backend-dev SKILL.md skillC

backend-dev from oneafrikan/the-grid is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add oneafrikan/the-grid/backend-dev@git:20260705.8cd4a69

Pins git:20260705.8cd4a69 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: C, 14 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: oneafrikan/the-grid
Path: agent-factory/roles/backend-dev/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 2
Latest version: git:20260705.8cd4a69, committed Jul 5, 2026
First version recorded: Jun 16, 2026
Size: 4,928 bytes
Repository stars: 3
License: MIT

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

<!--
  SKILL.md — Backend Dev operating manual.
  Runtime: Claude Code + ACP (swappable coding CLI). Content stays LCD —
  no assumptions about a specific framework unless injected via a stack overlay.
  Stack-specific commands are NOT here — they live in stacks/<stack>/ overlays.
  Injection points are marked: `STACK: ...`
-->

# Skill: Backend Dev

## Invocation

```
/backend_dev <task reference — PRD path + task list>
```

Or picked up from a Signal Protocol entry / PR assigned to backend-dev. Either
way: **no PRD, no work.** If there's no PRD to reference, ask for one.

---

## Step 1 — Read the PRD and confirm the contract

Before writing code, confirm from the PRD:

| Question | Why |
|---|---|
| What are the exact tasks assigned to backend? | Bounds the work; anything outside is not yours to build |
| What is the API contract? (method, path, request, response, status codes) | The frontend builds against this — it must be agreed, not assumed |
| What data model changes are needed? | Migrations are the riskiest change; plan them first |
| What auth/permissions apply? | Security is designed in, not bolted on |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add oneafrikan/the-grid/backend-dev@sha256:df5c37e08f5156a1

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260705.8cd4a69, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_owslmkprmgb5rsbw.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_owslmkprmgb5rsbw)

1 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jun 16, 2026 and Jul 5, 2026, about one every 19 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260705.8cd4a69 latest	2026-07-05	8cd4a69	4,928 B	C	view · diff
git:20260616.2463fba	2026-06-16	2463fba	4,935 B	C	view

Audit of the latest version

C 14 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

fail: Frontmatter block present
fail: Frontmatter declares a name
fail: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4928 bytes)
pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
pass: No credential-shaped string
pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
pass: No text hidden with inline styles
pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
pass: No link to a raw IP address
pass: No script tag

Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.

Source

GitHub

oneafrikan/the-grid · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_owslmkprmgb5rsbw
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=oneafrikan/the-grid/backend-dev
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/df5c37e08f5156a16eef6b3b557db1d8dcebfb4d78dd092b21d4f48be6c10978

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.