# Backend Engineering

Backend engineering methodology — API implementation patterns (REST, gRPC, GraphQL), service architecture (clean/hexagonal/layered), database access patterns, integration and middleware design, error handling, and service-level testing. Language and framework agnostic.

## Why Install This Skill

Your agent gains structured patterns for API design, service architecture, database access, error handling, and integration — instead of improvising each time.

## What You Get

| Directory | Purpose |
|-----------|---------|
| `SKILL.md` | Core methodology, trigger conditions, reference index |
| `references/` | Deep-dive reference files loaded on demand |

## Triggers

Building or reviewing APIs, designing service layers, implementing database access patterns, adding error handling, or integrating external services.

## Requirements

Platform-agnostic. Applicable to any language/framework stack.

## Quick Start

Load SKILL.md for the methodology overview and reference table, then load specific references as needed for the task at hand.