification) {
    // send email/SMS
    return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
  }
}

Logging (SLF4J)

java
@Service
public class ReportService {
  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ReportService.class);

  public Report generate(Long marketId) {
    log.info("generate_report marketId={}", marketId);
    try {
      // logic
    } catch (Exception ex) {
      log.error("generate_report_failed marketId={}", marketId, ex);
      throw ex;
    }
    return new Report();
  }
}

Middleware / Filters

java
@Component
public class RequestLoggingFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RequestLoggingFilter.class);

  @Override
  protected void doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response,
      FilterChain filterChain) throws ServletException, IOException {
    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
    try {
      filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
    } finally {
      long duration = System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
      log.info("req method={} uri={} status={} durationMs={}",
          request.getMethod(), request.getRequestURI(), response.getStatus(), duration);
    }
  }
}

Pagination and Sorting

java
PageRequest page = PageRequest.of(pageNumber, pageSize, Sort.by("createdAt").descending());
Page<Market> results = marketService.list(page);

Error-Resilient External Calls

java
public <T> T withRetry(Supplier<T> supplier, int maxRetries) {
  int attempts = 0;
  while (true) {
    try {
      return supplier.get();
    } catch (Exception ex) {
      attempts++;
      if (attempts >= maxRetries) {
        throw ex;
      }
      try {
        Thread.sleep((long) Math.pow(2, attempts) * 100L);
      } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
        throw ex;
      }
    }
  }
}

Rate Limiting (Filter + Bucket4j)

Security Note: The X-Forwarded-For header is untrusted by default because clients can spoof it. Only use forwarded headers when:

  1. Your app is behind a trusted reverse proxy (nginx, AWS ALB, etc.)
  2. You have registered ForwardedHeaderFilter as a bean
  3. You have configured server.forward-headers-strategy=NATIVE or FRAMEWORK in application properties
  4. Your proxy is configured to overwrite (not append to) the X-Forwarded-For header

When ForwardedHeaderFilter is properly configured, request.getRemoteAddr() will automatically return the correct client IP from the forwarded headers. Without this configuration, use request.getRemoteAddr() directly—it returns the immediate connection IP, which is the only trustworthy value.

java
@Component
public class RateLimitFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
  private final Map<String, Bucket> buckets = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();

  /*
   * SECURITY: This filter uses request.getRemoteAddr() to identify clients for rate limiting.
   *
   * If your application is behind a reverse proxy (nginx, AWS ALB, etc.), you MUST configure
   * Spring to handle forwarded headers properly for accurate client IP detection:
   *
   * 1. Set server.forward-headers-strategy=NATIVE (for cloud platforms) or FRAMEWORK in
   *    application.properties/yaml
   * 2. If using FRAMEWORK strategy, register ForwardedHeaderFilter:
   *
   *    @Bean
   *    ForwardedHeaderFilter forwardedHeaderFilter() {
   *        return new ForwardedHeaderFilter();
   *    }
   *
   * 3. Ensure your proxy overwrites (not appends) the X-Forwarded-For header to prevent spoofing
   * 4. Configure server.tomcat.remoteip.trusted-proxies or equivalent for your container
   *
   * Without this configuration, request.getRemoteAddr() returns the proxy IP, not the client IP.
   * Do NOT read X-Forwarded-For directly—it is trivially spoofable without trusted proxy handling.
   */
  @Override
  protected void doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response,
      FilterChain filterChain) throws ServletException, IOException {
    // Use getRemoteAddr() which returns the correct client IP when ForwardedHeaderFilter
    // is configured, or the direct connection IP otherwise. Never trust X-Forwarded-For
    // headers directly without proper proxy configuration.
    String clientIp = request.getRemoteAddr();

    Bucket bucket = buckets.computeIfAbsent(clientIp,
        k -> Bucket.builder()
            .addLimit(Bandwidth.classic(100, Refill.greedy(100, Duration.ofMinutes(1))))
            .build());

    if (bucket.tryConsume(1)) {
      filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
    } else {
      response.setStatus(HttpStatus.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS.value());
    }
  }
}

Background Jobs

Use Spring’s @Scheduled or integrate with queues (e.g., Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ). Keep handlers idempotent and observable.

Observability

  • Structured logging (JSON) via Logback encoder
  • Metrics: Micrometer + Prometheus/OTel
  • Tracing: Micrometer Tracing with OpenTelemetry or Brave backend

Production Defaults

  • Prefer constructor injection, avoid field injection
  • Enable spring.mvc.problemdetails.enabled=true for RFC 7807 errors (Spring Boot 3+)
  • Configure HikariCP pool sizes for workload, set timeouts
  • Use @Transactional(readOnly = true) for queries
  • Enforce null-safety via @NonNull and Optional where appropriate

Remember: Keep controllers thin, services focused, repositories simple, and errors handled centrally. Optimize for maintainability and testability.

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Open the folder on GitHubat commit ef648e0

Used in 5 other repositories

We found 15 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 5 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in affaan-m/ECC, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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What does Springboot Patterns do?

Spring Boot architecture patterns, REST API design, layered services, data access, caching, async processing, and logging. Springboot Patterns is an agent skill from affaan-m/ECC. Spring Boot architecture patterns, REST API design, layered services, data access, caching, async processing, and logging.

When should I use Springboot Patterns?

Springboot Patterns fits situations like: java Spring Boot backend work; reviewing a Spring Boot backend — REST layer.

How do I install Springboot Patterns in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill springboot-patterns -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/springboot-patterns in affaan-m/ECC) into .claude/skills/springboot-patterns in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Springboot Patterns in Codex?

Run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill springboot-patterns -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/springboot-patterns in affaan-m/ECC) into .agents/skills/springboot-patterns in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Springboot Patterns in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill springboot-patterns -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/springboot-patterns, .gemini/skills/springboot-patterns, .github/skills/springboot-patterns and .opencode/skills/springboot-patterns in your project.

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Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

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Who maintains Springboot Patterns?

affaan-m (a GitHub user) maintains it in affaan-m/ECC, which has 275,023 GitHub stars. The repository holds 645 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

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