microservices-patterns
Design microservices architectures with service boundaries, event-driven communication, and resilience patterns
Install / Use
npx skills add wshobson/agents --skill microservices-patternsInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
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Our assessment of microservices-patterns
microservices-patterns scores 79/100 on our quality scale, 35th of 55 Legal skills we index.
Its SKILL.md is 2.1 KB long, well organised into 8 sections and no code examples: moderately detailed.
With 39,920 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 5 days ago, so microservices-patterns is actively maintained.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
Safety scan
No issues foundOur scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands.
Automated pattern scan on 2026-09-25. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.
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- Is microservices-patterns still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 5 days ago, so microservices-patterns is actively maintained.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: microservices-patterns description: Design microservices architectures with service boundaries, event-driven communication, and resilience patterns. Use when building distributed systems, decomposing monoliths, or implementing microservices.
Microservices Patterns
Master microservices architecture patterns including service boundaries, inter-service communication, data management, and resilience patterns for building distributed systems.
When to Use This Skill
- Decomposing monoliths into microservices
- Designing service boundaries and contracts
- Implementing inter-service communication
- Managing distributed data and transactions
- Building resilient distributed systems
- Implementing service discovery and load balancing
- Designing event-driven architectures
Core Concepts
1. Service Decomposition Strategies
By Business Capability
- Organize services around business functions
- Each service owns its domain
- Example: OrderService, PaymentService, InventoryService
By Subdomain (DDD)
- Core domain, supporting subdomains
- Bounded contexts map to services
- Clear ownership and responsibility
Strangler Fig Pattern
- Gradually extract from monolith
- New functionality as microservices
- Proxy routes to old/new systems
2. Communication Patterns
Synchronous (Request/Response)
- REST APIs
- gRPC
- GraphQL
Asynchronous (Events/Messages)
- Event streaming (Kafka)
- Message queues (RabbitMQ, SQS)
- Pub/Sub patterns
3. Data Management
Database Per Service
- Each service owns its data
- No shared databases
- Loose coupling
Saga Pattern
- Distributed transactions
- Compensating actions
- Eventual consistency
4. Resilience Patterns
Circuit Breaker
- Fail fast on repeated errors
- Prevent cascade failures
Retry with Backoff
- Transient fault handling
- Exponential backoff
Bulkhead
- Isolate resources
- Limit impact of failures
Detailed patterns and worked examples
Detailed pattern documentation lives in references/details.md. Read that file when the navigation tier above is insufficient.
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