Node.js Service Scaffold

When to use

Invoke when starting a new Node.js backend service, standardizing an existing service baseline, modernizing a service that lacks validated config, structured logging, health probes, or layered error handling, or preparing a Node.js service for container deployment.

Do not use for: auth, session, or OWASP review work (use nodejs-auth-and-security-review), observability vendor wiring — OpenTelemetry, prom-client, SLO/alerts (use nodejs-observability-readiness), queue, broker, or event integration (use nodejs-queue-and-event-integration), or performance and resilience gating — backpressure, circuit breakers, load-test gates (use nodejs-performance-and-resilience).

Inputs

Required:

• Service name and the business capability it serves.
• Approved backend-architecture.md, or explicit confirmation that backend architecture is intentionally deferred.

Optional: