--- name: backend-pro-max description: | Backend & distributed-systems engineering intelligence — search 34 domain knowledge bases (languages, patterns, databases, messaging, cache, cloud, IaC, containers, observability, API design, auth, security, CI/CD, testing, architecture, scaling, consistency, performance, reliability, data) and 12 language-specific stack guidelines. --- # Backend Pro Max Use this skill whenever the user asks about backend, cloud, or distributed-systems engineering — choosing a language / database / broker, designing an API, sizing a cache, planning multi-region, debugging tail latency, hardening security, defining SLOs, etc. ## Search ```bash python3 src/backend-pro-max/scripts/search.py "" [--domain ] [--stack ] [-n N] python3 src/backend-pro-max/scripts/search.py "" --all python3 src/backend-pro-max/scripts/search.py --list ``` ## Working principles 1. **Run a `--stack ` query first** if the user has named a language / framework. The stack CSV contains the strict guidelines for that ecosystem (concurrency, errors, build, testing, …) — follow them. 2. **Then run a `--domain ` query** to pull the right architectural pattern, infra component, or operational practice. 3. **Be explicit about consistency, idempotency, retries, timeouts, and failure handling** in any code or design you produce. 4. **Default to managed services** unless there is a concrete reason to self-host. 5. **Wire observability and security from the start** — never bolt on later. See `src/backend-pro-max/templates/base/quick-reference.md` for the full domain/stack catalogue and example queries.