Design Expert
Generates design concepts, mockups, and style guides based on provided briefs and brand guidelines.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add design-expert npx -- -y @trustedskills/design-expert
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"design-expert": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/design-expert"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill provides expert guidance on system design, software architecture, and distributed systems. It covers core architectural patterns like microservices, event-driven architectures, layered architectures, and more. The skill also explains scalability strategies (horizontal vs. vertical scaling, caching, database sharding) and concepts related to distributed systems such as the CAP theorem and consensus algorithms.
When to use it
- When designing a new software system or application architecture.
- To understand different architectural patterns and their trade-offs.
- For troubleshooting scalability issues in an existing system.
- To learn about best practices for building robust distributed systems.
- To explore design patterns like Singleton, Factory, Observer, Strategy, and Circuit Breaker.
Key capabilities
- Architectural Patterns: Explains microservices vs monolithic architectures, event-driven architecture, CQRS/Event Sourcing, layered architecture, hexagonal architecture, and service-oriented architecture (SOA).
- Scalability Strategies: Covers horizontal and vertical scaling, load balancing, caching layers, database sharding, and CDN usage.
- Distributed Systems Concepts: Provides insights into the CAP theorem, consistency models, distributed consensus (Raft, Paxos), message queues, service discovery, and circuit breakers.
- Design Patterns: Illustrates common design patterns with code examples including Singleton, Factory, Observer, Strategy, and Circuit Breaker.
Example prompts
- "Explain the difference between microservices and a monolithic architecture."
- "What are some strategies for scaling a database?"
- "Can you give me an example of how to implement a circuit breaker pattern in Python?"
- "Describe the CAP theorem and its implications for distributed systems design."
Tips & gotchas
- The skill provides conceptual explanations and code examples. It is not intended as a substitute for practical implementation experience.
- While it covers various patterns, understanding their applicability requires careful consideration of specific project requirements.
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