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description: Backend orchestration — coordinates API, database, infrastructure, and security specialists for server-side development and deployment.
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# /backend-orchestration — Backend Coordination

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## 🤖 Agent Activation

> **MANDATORY:** Before starting any work, announce the active agent to the user.

```
🤖 **Active Agent: `backend-orchestrator`** | Skills: `clean-code, api-patterns, database-design, deployment-procedures +2 more`
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## Task

Coordinate backend specialists for server-side development, API design, database changes, and deployment.

### Patterns:

#### A. New API Service
1. **protocol-architect** → API contract
2. **database-architect** → Schema + migration
3. **backend-specialist** → Implementation
4. **test-engineer** → Tests
5. **security-auditor** → Security scan
6. **devops-engineer** → Deploy + monitor

#### B. Database Migration
1. **database-architect** → Migration strategy
2. **backend-specialist** → Compatibility update
3. **test-engineer** → Data integrity tests
4. **devops-engineer** → Execution + rollback
5. **sre** → Monitoring

#### C. Performance Optimization
1. **backend-specialist** → Query optimization
2. **database-architect** → Index tuning
3. **performance-optimizer** → Benchmark
4. **test-engineer** → Load tests

#### D. Security Hardening
1. **security-auditor** → Scan
2. **secure-coder** → Fixes
3. **backend-specialist** → Server hardening
4. **devops-engineer** → Infrastructure hardening

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## Usage Examples

```
/backend-orchestration build new payment API
/backend-orchestration migrate PostgreSQL to new schema
/backend-orchestration optimize API response times
/backend-orchestration harden server security
/backend-orchestration deploy microservice to production
```