Can it help with error tracking?

It integrates Sentry patterns to ensure every microservice has proper error boundaries, automated exception capturing, and performance monitoring.

How are environment variables managed?

The skill discourages direct use of process.env in favor of a unifiedConfig pattern, which centralizes configuration and improves security and maintainability.

Does it support database operations?

Yes, it includes best practices and implementation patterns for using Prisma ORM within a repository pattern for structured, optimized data access.

What architecture does this skill follow?

It promotes a four-layer architecture consisting of Routes, Controllers, Services, and Repositories to ensure strict separation of concerns and maximum testability.

How does it handle input validation?

The skill utilizes Zod schemas to validate all incoming request data at the entry point, ensuring type safety and preventing malformed inputs from reaching the business logic.

Backend Microservices Guidelines

Name: Backend Microservices Guidelines
Author: weirdgme

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API Development

Standardizes Node.js and TypeScript microservice development using a robust layered architecture and production-grade patterns.

This skill provides a comprehensive framework for building high-quality backend services with Express and TypeScript. It enforces a strict layered architecture—separating concerns across routes, controllers, services, and repositories—while integrating essential patterns for input validation with Zod, database access via Prisma, and error monitoring with Sentry. It serves as a real-time architectural consultant, ensuring consistent implementation of dependency injection, configuration management, and robust error-handling strategies across complex microservice environments.

Key Features

01Automates unified configuration management to replace direct process.env usage

02Enforces layered architecture (Routes -> Controllers -> Services -> Repositories)

03Integrates Sentry for centralized error tracking and performance monitoring

04Implements standardized Zod validation for all API inputs

05Provides templates for Prisma database access and repository patterns

063 GitHub stars

Use Cases

01Migrating legacy backend logic to a modern, testable layered architecture

02Building scalable RESTful APIs with Node.js and TypeScript

03Standardizing error handling and monitoring across multiple microservices

What are Skills?·How to Install

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npx skillfish add weirdgme/claude-code-infrastructure-showcase backend-dev-guidelines

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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