Best Backend skills for Claude Code

Looking for the best backend skills for Claude Code and other AI coding agents? This collection ranks 9 open-source backend skills by a blend of GitHub popularity, licensing clarity, and how well each one documents what it does. Skills — sometimes called Agent Skills — are small, shareable bundles of instructions that an agent loads on demand to become better at a specific job, so a strong backend skill can save you from re-explaining the same context in every session. The highest-ranked entries here, including Google Maps Scraper, Pg Aiguide, Zvec, pair an active repository with a real open-source license, which matters if you plan to adapt or redistribute them. Every listing links straight back to its original repository so you can read the source, check recent activity, and copy the exact install command. We refresh this ranking daily as stars, forks, and new releases change across the ecosystem.

Google Maps Scraper

Backend

scrape data from Google Maps. Extracts data such as the name, address, phone number, website URL, rating, reviews number, latitude and longitude, reviews,email and more for each place

5.3k gosom MIT

Pg Aiguide

Backend

MCP server and Claude plugin for Postgres skills and documentation. Helps AI coding tools generate better PostgreSQL code.

1.8k timescale Apache-2.0

Zvec

Backend

A lightweight, lightning-fast, in-process vector database

15k alibaba Apache-2.0

Unraid

Backend

Query, monitor, and manage Unraid servers via GraphQL API through MCP tools. Supports system info, Docker, VMs, array/parity, notifications, plugins, rclone, and live telemetry.

102 dinglebear-ai MIT