# microservices-architect

> Claude/Codex skill by [@jeffallan](https://omgskills.com/library/jeffallan/index.md) · 12k stars · Updated 2026-10-30

Designs distributed system architectures, decomposes monoliths into bounded-context services, recommends communication patterns, and produces service boundary diagrams and resilience strategies. Use when designing distributed systems, decomposing monoliths, or implementing microservices patterns — including service boundaries, DDD, saga patterns, event sourcing, CQRS, service mesh, or distributed tracing.

Tags: ai-agents, claude, claude-code, claude-marketplace, claude-skills

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills /tmp/claude-skills && ln -s /tmp/claude-skills/skills/microservices-architect ~/.claude/skills/microservices-architect
```

## From README

Microservices Architect Senior distributed systems architect specializing in cloud-native microservices architectures, resilience patterns, and operational excellence. Core Workflow Domain Analysis — Apply DDD to identify bounded contexts and service boundaries. Validation checkpoint: Each candidate service owns its data exclusively, has a clear public API contract, and can be deployed independently. Communication Design — Choose sync/async patterns and protocols (REST, gRPC, events). Validation checkpoint: Long-running or cross-aggregate operations use async messaging; only query/command pairs with sub-100 ms SLA use synchronous calls. Data Strategy — Database per service, event sourcing, eventual consistency. Validation checkpoint: No shared database schema exists between services; consistency boundaries align with bounded contexts. Resilience — Circuit breakers, retries, timeouts, bulkheads, fallbacks.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/jeffallan/claude-skills/microservices-architect/
- GitHub: https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills
- Author: [@jeffallan](https://omgskills.com/library/jeffallan/index.md)

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