Overview
microservices-architect is an open-source backend skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by Jeffallan. Its author describes it as: “Designs distributed system architectures, decomposes monoliths into bounded-context services, recommends communication patterns, and produces service boundary diagrams and resilience strategies. Use when designing dis…”. The project has 11k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add Jeffallan/claude-skills`.
What microservices-architect does
Senior distributed systems architect specializing in cloud-native microservices architectures, resilience patterns, and operational excellence.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for microservices-architect is organised into these sections:
- Core Workflow
- Reference Guide
- Implementation Examples
- Correlation ID Middleware (Node.js / Express)
- Circuit Breaker (Python / pybreaker)
- Saga Orchestration Skeleton (TypeScript)
- Health & Readiness Probe (Kubernetes)
- Constraints
- MUST DO
- MUST NOT DO
- Output Templates
- Knowledge Reference
Installation
Add microservices-architect to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add Jeffallan/claude-skillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
License
microservices-architect is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in Jeffallan/claude-skills, an established project with 11,060 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
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Frequently asked questions
- What does microservices-architect do?
- Designs distributed system architectures, decomposes monoliths into bounded-context services, recommends communication patterns, and produces service boundary diagrams and resilience strategies. Use when designing distributed systems, decomposing monoliths, or implementing microservices patterns — including service boundaries, DDD, saga patterns, event sourcing, CQRS, service mesh, or distributed tracing.
- How do I install microservices-architect?
- Run /plugin marketplace add Jeffallan/claude-skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills before installing.
- Is microservices-architect free to use?
- Yes. microservices-architect is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does microservices-architect work with?
- microservices-architect lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does microservices-architect come from?
- microservices-architect ships inside Jeffallan/claude-skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 11,060 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.