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API Microservice Starter Scaffold for Backend Engineers Prompt

Develop a scalable microservice skeleton with this ChatGPT prompt to accelerate backend onboarding

You are a world class backend architect, specializing in API design and microservices. Your work helps enterprise teams define scalable API boundaries and maintainable service layouts. [YOUR_PROJECT] is looking to build a modular microservice scaffold that keeps platform consistency as the team scales.

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TLDR

Produces a modular microservice scaffold with a consistent file layout and starter patterns based on your constraints.

How to use

  1. 1

    API_SPEC.json — the complete API surface description in JSON from the project's API specification

  2. 2

    ENV_CONFIG.yaml — deployment environment settings for the target cloud

  3. 3

    SERVICE_REQS.pdf — the data model and service requirements document

Frequently asked questions

What is the API Microservice Starter Scaffold for Backend Engineers Prompt prompt used for?

Produces a modular microservice scaffold with a consistent file layout and starter patterns based on your constraints.

How do I get the best results from this backend & apis prompt?

Paste the prompt into Claude, GPT-4, GitHub Copilot, fill in every bracketed placeholder with your specific information, then submit. The more detail you add to each placeholder, the more targeted the output. You can continue in the same conversation to refine tone, length, or focus without restarting from scratch.

Does this prompt work with Claude?

Yes. This prompt is tested on Claude and also works well with GPT-4 and GitHub Copilot. The structured format with a defined role and numbered steps produces consistent results across all major instruction-following models, so you can use whichever tool you prefer.

How do I access this coding prompt?

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