Agent skill

Microservices Patterns

by davila7 in davila7/claude-code-templates

Master microservices architecture patterns including service boundaries, inter-service communication, data management, and resilience patterns for building distributed systems.

MITAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Microservices Patterns

skills CLI
$ npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill microservices-patterns -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates microservices-patterns --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-tool/components/skills/development/microservices-patterns .claude/skills/microservices-patterns && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
microservices-patterns
GitHub stars
32k
Used in
13 other repos
Token cost
~344 tokens
SKILL.md length
124 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
477
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Master microservices architecture patterns including service boundaries, inter-service communication, data management, and resilience patterns for building distributed systems.

  • Works in 4 steps: Identify domain boundaries and ownership… → Define contracts, data ownership, and… → Plan resilience, observability, and… → …
  • Tasks that involve Microservices
  • SKILL.md covers Use this skill when, Do not use this skill when, Instructions and Resources
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Microservices Patterns is an agent skill from davila7/claude-code-templates. Master microservices architecture patterns including service boundaries, inter-service communication, data management, and resilience patterns for building distributed systems.

Its SKILL.md is about 340 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `resources/implementation-playbook.md`).

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Microservices. The repository describes itself as: CLI tool for configuring and monitoring Claude Code. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Microservices

Example prompts

  • “/microservices-patterns”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Identify domain boundaries and ownership for each service.
  2. Define contracts, data ownership, and communication patterns.
  3. Plan resilience, observability, and deployment strategy.
  4. Provide migration steps and operational guardrails.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4c82aba. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Microservices Patterns loads about 344 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 50 tokens; SKILL.md has 124 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~50
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~344

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from davila7/claude-code-templates at commit 4c82aba, republished under its MIT licence (© davila7). 124 words, ~344 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/microservices-patterns/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
microservices-patterns
description
Master microservices architecture patterns including service boundaries, inter-service communication, data management, and resilience patterns for building distributed systems.
risk
none
source
community
date_added
2026-02-27

Microservices Patterns

Master microservices architecture patterns including service boundaries, inter-service communication, data management, and resilience patterns for building distributed systems.

Use this skill when

  • 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

Do not use this skill when

  • The system is small enough for a modular monolith
  • You need a quick prototype without distributed complexity
  • There is no operational support for distributed systems

Instructions

  1. Identify domain boundaries and ownership for each service.
  2. Define contracts, data ownership, and communication patterns.
  3. Plan resilience, observability, and deployment strategy.
  4. Provide migration steps and operational guardrails.

Resources

  • resources/implementation-playbook.md for detailed patterns and examples.

© davila7, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in cli-tool/components/skills/development/microservices-patterns of davila7/claude-code-templates.

  • SKILL.md
  • resources/implementation-playbook.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4c82aba

Used in 13 other repositories

We found 28 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 13 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in davila7/claude-code-templates, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Microservices Patterns

What does Microservices Patterns do?

Master microservices architecture patterns including service boundaries, inter-service communication, data management, and resilience patterns for building distributed systems. Microservices Patterns is an agent skill from davila7/claude-code-templates. Master microservices architecture patterns including service boundaries, inter-service communication, data management, and resilience patterns for building distributed systems.

When should I use Microservices Patterns?

Microservices Patterns fits situations like: tasks that involve Microservices.

How do I install Microservices Patterns in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill microservices-patterns -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-tool/components/skills/development/microservices-patterns in davila7/claude-code-templates) into .claude/skills/microservices-patterns in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Microservices Patterns in Codex?

Run `npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill microservices-patterns -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-tool/components/skills/development/microservices-patterns in davila7/claude-code-templates) into .agents/skills/microservices-patterns in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Microservices Patterns in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill microservices-patterns -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/microservices-patterns, .gemini/skills/microservices-patterns, .github/skills/microservices-patterns and .opencode/skills/microservices-patterns in your project.

What does Microservices Patterns need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Microservices Patterns is instructions for the agent only.

Does Microservices Patterns access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Microservices Patterns safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Microservices Patterns use?

Microservices Patterns is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Microservices Patterns use?

About 344 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Microservices Patterns?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Microservices Patterns: Node Backend Development Guidelines (diet103/claude-code-infrastructure-showcase, 10k stars), Nodejs Backend Patterns (ever-works/ever-works, 158 stars), AWS Serverless Eda (zxkane/aws-skills, 367 stars) and Golang Pro (antoniopaya22/go-rest-template, 172 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Microservices Patterns?

davila7 (a GitHub user) maintains it in davila7/claude-code-templates, which has 32,432 GitHub stars. The repository holds 477 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: davila7/claude-code-templates on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.