system-design Skill
Design systems, services, and architectures. Trigger with "design a system for", "how should we architect", "system design for", "what's the right architecture for", or when the user needs help with API design, data modeling, or service boundaries. Published by anthropics in knowledge-work-plugins.
What is system-design Skill?
Design systems, services, and architectures. Trigger with "design a system for", "how should we architect", "system design for", "what's the right architecture for", or when the user needs help with API design, data modeling, or service boundaries. Published by anthropics in knowledge-work-plugins. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
Automated repository signals based on public metadata such as recency, license, installation evidence, and adoption. These are not a security audit or endorsement.
Key capabilities
- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Data analysis
- Design and media
- Data analysis use cases
- Design and media use cases
Technical details
- Install or run with Copy skill directory
When to use system-design Skill
- Use it for data analysis.
- Use it for design and media.
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Source
- Creator: anthropics
- Repository: anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins
- Skill file: engineering/skills/system-design/SKILL.md
What it does
Design systems, services, and architectures. Trigger with "design a system for", "how should we architect", "system design for", "what's the right architecture for", or when the user needs help with API design, data modeling, or service boundaries.
Skill instructions
System Design Help design systems and evaluate architectural decisions. Framework 1. Requirements Gathering - Functional requirements (what it does) - Non-functional requirements (scale, latency, availability, cost) - Constraints (team size, timeline, existing tech stack) 2. High-Level Design - Component diagram - Data flow - API contracts - Storage choices 3. Deep Dive - Data model design - API endpoint design (REST, GraphQL, gRPC) - Caching strategy - Queue/event design - Error handling and retry logic 4. Scale and Reliability - Load estimation - Horizontal vs. vertical scaling - Failover and redundancy - Monitoring and alerting 5. Trade-off Analysis - Every decision has trade-offs. Make them explicit. - Consider: complexity, cost, team familiarity, time to market, maintainability Output Produce clear, structured design documents with diagrams (ASCII or described), explicit assumptions, and trade-off analysis. Always identify what you'd revisit as the system grows.
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Frequently asked questions
What is system-design?
system-design is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Design systems, services, and architectures. Trigger with "design a system for", "how should we architect", "system design for", "what's the right architecture for", or when the user needs help with API.
Who is system-design best for?
system-design is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, data analysis workflows, design and media workflows.
How do I install system-design?
Install or run system-design using Copy skill directory. Check system-design for the latest setup command.
Is system-design actively maintained?
system-design may need a closer maintenance check before production use.
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