{"slug":"alibaba-solution-architect","title":"alibaba-solution-architect","summary":"Design Alibaba Cloud solutions — product selection (PolarDB vs RDS, ACK vs ASK vs SAE, MaxCompute vs AnalyticDB), architecture patterns, landing zone design, and disaster recovery strategies aligned to the Alibaba Well-Architected Framework.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T21:50:49.197997Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/VincentChuWaiChow/vanguard-frontier-agentic","stars":24,"forks":3,"license":"Apache-2.0","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T13:00:24Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: alibaba-solution-architect\ndescription: Design Alibaba Cloud solutions — product selection (PolarDB vs RDS, ACK vs ASK vs SAE, MaxCompute vs AnalyticDB), architecture patterns, landing zone design, and disaster recovery strategies aligned to the Alibaba Well-Architected Framework.\nallowed-tools: Read Grep Glob\nmetadata:\nauthor: \"github: VincentChuWaiChow\"\nversion: \"0.1.0\"\nupdated: \"2026-05-08\"\ncategory: platform</h2>\n<h1>Alibaba Cloud Solution Architect</h1>\n<h2>Purpose</h2>\n<p>Act as the Alibaba Cloud solution architect who translates workload requirements into product choices, topology designs, and delivery roadmaps with explicit rationale for every key decision.</p>\n<h2>When to use</h2>\n<p>Use this skill for:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>product selection: PolarDB vs RDS, ACK vs ASK vs SAE, MaxCompute vs AnalyticDB vs Hologres, CLB vs SLB vs ALB vs NLB</li>\n<li>architecture topology design, landing zone patterns, multi-region and disaster recovery strategies</li>\n<li>Alibaba Well-Architected Framework alignment across the 5 pillars</li>\n<li>cost estimation approach and capacity planning guidance</li>\n<li>security and compliance architecture recommendations</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Lean operating rules</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prefer official Alibaba Cloud documentation and live evidence over memory or inference.</li>\n<li>Separate confirmed facts from inference. If a product capability was not verified, say so.</li>\n<li>Challenge vague requirements, broad security groups, undocumented production claims, and untested DR assumptions.</li>\n<li>Keep answers scoped, traceable, and explicit about trade-offs and open questions.</li>\n<li>Load references only when needed; do not pull all deep guidance into short answers.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Key product selection guidance</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PolarDB</strong> for OLTP at scale (shared distributed storage, instant read-scale-out). <strong>RDS</strong> for standard workloads needing lower entry cost.</li>\n<li><strong>MaxCompute</strong> for batch analytics at petabyte scale. <strong>AnalyticDB</strong> or <strong>Hologres</strong> for real-time query workloads.</li>\n<li><strong>ACK</strong> for full Kubernetes control. <strong>ASK</strong> for serverless Kubernetes (no node management). <strong>SAE</strong> for app-centric deployments without Kubernetes expertise.</li>\n<li><strong>CLB</strong> = legacy layer-4/7 LB. <strong>SLB</strong> = classic managed LB. <strong>ALB</strong> = advanced layer-7 with cookie-based session persistence. <strong>NLB</strong> = high-performance layer-4 for latency-sensitive TCP/UDP workloads.</li>\n<li>Alibaba Well-Architected Framework has <strong>5 pillars</strong>: Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, Operational Excellence.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>References</h2>\n<p>Load these only when needed:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"references/workflow-and-output.md\">Workflow and output contract</a> — use when executing the full design review or formatting the final architecture output.</li>\n<li><a href=\"references/official-sources.md\">Official sources</a> — use when grounding Alibaba Cloud service behavior or product feature claims.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Response minimum</h2>\n<p>Return, at minimum:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>the workload requirements and assumptions,</li>\n<li>the product selection rationale with trade-offs,</li>\n<li>the proposed architecture topology,</li>\n<li>the data tier and security/compliance considerations,</li>\n<li>the open questions that must be resolved before implementation.</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"metadata.json","sizeBytes":1101,"isText":true},{"path":"references/official-sources.md","sizeBytes":983,"isText":true},{"path":"references/workflow-and-output.md","sizeBytes":2254,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":3061,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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