Build Azure DevOps YAML pipelines for CI/CD, manage releases, artifacts, and deployment environments. Create build and release pipelines, configure triggers, templates, and integrate with Azure services. Use when automating builds, tests, and deployments in Azure DevOps. (project)

Guide for working with Azure DevOps REST APIs and OpenAPI specifications. Use this skill when implementing new Azure DevOps API integrations, exploring API capabilities, understanding request/response formats, or referencing the official OpenAPI specifications from the vsts-rest-api-specs repository.

Azure OpenAI Service 2025 models including GPT-5, GPT-4.1, reasoning models, and Azure AI Foundry integration

Query Azure RBAC role assignments and definitions (read-only)

Query Azure resources and configurations (read-only)

Research and generate Azure deployment guide with EasyAuth (Google + Facebook) and CosmosDB. This skill searches for current documentation and screenshots to produce an up-to-date setup guide at .docs/azure-setup-guide.md.

azure-sql-optimization

Create and manage Azure Test Plans including test cases, suites, and execution. Use when setting up test plans or managing QA processes.

Troubleshoot Azure using tool-first access, falling back to Azure CLI when necessary. Focus on Virtual Machines, AKS, Azure Container Registry, Storage Accounts, and Log Analytics.

Deploy and manage code versions on B2C Commerce instances. Use when uploading cartridges, activating code versions, watching for file changes during development, or syncing local code to sandbox.

Create and manage on-demand sandboxes (ODS). Use when provisioning development instances, starting/stopping sandboxes, checking sandbox status, or managing sandbox lifecycle. Only create or delete sandboxes when explicitly requested.

List and inspect storefront sites on B2C Commerce instances. Use when finding site IDs, checking site configuration, or listing available sites. Helpful for determining site context when running other commands.

Manage SLAS (Shopper Login and API Access Service) clients. Use when configuring shopper authentication, creating API clients for PWA/headless, managing OAuth scopes (including custom scopes like c_loyalty), or debugging token issues.

Generates Babel configuration for JavaScript transpilation in tests. Creates babel.config.js file.

Test software in the style of James Bach, pioneer of exploratory testing and context-driven testing. Emphasizes skilled human investigation, heuristics-based test design, and adapting to context rather than following rigid scripts. Use when designing test strategies, performing exploratory testing, or building thinking testers.

Expert backend architect specializing in scalable API design,

Bootstraps complete backend with Apso, including API setup, database configuration, and testing. Triggers when user needs to create backend, setup API, or initialize server.

Ensure backend build readiness for Espresso Engineered. Use when backend code/config changes are made or when a feature/task is wrapping up to suggest running `npm run build:backend` (and tests only if requested).

Kotlin backend layering and packaging guidelines

Expert backend development guidance covering Node.js, Python, Java, Go, API design (REST/GraphQL/gRPC), database patterns, authentication, caching, message queues, microservices, and testing. Produces production-ready, scalable, and secure backend code with industry best practices. Use when building APIs, implementing business logic, designing data models, integrating services, or when users mention backend development, server-side code, APIs, databases, or microservices.

Systematic debugging for Encore.ts backend incidents using diagnostic scripts, database queries, and structured logging. Use when backend tests fail, services crash, or async flows stall.

Comprehensive backend development workflow that orchestrates expert analysis, architecture design, implementation, and deployment using the integrated toolset. Handles everything from API design and database architecture to security implementation and DevOps automation.

Senior Backend Developer with 10+ years Java and 5+ years Spring Boot experience. Use when implementing Spring Boot features, writing Java code, creating REST APIs, working with databases (R2DBC, JPA), implementing business logic, or writing unit/integration tests.

Orchestrate end-to-end backend feature development from requirements to deployment. Use when coordinating multi-phase feature delivery across teams and services.

Build robust backend systems with modern technologies (Node.js, Python, Go, Rust), frameworks (NestJS, FastAPI, Django), databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis), APIs (REST, GraphQL, gRPC), authentication (OAuth 2.1, JWT), testing strategies, security best practices (OWASP Top 10), performance optimization, scalability patterns (microservices, caching, sharding), DevOps practices (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD), and monitoring. Use when designing APIs, implementing authentication, optimizing database queries, setting up CI/CD pipelines, handling security vulnerabilities, building microservices, or developing production-ready backend systems.

Create feature-rich PHP enums following Laravel conventions with SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE case names, backed enum values (string or int), helper methods for labels and comparisons, validation rules, and comprehensive Pest tests. Use this skill when converting hardcoded strings or magic numbers to type-safe enums, creating categorical data types like statuses, types, roles or categories, adding enum-based validation to forms or APIs, refactoring magic strings into structured types, or defining a fixed set of allowed values in your application. This skill applies when working on files in app/Enums/ directory, creating enum classes, adding enum casts to models, or implementing enum validation rules.

Enforces Go backend best practices following clean architecture, dependency injection, and test-driven development. Automatically applied for Go backend implementation, API development, and microservices construction.

Master skill for TypeScript backend development. Decision framework for APIs (tRPC/REST), authentication (Auth.js/Passport), database (Prisma), validation (Zod), logging (Pino), testing (Vitest), and deployment (Docker). Routes to specialized skills for implementation. Use as entry point for any backend task.

High-performance structured JSON logging for Node.js. Use when building production APIs that need fast, structured logs for observability platforms (Datadog, ELK, CloudWatch). Provides request logging middleware, child loggers for context, and sensitive data redaction. Choose Pino over console.log for any production TypeScript backend.

Implement comprehensive testing strategies with pytest, fixtures, mocking, and test-driven development for FastAPI applications. Use when writing Python tests, setting up test suites, or implementing testing best practices.

Runs formatting, linting, and tests for the backend.

Expert in secure backend coding practices specializing in input

Use when generating tests for backend code (Express routes, MongoDB models, Node services) - analyzes file type, detects test framework from package.json, generates comprehensive tests with setup/teardown and edge case coverage

Run isolated test environments for backend changes, manage test data, and verify API endpoints. Use when testing Python backend changes without interfering with production instances.

Generate OpenAPI/REST endpoints from tRPC routers. Use when you have a tRPC API but need to expose REST endpoints for third-party integrations, mobile apps, or public API documentation. Provides automatic Swagger UI and OpenAPI spec generation. Choose this when you want type-safe internal APIs (tRPC) with REST fallback for external consumers.

Automatically runs required Go checks after any backend code changes. Ensures go vet, gofmt, and go test pass before commits. Use whenever modifying files in the backend/ directory.

Backfill missing GitHub streak dates using the streakify.sh script. Use this when the user asks to backfill dates, fix missing streak days, or catch up on streak commits.

Expert backlog manager that prioritizes work using multi-criteria scoring, analyzes dependencies, and recommends optimal next tasks. Activates when managing backlogs, prioritizing work, adding items, or analyzing what to work on next.

Bulk backlog scanner that analyzes the entire finans codebase vs CLAUDE.md, identifies ALL gaps, and generates a comprehensive, prioritized, numbered task backlog. Uses broad→narrow pattern.

Build Backstage backend plugins with createBackendPlugin and core services: DI, httpRouter, secure-by-default auth, Knex DB, routes, testing. Use for APIs and background jobs.

Build Backstage frontend plugins with the new Frontend System: createFrontendPlugin, blueprints, routes, Utility APIs, testing. Use for pages, nav, entity content, or cards.

Critical fix for backtest capital accounting when equity curves are inflated or drawdown metrics are meaningless

Converting backtest visualizations from bar indices/timesteps to actual datetime axes for clearer time context

Save backtest results to SQLite database for comparison. Trigger when: (1) tracking backtest history, (2) comparing model performance, (3) querying best backtests.

Comprehensive guidance for interpreting backtest results and detecting overfitting (project)

Phylax Credible Layer assertions backtesting. Runs assertion backtests against historical transactions. Use when validating phylax/credible layer assertions on real chain data or known exploits.

Designs backup and disaster recovery strategies for data and systems

Comprehensive guide to backward compatibility rules for APIs, databases, and data contracts with migration strategies and testing approaches

MicroPython REPL usage, package management, module inspection, and interactive debugging for Universe 2025 (Tufty) Badge. Use when installing MicroPython packages, testing code interactively, checking installed modules, or using the REPL for development.

Create MicroPython applications for Universe 2025 (Tufty) Badge including display graphics, button handling, and MonaOS app structure. Use when building badge apps, creating interactive displays, or developing MicroPython programs.