Nodejs Backend Patterns
ever-works/ever-works
Build production-ready Node.js backend services with Express/Fastify, implementing middleware patterns, error handling, authentication, database integration, and API design best practices.
Designs and implements backend systems including REST APIs, microservices, database architectures, authentication flows, and security hardening.
$ npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill senior-backend -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills senior-backend --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering-team/skills/senior-backend .claude/skills/senior-backend && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "senior-backend" agent skill from https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/engineering-team/skills/senior-backend into .claude/skills/senior-backend/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "senior-backend", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/engineering-team/skills/senior-backendType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill senior-backend -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills senior-backend --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering-team/skills/senior-backend .agents/skills/senior-backend && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "senior-backend" agent skill from https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/engineering-team/skills/senior-backend into .agents/skills/senior-backend/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "senior-backend", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill senior-backend -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills senior-backend --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering-team/skills/senior-backend .cursor/skills/senior-backend && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "senior-backend" agent skill from https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/engineering-team/skills/senior-backend into .cursor/skills/senior-backend/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "senior-backend", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git --path engineering-team/skills/senior-backend--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill senior-backend -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills senior-backend --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering-team/skills/senior-backend .gemini/skills/senior-backend && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "senior-backend" agent skill from https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/engineering-team/skills/senior-backend into .gemini/skills/senior-backend/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "senior-backend", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills senior-backendInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill senior-backend -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering-team/skills/senior-backend .github/skills/senior-backend && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "senior-backend" agent skill from https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/engineering-team/skills/senior-backend into .github/skills/senior-backend/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "senior-backend", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill senior-backend -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills senior-backend --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering-team/skills/senior-backend .opencode/skills/senior-backend && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "senior-backend" agent skill from https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/engineering-team/skills/senior-backend into .opencode/skills/senior-backend/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "senior-backend", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
senior-backendDesigns and implements backend systems including REST APIs, microservices, database architectures, authentication flows, and security hardening.
Senior Backend is an agent skill from alirezarezvani/claude-skills. Designs and implements backend systems including REST APIs, microservices, database architectures, authentication flows, and security hardening. Use when the user asks to "design REST APIs", "optimize database queries", "implement authentication", "build microservices", "review backend code", "set up GraphQL", "handle database migrations", or "load test APIs". Covers Node.js/Express/Fastify development, PostgreSQL optimization, API security, and backend architecture patterns.
Its SKILL.md is about 3.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 16 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `profiles/django-monolith.json`, `profiles/fastapi-python.json` and `profiles/go-or-rust-microservice.json`).
It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Backend development, Security review and REST APIs. It works with Fastify, GraphQL, PostgreSQL and Node.js. The repository describes itself as: 380 Claude Code skills & agent skills & plugins (30+ Agents, 70+ custom commands, 380+ skills, customizable references, scripts)for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and 8… The licence is MIT.
3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 19392f7. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
Ships 4 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
pythonFrom the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
JWT_SECRETFrom names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Senior Backend loads about 3.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~21k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 124 tokens; SKILL.md has 847 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
The full file from alirezarezvani/claude-skills at commit 19392f7, republished under its MIT licence (© alirezarezvani). 847 words, ~3,770 tokens.
.claude/skills/senior-backend/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 13 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.Backend development patterns, API design, database optimization, and security practices.
# Generate API routes from OpenAPI spec
python scripts/api_scaffolder.py openapi.yaml --framework express --output src/routes/
# Analyze database schema and generate migrations
python scripts/database_migration_tool.py --connection postgres://localhost/mydb --analyze
# Load test an API endpoint
python scripts/api_load_tester.py https://api.example.com/users --concurrency 50 --duration 30Generates API route handlers, middleware, and OpenAPI specifications from schema definitions.
Input: OpenAPI spec (YAML/JSON) or database schema Output: Route handlers, validation middleware, TypeScript types
Usage:
# Generate Express routes from OpenAPI spec
python scripts/api_scaffolder.py openapi.yaml --framework express --output src/routes/
# Output: Generated 12 route handlers, validation middleware, and TypeScript types
# Generate from database schema
python scripts/api_scaffolder.py --from-db postgres://localhost/mydb --output src/routes/
# Generate OpenAPI spec from existing routes
python scripts/api_scaffolder.py src/routes/ --generate-spec --output openapi.yamlSupported Frameworks:
--framework express)--framework fastify)--framework koa)Analyzes database schemas, detects changes, and generates migration files with rollback support.
Input: Database connection string or schema files Output: Migration files, schema diff report, optimization suggestions
Usage:
# Analyze current schema and suggest optimizations
python scripts/database_migration_tool.py --connection postgres://localhost/mydb --analyze
# Output: Missing indexes, N+1 query risks, and suggested migration files
# Generate migration from schema diff
python scripts/database_migration_tool.py --connection postgres://localhost/mydb \
--compare schema/v2.sql --output migrations/
# Dry-run a migration
python scripts/database_migration_tool.py --connection postgres://localhost/mydb \
--migrate migrations/20240115_add_user_indexes.sql --dry-runPerforms HTTP load testing with configurable concurrency, measuring latency percentiles and throughput.
Input: API endpoint URL and test configuration Output: Performance report with latency distribution, error rates, throughput metrics
Usage:
# Basic load test
python scripts/api_load_tester.py https://api.example.com/users --concurrency 50 --duration 30
# Output: Throughput (req/sec), latency percentiles (P50/P95/P99), error counts, and scaling recommendations
# Test with custom headers and body
python scripts/api_load_tester.py https://api.example.com/orders \
--method POST \
--header "Authorization: Bearer token123" \
--body '{"product_id": 1, "quantity": 2}' \
--concurrency 100 \
--duration 60
# Compare two endpoints
python scripts/api_load_tester.py https://api.example.com/v1/users https://api.example.com/v2/users \
--compare --concurrency 50 --duration 30Use when designing a new API or refactoring existing endpoints.
Step 1: Define resources and operations
# openapi.yaml
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: User Service API
version: 1.0.0
paths:
/users:
get:
summary: List users
parameters:
- name: "limit"
in: query
schema:
type: integer
default: 20
post:
summary: Create user
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateUser'Step 2: Generate route scaffolding
python scripts/api_scaffolder.py openapi.yaml --framework express --output src/routes/Step 3: Implement business logic
// src/routes/users.ts (generated, then customized)
export const createUser = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
const { email, name } = req.body;
// Add business logic
const user = await userService.create({ email, name });
res.status(201).json(user);
};Step 4: Add validation middleware
# Validation is auto-generated from OpenAPI schema
# src/middleware/validators.ts includes:
# - Request body validation
# - Query parameter validation
# - Path parameter validationStep 5: Generate updated OpenAPI spec
python scripts/api_scaffolder.py src/routes/ --generate-spec --output openapi.yamlUse when queries are slow or database performance needs improvement.
Step 1: Analyze current performance
python scripts/database_migration_tool.py --connection $DATABASE_URL --analyzeStep 2: Identify slow queries
-- Check query execution plans
EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM orders
WHERE user_id = 123
ORDER BY created_at DESC
LIMIT 10;
-- Look for: Seq Scan (bad), Index Scan (good)Step 3: Generate index migrations
python scripts/database_migration_tool.py --connection $DATABASE_URL \
--suggest-indexes --output migrations/Step 4: Test migration (dry-run)
python scripts/database_migration_tool.py --connection $DATABASE_URL \
--migrate migrations/add_indexes.sql --dry-runStep 5: Apply and verify
# Apply migration
python scripts/database_migration_tool.py --connection $DATABASE_URL \
--migrate migrations/add_indexes.sql
# Verify improvement
python scripts/database_migration_tool.py --connection $DATABASE_URL --analyzeUse when preparing an API for production or after a security review.
Step 1: Review authentication setup
// Verify JWT configuration
const jwtConfig = {
secret: process.env.JWT_SECRET, // Must be from env, never hardcoded
expiresIn: '1h', // Short-lived tokens
algorithm: 'RS256' // Prefer asymmetric
};Step 2: Add rate limiting
import rateLimit from 'express-rate-limit';
const apiLimiter = rateLimit({
windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
max: 100, // 100 requests per window
standardHeaders: true,
legacyHeaders: false,
});
app.use('/api/', apiLimiter);Step 3: Validate all inputs
import { z } from 'zod';
const CreateUserSchema = z.object({
email: z.string().email().max(255),
name: z.string().min(1).max(100),
age: z.number().int().positive().optional()
});
// Use in route handler
const data = CreateUserSchema.parse(req.body);Step 4: Load test with attack patterns
# Test rate limiting
python scripts/api_load_tester.py https://api.example.com/login \
--concurrency 200 --duration 10 --expect-rate-limit
# Test input validation
python scripts/api_load_tester.py https://api.example.com/users \
--method POST \
--body '{"email": "not-an-email"}' \
--expect-status 400Step 5: Review security headers
import helmet from 'helmet';
app.use(helmet({
contentSecurityPolicy: true,
crossOriginEmbedderPolicy: true,
crossOriginOpenerPolicy: true,
crossOriginResourcePolicy: true,
hsts: { maxAge: 31536000, includeSubDomains: true },
}));| File | Contains | Use When |
|---|---|---|
references/api_design_patterns.md | REST vs GraphQL, versioning, error handling, pagination | Designing new APIs |
references/database_optimization_guide.md | Indexing strategies, query optimization, N+1 solutions | Fixing slow queries |
references/backend_security_practices.md | OWASP Top 10, auth patterns, input validation | Security hardening |
{
"data": { "id": 1, "name": "John" },
"meta": { "requestId": "abc-123" }
}{
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid email format",
"details": [{ "field": "email", "message": "must be valid email" }]
},
"meta": { "requestId": "abc-123" }
}| Code | Use Case |
|---|---|
| 200 | Success (GET, PUT, PATCH) |
| 201 | Created (POST) |
| 204 | No Content (DELETE) |
| 400 | Validation error |
| 401 | Authentication required |
| 403 | Permission denied |
| 404 | Resource not found |
| 429 | Rate limit exceeded |
| 500 | Internal server error |
-- Single column (equality lookups)
CREATE INDEX idx_users_email ON users(email);
-- Composite (multi-column queries)
CREATE INDEX idx_orders_user_status ON orders(user_id, status);
-- Partial (filtered queries)
CREATE INDEX idx_orders_active ON orders(created_at) WHERE status = 'active';
-- Covering (avoid table lookup)
CREATE INDEX idx_users_email_name ON users(email) INCLUDE (name);# API Development
python scripts/api_scaffolder.py openapi.yaml --framework express
python scripts/api_scaffolder.py src/routes/ --generate-spec
# Database Operations
python scripts/database_migration_tool.py --connection $DATABASE_URL --analyze
python scripts/database_migration_tool.py --connection $DATABASE_URL --migrate file.sql
# Performance Testing
python scripts/api_load_tester.py https://api.example.com/endpoint --concurrency 50
python scripts/api_load_tester.py https://api.example.com/endpoint --compare baseline.jsonBefore this skill scaffolds, recommends a pattern, or modifies a schema, the following four assumptions MUST be surfaced. If any are unknown, the skill stops and walks the Forcing-question library instead.
Verifiable success criteria (Karpathy #4) — every recommendation this skill emits must include:
If any of those three is not stated, the recommendation is incomplete — return to Q7 of the forcing-question library.
The scripts/backend_decision_engine.py tool encodes these checks: it refuses to recommend a profile without read/write ratio + QPS + tenancy + data sensitivity + pattern preference.
Four built-in profiles in profiles/ calibrate every recommendation:
| Profile | When to pick | Pattern | Latency floor (p99) |
|---|---|---|---|
node-express | TS team, < 15 eng, customer-facing SaaS | Modular monolith on Postgres | 600ms |
fastapi-python | Python team, < 20 eng, ML-adjacent | Modular monolith on Postgres (async) | 500ms |
django-monolith | Content-heavy CRUD + admin, < 25 eng | Modular monolith on Postgres | 800ms |
go-or-rust-microservice | Extracted service, ≥ 30 eng, platform team, QPS ≥ 1000 | Extracted service | 200ms |
Pick a profile via:
python scripts/backend_decision_engine.py \
--team-size 8 --qps-p99 50 --read-write-ratio 20 \
--tenancy shared-multi-tenant --data-sensitivity pii \
--pattern modular-monolith --language-preference typescriptThe tool returns the best-fit profile, runner-up tradeoff (if within 15%), stack picks, anti-patterns, named approvers, and SLO floor. This tool never auto-approves.
To add a custom profile: copy profiles/node-express.json to profiles/<your-org>.json and adjust constraints + success_thresholds + named_approver_chain.
This skill does NOT reimplement scope owned by the POWERFUL-tier specialists. It forks into them. See references/composition_map.md for the full routing table. Key forks:
| Concern | Fork into |
|---|---|
| API contract / breaking-change risk | engineering/skills/api-design-reviewer/ |
| Schema design + ERD + indexing | engineering/skills/database-designer/ |
| Zero-downtime schema migration | engineering/skills/migration-architect/ |
| SLO + SLI + error-budget | engineering/slo-architect/ |
| Observability / golden signals | engineering/skills/observability-designer/ |
| CI/CD pipeline | engineering/skills/ci-cd-pipeline-builder/ |
| Security / threat model | engineering-team/skills/senior-security/, adversarial-reviewer |
| Compliance evidence (HIPAA / ISO 27001) | ra-qm-team/ |
| Pre-commit Karpathy review | engineering/karpathy-coder/ |
| Pre-flight architecture grill | engineering/grill-me/ |
The cs-backend-engineer agent orchestrates these forks via context: fork. Invoke it from another agent with Agent({subagent_type: "cs-backend-engineer", prompt: "..."}) or via /cs:backend-review <your problem>.
Before locking any backend decision, walk the seven forcing questions in references/forcing_questions.md. Discipline:
/tmp/backend-grill-<date>.md.backend_decision_engine.py with the seven answers.Summary:
Three surfaces:
/cs:backend-review <prompt> — full grill + decision engine + composition routing.Agent({subagent_type: "cs-backend-engineer", prompt: "..."}) — forks context, returns ≤ 200-word digest.python scripts/backend_decision_engine.py ... — deterministic profile match when inputs are known.See agents/engineering/cs-backend-engineer.md for the full invocation contract.
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SKILL.md and 13 other files (scripts, references) in engineering-team/skills/senior-backend of alirezarezvani/claude-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 19392f7
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in alirezarezvani/claude-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Senior Backend next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Backend this skillalirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | 1 repos | ~3.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Nodejs Backend Patternsever-works/ever-works | 162 | 18 repos | ~4k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Senior Backenddavila7/claude-code-templates | 32k | 1 repos | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Senior Backendborghei/Claude-Skills | 886 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Nestjsgiuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit | 356 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Scaffolding Fastapi Dapraiskillstore/marketplace | 430 | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Designs and implements backend systems including REST APIs, microservices, database architectures, authentication flows, and security hardening. Senior Backend is an agent skill from alirezarezvani/claude-skills. Designs and implements backend systems including REST APIs, microservices, database architectures, authentication flows, and security hardening.
Senior Backend fits situations like: the user asks to design REST APIs; optimize database queries; implement authentication; build microservices.
Run `npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill senior-backend -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (engineering-team/skills/senior-backend in alirezarezvani/claude-skills) into .claude/skills/senior-backend in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill senior-backend -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (engineering-team/skills/senior-backend in alirezarezvani/claude-skills) into .agents/skills/senior-backend in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill senior-backend -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/senior-backend, .gemini/skills/senior-backend, .github/skills/senior-backend and .opencode/skills/senior-backend in your project.
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Senior Backend needs Python for the scripts in its folder, the command-line tools its instructions call (python) and credentials named JWT_SECRET. Our summary lists: Python 3; Node.js; A credential in JWT_SECRET.
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
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About 3.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 17k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
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alirezarezvani (a GitHub user) maintains it in alirezarezvani/claude-skills, which has 27,891 GitHub stars. The repository holds 342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 30, 2026.
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