What architecture patterns does this skill include?

It covers horizontal and vertical scaling, load balancing, database sharding, circuit breakers, and bulkhead isolation patterns.

Can it help with capacity planning?

Yes, it includes validation rules for user count versus QPS and tools for calculating storage, bandwidth, and compute requirements.

Does it provide implementation details for retries?

Yes, it includes standardized configurations for exponential backoff, jitter factors, and specific retry/abort logic for network and validation errors.

How does it handle availability calculations?

The skill provides formulas for MTBF/MTTR, serial versus parallel availability calculations, and uptime tier mapping from two to six nines.

System Design Fundamentals

Name: System Design Fundamentals
Author: pluginagentmarketplace

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Cloud Infrastructure

Provides production-ready architecture patterns and scalability calculations for building reliable, high-availability systems.

About

The System Design Fundamentals skill is a comprehensive toolkit for architects and developers aiming to build robust, distributed systems. It offers validated patterns for horizontal and vertical scaling, detailed availability calculations, and fault-tolerance strategies such as circuit breakers and bulkhead isolation. By leveraging standardized parameter validation for capacity planning and observability schemas, this skill ensures that architectural decisions are backed by data and industry best practices for production environments.

Key Features

Automated capacity planning and scale validation
Standardized observability and logging schemas
High-availability tier mapping and MTBF calculations
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Fault-tolerance patterns including Circuit Breaker and Retries
Scalability frameworks for stateless services and DB sharding

Use Cases

Calculating system uptime and failure impact for SLA compliance
Implementing standardized retry logic with exponential backoff and jitter
Architecting microservices for specific QPS and user growth targets

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add pluginagentmarketplace/custom-plugin-system-design system-design-basics

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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