Microservices Patterns skill: what it does and how to install it
Designs microservices architectures with service boundaries, communication choices, data ownership and resilience patterns for distributed systems.
Summary generated from the skill's documentation.
Install
$ npx skills add wshobson/agents --skill microservices-patternsRun it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.
About this skill
What it does. Guides service decomposition by business capability or domain, and compares synchronous APIs with asynchronous messaging. It covers database-per-service ownership, sagas, and resilience patterns such as circuit breakers, retries and bulkheads, with detailed pattern documentation available for further guidance.
When to use it. For decomposing a monolith, defining service boundaries and contracts, managing distributed data, or designing event-driven and resilient systems.
History
Repo stars
41.8k+1.5k since 5 Oct 2026
Stars are counted for the whole repository, which holds 76 skills.
Show as a table
| Date | Repo stars |
|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 41,741 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 41,668 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 41,623 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 41,590 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 41,533 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 41,400 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 41,212 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 41,081 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 40,990 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 40,943 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 40,891 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 40,824 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 40,663 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 40,579 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 40,457 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 40,368 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 40,319 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 40,307 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 40,296 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 40,267 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 40,238 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 40,212 |
Installs
13.3k
Tracking since . A chart appears once there are 7 days of data.
Installs via skills.sh
Similar skills
- Caveman MigrationImplements schema, data, API or dependency migrations that are reversible, with rollback and preservation proof.
- API and Interface DesignGuides the design of stable APIs and module boundaries, covering REST and GraphQL endpoints and type contracts between modules.
- Deprecation and MigrationPlans the removal of old systems, APIs and features, and the migration of users or production database schemas to their replacements.