Can this skill help migrate a monolith to microservices?

Yes, it provides strategies like the Strangler Fig pattern and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) to help you identify service boundaries and safely extract functionality from legacy systems.

Does it support event-driven architectures?

Absolutely. It includes patterns for asynchronous communication using message brokers like Kafka or RabbitMQ, facilitating loose coupling between services.

What resilience patterns are included?

It covers essential fault-tolerance mechanisms including Circuit Breakers to prevent cascading failures, Exponential Backoff for retries, and Bulkheads for resource isolation.

How does it handle distributed transactions?

The skill implements the Saga pattern, which manages distributed transactions through a series of local transactions and compensating actions to ensure eventual consistency.

What is the Microservices Patterns skill for Claude?

It is a specialized capability that enables Claude to provide architectural guidance and implementation patterns for building distributed systems, focusing on scalability and resilience.

Microservices Architecture Patterns

Name: Microservices Architecture Patterns
Author: HermeticOrmus

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Design and implement resilient, scalable distributed systems using service boundaries, event-driven communication, and fault-tolerance patterns.

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This skill equips Claude with the expertise to architect enterprise-grade microservices environments. It guides developers through the complexities of decomposing monoliths using Domain-Driven Design (DDD), implementing robust inter-service communication via REST or event streaming, and managing distributed data consistency with the Saga pattern. By incorporating resilience patterns like circuit breakers and bulkheads, it ensures your distributed systems remain stable under load and prevents cascading failures, making it an indispensable resource for modern backend development and cloud-native transitions.

Características Principales

Fault-tolerance through Circuit Breakers, Retries, and Bulkhead patterns
Distributed transaction management and eventual consistency via Sagas
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Implementation of synchronous REST and asynchronous event-driven messaging
API Gateway architecture for centralized entry points and service aggregation
Strategic service decomposition using DDD and Strangler Fig patterns

Casos de Uso

Refactoring a monolithic application into modular microservices
Designing event-driven backends for real-time data processing
Building high-availability systems with automated fault handling and resilience

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Características Principales

Fault-tolerance through Circuit Breakers, Retries, and Bulkhead patterns
Distributed transaction management and eventual consistency via Sagas
0 GitHub stars
Implementation of synchronous REST and asynchronous event-driven messaging
API Gateway architecture for centralized entry points and service aggregation
Strategic service decomposition using DDD and Strangler Fig patterns

Casos de Uso

Refactoring a monolithic application into modular microservices
Designing event-driven backends for real-time data processing
Building high-availability systems with automated fault handling and resilience