Agent skill

Algolia Reference Architecture

by jeremylongshore in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

Design or review an Algolia search architecture across source data, indexing, query, UI, events, and operations.

MITAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Algolia Reference Architecture

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill algolia-reference-architecture -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace algolia-reference-architecture --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/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/algolia-reference-architecture .claude/skills/algolia-reference-architecture && 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
algolia-reference-architecture
GitHub stars
2.8k
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
384 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
3,342
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Design or review an Algolia search architecture across source data, indexing, query, UI, events, and operations.

  • Works in 6 steps: Map current components, data stores,… → Define the record contract, stable… → Choose query and UI boundaries,… → …
  • Establishing system boundaries
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Prerequisites, Tool Discipline and Current Contract, plus 7 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Algolia Reference Architecture is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Design or review an Algolia search architecture across source data, indexing, query, UI, events, and operations. Use when establishing system boundaries or evaluating an existing integration. Trigger with "Algolia architecture", "design search platform", or "review Algolia integration".

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/official-docs.md`). Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Search implementation. It works with Algolia. The repository describes itself as: Model-agnostic agent-skills platform with a harness-free canonical layer, verified adapters, and the ccpi package manager. Explore at tonsofskills.com. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Establishing system boundaries
  • Evaluating an existing integration
  • With Algolia architecture
  • Design search platform

Example prompts

  • “Algolia architecture”
  • “design search platform”
  • “review Algolia integration”
  • “/algolia-reference-architecture”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit

Workflow steps

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

  1. Map current components, data stores, producers, consumers, credentials, indices, and deployment environments.
  2. Define the record contract, stable identity, deletion semantics, settings ownership, and freshness objective.
  3. Choose query and UI boundaries, including browser versus server execution and tenant restrictions.
  4. Add event flow only where consent, user-token, query-ID, and validation requirements are owned.
  5. Model failures for source lag, partial indexing, key denial, provider degradation, and relevance regressions.
  6. Produce architecture decisions, interfaces, tests, observability, rollout, and rollback.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Glob
    • Grep
    • WebFetch
    • Write
    • Edit

    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

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • algolia.com

    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.

  • Compatibility

    Designed for Claude Code

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Algolia Reference Architecture loads about 1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 80 tokens; SKILL.md has 384 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~80
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.4k

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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 384 words, ~1,030 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/algolia-reference-architecture/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
algolia-reference-architecture
description
Design or review an Algolia search architecture across source data, indexing, query, UI, events, and operations. Use when establishing system boundaries or evaluating an existing integration. Trigger with "Algolia architecture", "design search platform", or "review Algolia integration".
allowed-tools
Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit
compatibility
Designed for Claude Code
argument-hint
[repository-path] [system-scope]
version
1.8.0
author
Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>
license
MIT
tags
saas, algolia, architecture
model
inherit
effort
medium

Algolia Reference Architecture

Overview

This skill produces an evidence-backed architecture tailored to the repository. It avoids presenting optional Algolia products or provider features as mandatory and makes trust, data, and failure boundaries explicit.

Prerequisites

  • A named repository, environment, and Algolia application or index in scope
  • The local lockfile and installed client types as implementation authority
  • A safe read-only query or explicitly disposable test target
  • Current first-party documentation for any provider behavior that affects the change

Tool Discipline

Use Read, Glob, and Grep to inspect local code, configuration names, tests, and dependency versions. Use WebFetch only for current official Algolia documentation. Use Write or Edit only after identifying the target files, constraints, and verification plan.

Current Contract

  • The source system remains authoritative; Algolia is a derived search projection.
  • Separate indexing, browser search, server search, events, analytics, and workforce administration trust zones.
  • Version record transforms and search configuration with the application.
  • Design task completion, reconciliation, observability, and rollback before production cutover.

Authentication

Assign distinct least-privilege credentials to each machine actor and use provider team controls for human access. Generate tenant-scoped secured keys only on trusted servers.

Instructions

  1. Map current components, data stores, producers, consumers, credentials, indices, and deployment environments.
  2. Define the record contract, stable identity, deletion semantics, settings ownership, and freshness objective.
  3. Choose query and UI boundaries, including browser versus server execution and tenant restrictions.
  4. Add event flow only where consent, user-token, query-ID, and validation requirements are owned.
  5. Model failures for source lag, partial indexing, key denial, provider degradation, and relevance regressions.
  6. Produce architecture decisions, interfaces, tests, observability, rollout, and rollback.
Show full SKILL.md (119 more words)Show less

Approval Boundaries

Do not select paid features, centralize unrestricted credentials, or authorize a migration solely from a generic reference diagram.

Output

Return the as-is and proposed boundaries, data and trust flows, decision records, interfaces, failure modes, security controls, validation plan, and phased rollout.

Error Handling

ConditionResponse
Repository contradicts assumed topologyFollow repository evidence and revise the design.
Feature entitlement unknownMark it optional pending current account confirmation.
Trust boundary crosses browserReplace write access with a backend capability.
Rollback projection missingAdd a retained prior target or rebuild path.

Examples

Use this compact input and expected handoff to calibrate scope and evidence quality.

Input:

text
scope=catalog-search; source=postgres; consumers=web,mobile; tenants=120

Expected handoff:

text
projection=versioned; browser=secured-search; indexing=job-key; rollback=prior-index

Resources

© jeremylongshore, 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 (references) in skills/.curated/algolia-reference-architecture of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/official-docs.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287

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Questions about Algolia Reference Architecture

What does Algolia Reference Architecture do?

Design or review an Algolia search architecture across source data, indexing, query, UI, events, and operations. Algolia Reference Architecture is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Design or review an Algolia search architecture across source data, indexing, query, UI, events, and operations.

When should I use Algolia Reference Architecture?

Algolia Reference Architecture fits situations like: establishing system boundaries; evaluating an existing integration; with Algolia architecture; design search platform.

How do I install Algolia Reference Architecture in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill algolia-reference-architecture -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/algolia-reference-architecture in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/algolia-reference-architecture in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Algolia Reference Architecture in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill algolia-reference-architecture -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/algolia-reference-architecture in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/algolia-reference-architecture in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Algolia Reference Architecture 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill algolia-reference-architecture -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/algolia-reference-architecture, .gemini/skills/algolia-reference-architecture, .github/skills/algolia-reference-architecture and .opencode/skills/algolia-reference-architecture in your project.

What does Algolia Reference Architecture need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Algolia Reference Architecture is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code.

Does Algolia Reference Architecture access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: algolia.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Algolia Reference Architecture 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 Algolia Reference Architecture use?

Algolia Reference Architecture is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Algolia Reference Architecture use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 333 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Algolia Reference Architecture?

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Who maintains Algolia Reference Architecture?

jeremylongshore (a GitHub user) maintains it in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, which has 2,827 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3,342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.