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AI skills for Express

AI Coding Skills for Express

Browse the best AI coding skills for Express.js in 2026, typed routes, Zod validation middleware, supertest tests, Prisma integration, and migration to Fastify or Hono. Works with every major AI coding tool.

Short answer

The best AI coding skills for Express are skills-hub's `code-review`, `unit-test` (Vitest + supertest), `api-scaffold` (Express + Zod validation middleware), `db-schema` (Prisma / Drizzle), `secure`, and `migrate` (Express → Fastify or Hono). All portable across major AI coding tools.

Express remains the most-deployed Node.js framework in 2026 even as Fastify and Hono win new projects. The skills below detect your Express stack and emit idiomatic typed routes with Zod validation middleware, proper error-handler ordering, and async-route safety, and can also migrate to Fastify or Hono when you're ready.

Top skills for Express

  1. 01code-to-prd

    16 installs

    Reverse-engineer any codebase into a complete Product Requirements Document (PRD). Analyzes routes, components, state management, API integrations, and user interactions to produce business-readable documentation detailed enough for engineers or AI agents to fully reconstruct every page and endpoint. Works with frontend frameworks (React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, Next.js, Nuxt), backend frameworks (NestJS, Django, Express, FastAPI), and fullstack applications. Use when users mention: generate PRD, reverse-engineer requirements, code to documentation, extract product specs from code, document page logic, analyze page fields and interactions, create a functional inventory, write requirements from an existing codebase, document API endpoints, or analyze backend routes.

    Buildfrom Multi-Domain Skills
  2. 02api-docs

    10 installs

    Generate OpenAPI 3.1 documentation from your API codebase. Auto-detects Express, Fastify, NestJS, Django, FastAPI, Flask, Rails, Spring, Go, and more. Triggers: you need API documentation, OpenAPI spec, Swagger docs, endpoint reference, or REST API docs.

    Docsfrom Skills Hub
  3. 03find-skills

    5 installs

    Helps users discover and install agent skills when they ask questions like "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or express interest in extending capabilities. This skill should be used when the user is looking for functionality that might exist as an installable skill.

    Healthcarefrom OpenClaw Medical
  4. 04find-skills

    5 installs

    Helps users discover and install agent skills when they ask questions like "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or express interest in extending capabilities. This skill should be used when the user is looking for functionality that might exist as an installable skill.

    Buildfrom DeerFlow
  5. 05surprise-me

    5 installs

    Create a delightful, unexpected "wow" experience for the user by dynamically discovering and creatively combining other enabled skills. Triggers when the user says "surprise me" or any request expressing a desire for an unexpected creative showcase. Also triggers when the user is bored, wants inspiration, or asks for "something interesting".

    Buildfrom DeerFlow
  6. 06contract-test

    3 installs

    Generate consumer-driven contract tests for APIs. Auto-detects framework (Express, Fastify, NestJS, Django, FastAPI, Go), selects Pact, OpenAPI validation, or schema snapshots, verifies backward compatibility, catches breaking changes before deploy, and configures CI verification..

    Testfrom Skills Hub
  7. 07find-skills

    3 installs

    Helps users discover and install agent skills when they ask questions like "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or express interest in extending capabilities. This skill should be used when the user is looking for functionality that might exist as an installable skill.

    Buildfrom Cherry Studio
  8. 08youtube-api-skill

    2 installs

    This skill helps users automatically extract detailed video metrics and channel information from YouTube based on keyword searches using the BrowserAct API. The Agent should proactively apply this skill when users express needs such as extract specific keyword YouTube video detailed data, monitor the latest video performance of competitor channels, collect comment and like counts for videos on a specific topic, find AI agent tutorials published this week and extract metrics, evaluate total views and subscriber info for specific videos, scrape detailed metrics of marketing campaign videos, track video trends for a tech topic periodically, get high quality video list data for specified keywords on YouTube, mine detailed information of the latest YouTube videos, collect video duration and engagement data for specific industries, or monitor YouTube content creator performance metrics.

    Buildfrom BrowserAct
  9. 09youtube-batch-transcript-extractor-api-skill

    2 installs

    This skill helps users automatically extract YouTube video transcripts and metadata in batch via the BrowserAct API. The Agent should proactively apply this skill when users express needs like batch extract full transcripts from YouTube videos for specific keywords, scrape YouTube subtitles for a list of videos, get batch video metadata and likes counts for analysis, automate YouTube search and subtitle extraction, collect multiple video transcripts published this week, download bulk YouTube video subtitles without writing crawler scripts, build a dataset of transcripts from top YouTube videos, extract YouTube video URLs and publisher info in batch, gather full video content for AI summarization pipelines, monitor recent YouTube videos and extract their transcripts, batch retrieve structured subtitle data for media research, extract transcripts from trending YouTube content automatically.

    Buildfrom BrowserAct
  10. 10github-project-contributor-finder-api-skill

    2 installs

    This skill helps users extract GitHub repository project details and contributor contact information using keywords, stars, and update dates. Agent should proactively apply this skill when users express needs like search for GitHub projects by keywords, find top open-source contributors in specific domains, extract developer contacts from GitHub repositories, discover trending repositories with high stars, gather contributor profiles and social links for tech recruiting, retrieve GitHub project descriptions and metrics, build developer communities by finding active contributors, search for repositories updated recently, collect personal website and Twitter links of developers, generate targeted leads for developer tools, or track active open-source contributors for collaboration.

    Buildfrom BrowserAct
  11. 11google-news-api-skill

    2 installs

    This skill helps users automatically extract structured news data from Google News via BrowserAct API. Agent should proactively apply this skill when users express needs like searching for news about a specific topic, tracking industry trends, monitoring public relations or sentiment, collecting competitor updates, getting latest reports on specific keywords, monitoring brand exposure in media, researching market hot topics, summarizing daily industry news, tracking media activities of specific individuals, retrieving hot events from the past 24 hours, extracting structured data for market research, monitoring global breaking news.

    Buildfrom BrowserAct
  12. 12wechat-article-search-api-skill

    1 installs

    This skill helps users extract full article contents from WeChat using the BrowserAct API. The Agent should proactively apply this skill when users express needs like finding full WeChat articles for specific keywords, tracking WeChat public accounts for industry trends, extracting WeChat article contents for media research, monitoring public relations on WeChat platforms, collecting competitor updates from WeChat, getting full article body from WeChat links, monitoring brand exposure on WeChat articles, retrieving structured WeChat data for sentiment analysis, summarizing daily news from WeChat, getting author and publication date for WeChat articles, or automating WeChat content extraction without scraping.

    Buildfrom BrowserAct
  13. 13context7-docs

    1 installs

    Fetch up-to-date documentation and code examples for any library, framework, SDK, CLI tool, or cloud service. Use whenever the user asks about a specific library — even well-known ones like React, Next.js, Prisma, Express, Tailwind, Django, or Spring Boot — because training data may not reflect recent API changes or version updates. Always use for: API syntax questions, configuration options, version migration issues, "how do I" questions mentioning a library name, debugging that involves library-specific behavior, setup instructions, and CLI tool usage. Use even when you think you know the answer. Do not rely on training data for API details, signatures, or configuration options — they are frequently out of date. Prefer this over web search for library documentation.

    Buildfrom Context7 (Upstash)
  14. 14agentic-actions-auditor

    1 installs

    Audits GitHub Actions workflows for security vulnerabilities in AI agent integrations including Claude Code Action, Gemini CLI, OpenAI Codex, and GitHub AI Inference. Detects attack vectors where attacker-controlled input reaches AI agents running in CI/CD pipelines, including env var intermediary patterns, direct expression injection, dangerous sandbox configurations, and wildcard user allowlists. Use when reviewing workflow files that invoke AI coding agents, auditing CI/CD pipeline security for prompt injection risks, or evaluating agentic action configurations.

    Buildfrom Trail of Bits
  15. 15azure-enclave

    1 installs

    Expert knowledge for Azure Enclave development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and deployment. Use when building DMZ/AVD/AKS enclave apps, configuring RBAC/CMK, deploying via Bicep/ARM, or setting up ExpressRoute/VPN, and other Azure Enclave related development tasks. Not for Azure Confidential Computing (use azure-confidential-computing), Azure Attestation (use azure-attestation), Azure Dedicated HSM (use azure-dedicated-hsm), Azure Cloud Hsm (use azure-cloud-hsm).

    Buildfrom Microsoft Docs
  16. 16securing-github-actions-workflows

    1 installs

    Hardens GitHub Actions workflows against supply chain attacks, credential theft, and privilege escalation: pinning actions to SHA digests, minimizing GITHUB_TOKEN permissions, protecting secrets, preventing script injection in workflow expressions, and requiring reviewers for workflow changes. Use when hardening GitHub Actions workflows that handle secrets, deploy to production, or run with elevated permissions.

    Buildfrom Cybersecurity Skills
  17. 17business-contact-social-links-skill

    1 installs

    This skill helps users automatically extract official website and social media profiles. Agent should proactively apply this skill when users express needs like search for official website and social media contacts of a company, find YouTube and LinkedIn profiles by company name, extract social media links from a specific website URL, discover a company's X and Facebook presence, gather business contact details using their brand name, retrieve TikTok and Instagram links from a target website, track competitor social media strategy, extract multi-platform social links for lead generation, find official contact channels of local businesses, collect canonical profile URLs for outreach campaigns, or build a contact database from Yellow Pages leads.

    Buildfrom BrowserAct
  18. 18youtube-influencer-finder-api-skill

    1 installs

    This skill helps users extract YouTube influencer profiles including social links, subscriber counts, and channel stats via the BrowserAct API. Agent should proactively apply this skill when users express needs like finding YouTube creators for specific keywords, discovering influencers for a marketing campaign, extracting YouTube channel contact emails, scraping YouTube influencer social media links, gathering subscriber counts for YouTube creators, researching top YouTube channels in a specific niche, compiling a list of YouTube content creators with recent uploads, collecting YouTube creator profiles for outreach, extracting total views and video counts for specific YouTube influencers, building a database of YouTube partners for market research, finding YouTube influencers who uploaded videos this month, or monitoring competitor influencer activities on YouTube.

    Buildfrom BrowserAct

Frequently asked questions

Do AI skills handle Express middleware ordering?

Yes. The code-review skill flags common mistakes, body-parser ordering, error handlers in the wrong slot, async handlers without next(error) propagation, and the api-scaffold skill emits them in the right order.

Can AI migrate Express to Fastify or Hono?

Yes via the migrate skill. It maps Express middleware to Fastify hooks or Hono middleware functions, rewrites route handlers, and updates types. Tests run against both old and new to catch regressions.

What's the best AI tool for Express?

Any of them. Express is the best-represented JS backend in every model's training data, so all major AI coding tools handle it well.

Should I start a new project in Express or Fastify in 2026?

Fastify or Hono for new projects, faster, better TypeScript support, OpenAPI generation, no Express 4 vs 5 churn. Express remains right when you're maintaining an existing app or your team is deeply familiar with it.

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