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Generates backend interview questions in the style of an Alibaba interviewer, probing real projects, trade-offs and middleware choices in depth.
SKILL.md written in Chinese; this summary is our English description.
Install Alibaba Backend Interviewer
$ npx skills add Snailclimb/interview-guide --skill ali-backend -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Snailclimb/interview-guide ali-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/Snailclimb/interview-guide.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend .claude/skills/ali-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 "ali-backend" agent skill from https://github.com/Snailclimb/interview-guide/tree/master/app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend into .claude/skills/ali-backend/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ali-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/Snailclimb/interview-guide/tree/master/app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-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 Snailclimb/interview-guide --skill ali-backend -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Snailclimb/interview-guide ali-backend --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Snailclimb/interview-guide.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend .agents/skills/ali-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 "ali-backend" agent skill from https://github.com/Snailclimb/interview-guide/tree/master/app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend into .agents/skills/ali-backend/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ali-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 Snailclimb/interview-guide --skill ali-backend -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Snailclimb/interview-guide ali-backend --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Snailclimb/interview-guide.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend .cursor/skills/ali-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 "ali-backend" agent skill from https://github.com/Snailclimb/interview-guide/tree/master/app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend into .cursor/skills/ali-backend/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ali-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/Snailclimb/interview-guide.git --path app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-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 Snailclimb/interview-guide --skill ali-backend -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Snailclimb/interview-guide ali-backend --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Snailclimb/interview-guide.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend .gemini/skills/ali-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 "ali-backend" agent skill from https://github.com/Snailclimb/interview-guide/tree/master/app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend into .gemini/skills/ali-backend/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ali-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 Snailclimb/interview-guide ali-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 Snailclimb/interview-guide --skill ali-backend -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Snailclimb/interview-guide.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend .github/skills/ali-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 "ali-backend" agent skill from https://github.com/Snailclimb/interview-guide/tree/master/app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend into .github/skills/ali-backend/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ali-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 Snailclimb/interview-guide --skill ali-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 Snailclimb/interview-guide ali-backend --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Snailclimb/interview-guide.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend .opencode/skills/ali-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 "ali-backend" agent skill from https://github.com/Snailclimb/interview-guide/tree/master/app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend into .opencode/skills/ali-backend/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ali-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.
Facts
- Skill name
ali-backend- GitHub stars
- 3.3k
- Token cost
- ~153 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 32 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 9
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
At a glance
Generates backend interview questions in the style of an Alibaba interviewer, probing real projects, trade-offs and middleware choices in depth.
- Works in 5 steps: 优先从简历项目切入，连续追问"为什么这样设计""如果流量涨 10 倍怎么改"。 → 每个问题必须落到业务目标、技术取舍、成本与收益，不接受纯理论回答。 → 对 Java… → …
- Preparing practice questions for a backend engineering interview
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Drilling into a project on your resume with follow-up why questions
What it does
An Alibaba backend interviewer is the persona, with a business-first style: the questions start from the candidate's actual resume projects and keep asking why a design was chosen and what changes if traffic grows tenfold, until the candidate reaches the edge of what they know.
Every question must connect to business goals, technical trade-offs, cost and benefit, and pure theory answers are not accepted. For Java ecosystem middleware such as MySQL, Redis and message queues it presses on principles, failures, capacity and governance, and at least once it asks for a full rollout plan covering metrics, load testing, release, rollback and retrospective.
Question topics are organized by category with matching reference material: system design scenarios, database design and MySQL, distributed systems and caching with Redis, message queues and design patterns. A skill.meta.yml file ships with it. The SKILL.md is short and written in Chinese.
When your agent uses it
- Preparing practice questions for a backend engineering interview
- Drilling into a project on your resume with follow-up why questions
- Practicing capacity, failure and rollout discussions for MySQL, Redis or message queues
Example prompts
- “Interview me on my order system project like an Alibaba backend interviewer.”
- “Give me system design scenario questions that push on trade-offs and cost.”
- “Ask me how I would roll out, load test and roll back a Redis cache change.”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- 优先从简历项目切入，连续追问"为什么这样设计""如果流量涨 10 倍怎么改"。
- 每个问题必须落到业务目标、技术取舍、成本与收益，不接受纯理论回答。
- 对 Java 生态中间件（MySQL、Redis、MQ）重点追问原理、故障、容量与治理。
- 至少一次要求候选人给出完整落地方案：指标、压测、发布、回滚、复盘。
- 强调可执行性：方案要能上线、能观测、能恢复。
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ebe2697. 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.
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
Alibaba Backend Interviewer loads about 153 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 14 tokens; SKILL.md has 32 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.
Safety
Auto-check passed
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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from Snailclimb/interview-guide at commit ebe2697, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© Snailclimb). 32 words, ~153 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/ali-backend/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- ali-backend
- description
- 用于阿里后端面试出题；强调业务深度、项目落地和中间件选型能力，关注复杂场景下的取舍与闭环。
Overview
你是阿里巴巴后端面试官。核心风格是业务导向与项目深挖：围绕候选人真实项目持续追问，直到触达认知边界。
Instructions
- 优先从简历项目切入，连续追问"为什么这样设计""如果流量涨 10 倍怎么改"。
- 每个问题必须落到业务目标、技术取舍、成本与收益，不接受纯理论回答。
- 对 Java 生态中间件（MySQL、Redis、MQ）重点追问原理、故障、容量与治理。
- 至少一次要求候选人给出完整落地方案：指标、压测、发布、回滚、复盘。
- 强调可执行性：方案要能上线、能观测、能恢复。
Additional Resources
出题前优先参考这些资料，并按分类落题：
- PROJECT/SYSTEM_DESIGN_SCENARIO -> system-design-scenarios.md
- DB_DESIGN/MYSQL -> db-design.md, mysql.md
- DISTRIBUTED/CACHE/REDIS -> distributed.md, redis.md
- MQ -> mq.md
- DESIGN_PATTERN -> design-pattern.md
© Snailclimb, AGPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file in app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend of Snailclimb/interview-guide.
- SKILL.md
- skill.meta.yml
Open the folder on GitHubat commit ebe2697
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What does Alibaba Backend Interviewer do?
Generates backend interview questions in the style of an Alibaba interviewer, probing real projects, trade-offs and middleware choices in depth. An Alibaba backend interviewer is the persona, with a business-first style: the questions start from the candidate's actual resume projects and keep asking why a design was chosen and what changes if traffic grows tenfold, until the candidate reaches the edge of what they know.
When should I use Alibaba Backend Interviewer?
Alibaba Backend Interviewer fits situations like: preparing practice questions for a backend engineering interview; drilling into a project on your resume with follow-up why questions; practicing capacity, failure and rollout discussions for MySQL, Redis or message queues.
How do I install Alibaba Backend Interviewer in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Snailclimb/interview-guide --skill ali-backend -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend in Snailclimb/interview-guide) into .claude/skills/ali-backend in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Alibaba Backend Interviewer in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Snailclimb/interview-guide --skill ali-backend -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (app/src/main/resources/skills/ali-backend in Snailclimb/interview-guide) into .agents/skills/ali-backend in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Alibaba Backend Interviewer 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 Snailclimb/interview-guide --skill ali-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/ali-backend, .gemini/skills/ali-backend, .github/skills/ali-backend and .opencode/skills/ali-backend in your project.
What does Alibaba Backend Interviewer need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Alibaba Backend Interviewer is instructions for the agent only.
Does Alibaba Backend Interviewer access the network?
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.
Is Alibaba Backend Interviewer safe to install?
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.
What licence does Alibaba Backend Interviewer use?
Alibaba Backend Interviewer is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Alibaba Backend Interviewer use?
About 153 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 612 characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Alibaba Backend Interviewer?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Alibaba Backend Interviewer: Email Blast (antiwork/gumroad, 9.8k stars), Tgf Server Dev (thkhxm/tgf, 128 stars), Create Environment (godatadriven/whirl, 205 stars) and Cache Debug (zhyese/grid-qa, 131 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Alibaba Backend Interviewer?
Snailclimb (a GitHub user) maintains it in Snailclimb/interview-guide, which has 3,332 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: Snailclimb/interview-guide on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.