ryanthedev/systems-design.skill

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Claude Code plugin for distributed system design — structured frameworks for architecture review and interview prep

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# systems-design.skill

System design interview prep and architecture review for Claude Code. Walks you through designing distributed systems and audits existing ones.

## How It Works

### APPLIER mode
```
User: "Design a chat system"
  → Scope: clarifying questions, constraints, scale
  → High-Level Design: box diagrams, APIs, data flow
  → Deep Dive: 2-3 components, tradeoffs, alternatives
  → Wrap-Up: bottlenecks, failures, monitoring, next scale curve
```

### CHECKER mode
```
User: "Review my URL shortener architecture"
  → Audit against reference design
  → Flag missing components, wrong tradeoffs, anti-patterns

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