{"slug":"architecture-paradigm-pipeline","title":"architecture-paradigm-pipeline","summary":"Applies pipes-and-filters for sequential data transformations. Use when data flows through discrete stages like ETL, streaming analytics, or CI/CD pipelines.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-11T17:35:11.767724Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market","stars":338,"forks":35,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-09-24T04:34:18Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<p>name: architecture-paradigm-pipeline\ndescription: Applies pipes-and-filters for sequential data transformations. Use when data flows through discrete stages like ETL, streaming analytics, or CI/CD pipelines.\nalwaysApply: false\ncategory: architectural-pattern\ntags:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>architecture</li>\n<li>pipeline</li>\n<li>pipes-filters</li>\n<li>ETL</li>\n<li>streaming</li>\n<li>data-processing\ndependencies: []\ntools: []\nusage_patterns:</li>\n<li>paradigm-implementation</li>\n<li>data-transformation</li>\n<li>workflow-automation\ncomplexity: medium\nmodel_hint: standard\nestimated_tokens: 700</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h1>The Pipeline (Pipes and Filters) Paradigm</h1>\n<h2>When to Employ This Paradigm</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>When data must flow through a fixed sequence of discrete transformations, such as in ETL jobs, streaming analytics, or CI/CD pipelines.</li>\n<li>When reusing individual processing stages is needed, either independently or to scale bottleneck stages separately from others.</li>\n<li>When failure isolation between stages is a critical requirement.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>When NOT To Use</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Interactive request/response systems (use\n<code>archetypes:architecture-paradigm-client-server</code>)</li>\n<li>Stages that must share mutable state, which the pattern cannot express</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Adoption Steps</h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Define Filters</strong>: Design each stage (filter) to perform a single, well-defined transformation. Each filter must have a clear input and output data schema.</li>\n<li><strong>Connect via Pipes</strong>: Connect the filters using \"pipes,\" which can be implemented as streams, message queues, or in-memory channels. validate these pipes support back-pressure and buffering.</li>\n<li><strong>Maintain Stateless Filters</strong>: Where possible, design filters to be stateless. Any required state should be persisted externally or managed at the boundaries of the pipeline.</li>\n<li><strong>Instrument Each Stage</strong>: Implement monitoring for each filter to track key metrics such as latency, throughput, and error rates.</li>\n<li><strong>Orchestrate Deployments</strong>: Design the deployment strategy to allow each stage to be scaled horizontally and upgraded independently.</li>\n</ol>\n<h2>Key Deliverables</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>An Architecture Decision Record (ADR) documenting the filters, the chosen pipe technology, the error-handling strategy, and the tools for replaying data.</li>\n<li>A suite of contract tests for each filter, plus integration tests that cover representative end-to-end pipeline executions.</li>\n<li>Observability dashboards that visualize stage-level Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Risks &amp; Mitigations</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Single-Stage Bottlenecks</strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mitigation</strong>: Implement auto-scaling for individual filters. If a single filter remains a bottleneck, consider refactoring it into a more granular sub-pipeline.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><strong>Schema Drift Between Stages</strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mitigation</strong>: Centralize schema definitions in a shared repository and enforce compatibility tests as part of the CI/CD process to prevent breaking changes.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><strong>Back-Pressure Failures</strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mitigation</strong>: Conduct rigorous load testing to simulate high-volume scenarios. Validate that buffering, retry logic, and back-pressure mechanisms behave as expected under stress.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Concrete Components</h2>\n<p>These vocabulary items name the concrete tools and abstractions\nthat show up when the paradigm is implemented. They are not\nrequired dependencies and they are not part of the skill's\n<code>tools:</code> frontmatter (which is reserved for Claude Code tool\nrestrictions). Use this list to disambiguate during architecture\ndiscussions.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>stream-processor</code>: the runtime that executes a filter (e.g. Flink, Apache Beam, Faust)</li>\n<li><code>message-queue</code>: the durable pipe between filters (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ, in-memory channel)</li>\n<li><code>data-validator</code>: schema-checks every record at filter input and output</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Exit Criteria</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><input disabled=\"disabled\" type=\"checkbox\"> An ADR documents every filter in the pipeline, the chosen pipe technology, the\nerror-handling strategy (DLQ, retry count, dead-letter routing), and the data replay\nmechanism.</li>\n<li><input disabled=\"disabled\" type=\"checkbox\"> Each filter has a contract test covering its input and output schema; schema drift between\nadjacent filters is caught by a CI compatibility check.</li>\n<li><input disabled=\"disabled\" type=\"checkbox\"> Observability dashboards are configured showing per-stage latency, throughput, and error\nrate before the pipeline is promoted to production.</li>\n<li><input disabled=\"disabled\" type=\"checkbox\"> Load testing validates that back-pressure and buffering mechanisms prevent data loss at\n2x the expected peak throughput.</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":4231,"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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