Clean Architecture
This skill applies Clean Architecture principles to your backend code, promoting maintainability and testability by separating concerns effectively.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add clean-architecture npx -- -y @trustedskills/clean-architecture
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"clean-architecture": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/clean-architecture"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill enables AI agents to design and implement software applications following the Clean Architecture principles. It promotes a layered architecture with independent, testable modules, separating business logic from implementation details like frameworks or databases. The goal is to create maintainable, adaptable, and robust systems that are easy to understand and change over time.
When to use it
- New Project Setup: When starting a new software project where long-term maintainability and flexibility are crucial.
- Refactoring Legacy Code: To guide the restructuring of existing codebases into a more organized and testable structure.
- Complex Business Logic: For applications with intricate business rules that require clear separation of concerns.
- Team Collaboration: To enforce architectural consistency across development teams working on different parts of an application.
Key capabilities
- Layered Architecture Design
- Dependency Inversion Principle implementation
- Business Rules Separation
- Framework Independence
- Testability Enhancement
Example prompts
- "Design a system for managing customer orders using Clean Architecture principles."
- "Refactor this existing code snippet to adhere to the Clean Architecture guidelines, focusing on separating business logic from database access."
- "Generate a layered architecture diagram for an e-commerce application based on Clean Architecture."
Tips & gotchas
- Requires a foundational understanding of software design principles and object-oriented programming.
- Clean Architecture can introduce initial complexity; it's most beneficial for projects with significant long-term requirements.
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