microservices-architect
An agent skill by Jeffallan, from Jeffallan/claude-skills. Tags: api, architecture, devops, microservices, performance, strategy.
What it does
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.
Install
With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:
npx skills add Jeffallan/claude-skills --skill microservices-architectOr copy the skill folder into Claude Code's skills directory by hand (~/.claude/skills for every project, or .claude/skills inside one):
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills
cp -r claude-skills/skills/microservices-architect ~/.claude/skills/microservices-architectSafety box score
Grade A, minimal risk: 0 of 100 risk points, rated 2026-09-22. The grade rates what the skill and its scripts can reach on the machine of whoever installs it, across eight categories from shell execution to secrets access. How the score works.
This skill is documentation-only: it provides microservices architecture guidance, reference markdown, and illustrative code snippets, but no scripts, installers, or automation. The main impact is advisory rather than operational, so the machine-risk surface is very small.
| Category | Level | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Code & shell execution | 0 (none) | The repository contains only Markdown guidance and examples; there are no shell scripts, binaries, or evaluable code shipped as tooling. |
| Network access | 0 (none) | It does not download data or send data to remote hosts; the only outbound reference is a documentation URL in `SKILL.md`. |
| Filesystem reach | 0 (none) | There are no commands that read, write, or delete files on the user's machine; the content is explanatory text only. |
| Secrets & credentials | 0 (none) | Nothing in the skill asks for credentials, token access, `.env` files, or other secret stores. |
| Privilege & persistence | 0 (none) | No sudo, service installation, shell/profile changes, or OS-level configuration is requested. |
| Instruction hijack surface | 0 (none) | The text does not tell the agent to ignore higher-priority instructions, hide actions, or follow untrusted remote content. |
| Irreversible actions | 0 (none) | It advises on architecture and resilience but does not deploy, publish, message, delete, or otherwise act on the user's behalf. |
| Transparency | 0 (none) | All shipped files are readable Markdown; there are no binaries, minified blobs, or runtime-decoded payloads. |
Before installing
- Confirm the skill package is only the listed Markdown files and contains no hidden scripts or installers.
- If you want to trust the guidance, skim the referenced `references/*.md` files for the assumptions it makes about microservices design.
Rated 2026-09-22 by an automated review of 6 files from the skill's repository.
Source
- Repository
- Jeffallan/claude-skills (all skills from this repository)
- Path
- skills/microservices-architect/SKILL.md
- Branch
- main
- Updated
- 2026-09-19
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