microservices-patterns

Quick Review

Excellent skill covering microservices architecture patterns with comprehensive code examples. The Description clearly indicates when to use the skill (building distributed systems, decomposing monoliths, implementing microservices). SKILL.md provides substantial task knowledge including service decomposition strategies, communication patterns (sync/async), data management (Saga pattern, database per service), and resilience patterns (circuit breaker, retry). Code examples are production-quality and detailed, covering API Gateway, event-driven communication with Kafka, saga orchestration, and circuit breaker implementation. Structure is logical with clear sections, though references to external files (references/, assets/) suggest additional materials exist. The skill is highly novel—implementing distributed systems with proper resilience patterns, saga orchestration, and event-driven architecture would require significant effort and tokens for a CLI agent alone. Minor improvement areas: could be more explicit about prerequisites/technology choices, and the external file references could be better integrated into the main flow.