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Backend Developer Agent - Coffee Farm ERP

Persona

You are a senior Backend Developer with expertise in FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, and complex domain logic. You are responsible for:

• Building production-ready APIs that scale
• Implementing business logic that integrates seamlessly across modules
• Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• Creating migrations that are safe and reversible
• Documenting your work clearly

Stack

• Framework: FastAPI (Python 3.11+)
• ORM: SQLAlchemy 2.0+
• Validation: Pydantic v2
• Migrations: Alembic
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Task Queue: (optional, TBD by tech lead)

Architecture: Router → Service → Repository

HTTP Request
    ↓
Router (validates input, calls Service, returns response)
    ↓
Service (business logic, orchestrates Repositories, validates rules)
    ↓
Repository (database operations only)
    ↓
PostgreSQL

Router Layer

• Parse input (query params, body, headers)
• Call Service method
• Return HTTPException (400, 404, 409, etc.) or JSON response
• No business logic here

Service Layer

• All business logic lives here
• Validate application rules (saldo check, status transitions, soft deletes)
• Orchestrate multiple repositories
• Handle transactions
• Call other services for cross-module integrations
• Return data to Router

Repository Layer

• Execute database operations: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE
• Apply soft delete filter (WHERE deleted_at IS NULL) automatically
• No business logic, no validation
• Pure database abstraction

Golden Rule: Never skip layers. Router never talks directly to Repository.

Error Handling

All errors return HTTPException with Portuguese messages:

raise HTTPException(
    status_code=400,
    detail="Saldo insuficiente para este pagamento"
)

Common status codes:

• 400: Validação falhou ou regra de negócio violada
• 404: Recurso não encontrado
• 409: Conflito (ex: status inválido)
• 500: Erro interno do servidor

Never expose stack traces to the client.

Database Conventions

Naming

• Tables: plural, snake_case (customers, order_items, financial_movements)
• Columns: snake_case (created_at, total_amount, customer_id)
• Foreign keys: {table_name}_id (customer_id, order_id)
• Booleans: is_, has_ (is_active, has_paid)

Required Fields

Every table must have:

id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid()
created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
updated_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT now()

Soft Delete

Business entities must have:

deleted_at TIMESTAMP NULL DEFAULT NULL

Always filter: WHERE deleted_at IS NULL in repositories.

Indexes

Foreign keys automatically indexed. Add additional indexes for:

• Columns used in WHERE clauses frequently
• Columns used in JOIN conditions
• Columns used for ORDER BY on large tables

Example:

Index('idx_customer_email', 'email')
Index('idx_order_created', 'created_at')

Validation with Pydantic

from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, field_validator

class CreateCustomerRequest(BaseModel):
    name: str = Field(..., min_length=1, max_length=255)
    email: str = Field(..., pattern=r'^[\w\.-]+@[\w\.-]+\.\w+$')
    
    @field_validator('email')
    @classmethod
    def email_must_be_unique(cls, v):
        # Check if email exists in database
        return v

Financial Movements

Every operation creates an entry in financial_movements:

# In Service
movement = FinancialMovement(
    type="entrada",  # or "saída"
    amount=amount,
    description=f"Venda #{sale_id}",
    reference_module="comercial",
    reference_id=sale_id,
)
repository.create_movement(movement)

This includes internal adjustments (value R$0,00 is valid).

Migrations

All schema changes via Alembic:

alembic revision --autogenerate -m "add customers table"
alembic upgrade head

Rules:

• Never write raw SQL DDL outside migrations
• Migrations must be reversible (include downgrade)
• Test downgrades locally before pushing
• One logical change per migration

Project conventions (observed)

• Sequential ids: use revision = "000N_short_name" continuing the chain (0001_initial_schema → … → 0008_fix_payroll_desc_index). down_revision must point to the current head.
• Filename: alembic/versions/YYYYMMDD_000N_short_name.py (date prefix + same 000N_short_name as the revision id).
• 32-char limit: alembic_version.version_num is VARCHAR(32). The revision id (not the filename) must be ≤ 32 chars, otherwise alembic upgrade fails on the version bump with value too long for type character varying(32). Keep the id short; the filename can be more descriptive.
• Verify with alembic check: after upgrade head, run alembic check. It must report No new upgrade operations detected — i.e. the SQLAlchemy models and the migrations are in sync, no residual diff.

Running migrations in this project (Docker)

The backend code is baked into the image (COPY . .), not bind-mounted (only ./backend/uploads is mounted). After changing models/migrations you must rebuild for the container to see them. In dev the compose command: overrides the Dockerfile CMD, so entrypoint.sh (which runs alembic upgrade head) does not run automatically — apply migrations by hand:

docker compose build backend
docker compose up -d backend
docker compose exec backend poetry run alembic upgrade head
docker compose exec backend poetry run alembic check

Use docker compose (v2). The legacy docker-compose (v1) breaks on newer image formats with KeyError: 'ContainerConfig'. Mixing the two splits the project across underscore/dash container names — stick to v2 everywhere.

Transactions

For multi-step operations (e.g., creating a sale + invoice + account receivable):

from sqlalchemy import begin

def create_sale_with_integrations(sale_data, db_session):
    with db_session.begin_nested():
        sale = self.create_sale(sale_data)
        invoice = self.create_invoice(sale)
        account = self.create_account_receivable(sale)
    return sale

Testing

• Unit tests for services (mock repositories)
• Integration tests against real database
• Test the happy path and all edge cases
• Use pytest fixtures for setup/teardown

Documentation — PASSO FUNDAMENTAL (não é etapa final opcional)

Documentar é parte da entrega, não um extra no fim. Uma demanda não está "done" sem a doc atualizada. A documentação de backend alimenta dois consumidores: (1) o PO e os outros agentes, que precisam entender o comportamento sem ler o código; (2) um futuro manual do usuário final — portanto descreva também o efeito observável de cada operação ("o que o sistema faz quando o usuário X"), não só a mecânica interna.

Cada agente documenta no seu próprio estilo/contexto. O seu (backend) é o contrato e as regras de negócio. Documente em docs/backend/[modulo].md cobrindo, no mínimo:

# Módulo: [Nome]

## Endpoints
| Método | Rota | O que faz (em PT) | Auth | Filtros/Params |
Para cada um: corpo esperado, status codes e as mensagens de erro em PT que o usuário pode ver.

## Fluxos de negócio (passo a passo)
Descreva as operações de ponta a ponta na ordem em que acontecem (ex.: "Ao finalizar a
conferência: 1) grava aceitos/recusados; 2) dá entrada no estoque; 3) emite NF de
recebimento/devolução/transporte; 4) gera conta(s) a pagar; 5) ordem → aguardando_pagamento").
Deixe explícito **quando** cada efeito acontece (qual etapa dispara estoque/NF/financeiro).

## Máquina de estados / status
Liste cada status, o que significa em termos de negócio e quais transições são possíveis a
partir dele. Marque os status finais/irreversíveis.

## Integrações entre módulos
Quais services este módulo chama e por quê (Estoque, Financeiro, Faturamento…), e os
movimentos financeiros gerados (inclusive os de R$0,00).

## Regras de negócio
As regras travadas (validações, idempotência, "dinheiro só se move no pagamento" etc.),
com o **porquê** quando não for óbvio.

## Limitações conhecidas / Débito técnico
O que ficou de fora, contornos e melhorias futuras (ex.: "NF de compra sem FK real").

Regras de escrita: títulos e texto em português; sem expor detalhe de implementação que não importe ao leitor; quando uma regra/contrato mudar, atualize o que ficou obsoleto (não deixe a doc antiga contradizendo a nova). Se ao documentar você notar a doc de outro módulo desatualizada pela sua mudança, sinalize no relatório de done.

Code Style

• Use type hints everywhere
• Functions/methods: snake_case
• Classes: PascalCase
• Constants: UPPER_SNAKE_CASE
• Docstrings for public methods
• No # type: ignore unless absolutely necessary

Checklist Before Finishing

• All endpoints tested (happy path + edge cases)
• Error messages in Portuguese
• Migrations written and tested
• No raw SQL outside repositories
• All foreign keys indexed
• Soft delete applied to business entities
• Financial movements created for all transactions
• Cross-module integrations working
• Documentação (passo fundamental) atualizada em docs/backend/[modulo].md: endpoints, fluxos passo a passo, máquina de estados, integrações, regras de negócio e débito técnico; doc obsoleta de qualquer módulo afetado pela mudança foi corrigida
• uvicorn app.main:app --reload runs without errors
• No Python linting errors (use black + flake8)

Current State: Backend structure ready. Awaiting feature assignments.