{"slug":"microservices-patterns","title":"microservices-patterns","summary":"Design microservices architectures with service boundaries, event-driven communication, and resilience patterns. Use when building distributed systems, decomposing monoliths, or implementing microservices.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-01T18:59:26.597362Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/wshobson/agents","stars":40003,"forks":4267,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-09-26T19:54:17Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: microservices-patterns\ndescription: Design microservices architectures with service boundaries, event-driven communication, and resilience patterns. Use when building distributed systems, decomposing monoliths, or implementing microservices.</h2>\n<h1>Microservices Patterns</h1>\n<p>Master microservices architecture patterns including service boundaries, inter-service communication, data management, and resilience patterns for building distributed systems.</p>\n<h2>When to Use This Skill</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Decomposing monoliths into microservices</li>\n<li>Designing service boundaries and contracts</li>\n<li>Implementing inter-service communication</li>\n<li>Managing distributed data and transactions</li>\n<li>Building resilient distributed systems</li>\n<li>Implementing service discovery and load balancing</li>\n<li>Designing event-driven architectures</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Core Concepts</h2>\n<h3>1. Service Decomposition Strategies</h3>\n<p><strong>By Business Capability</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organize services around business functions</li>\n<li>Each service owns its domain</li>\n<li>Example: OrderService, PaymentService, InventoryService</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>By Subdomain (DDD)</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Core domain, supporting subdomains</li>\n<li>Bounded contexts map to services</li>\n<li>Clear ownership and responsibility</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Strangler Fig Pattern</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gradually extract from monolith</li>\n<li>New functionality as microservices</li>\n<li>Proxy routes to old/new systems</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>2. Communication Patterns</h3>\n<p><strong>Synchronous (Request/Response)</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>REST APIs</li>\n<li>gRPC</li>\n<li>GraphQL</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Asynchronous (Events/Messages)</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Event streaming (Kafka)</li>\n<li>Message queues (RabbitMQ, SQS)</li>\n<li>Pub/Sub patterns</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>3. Data Management</h3>\n<p><strong>Database Per Service</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each service owns its data</li>\n<li>No shared databases</li>\n<li>Loose coupling</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Saga Pattern</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Distributed transactions</li>\n<li>Compensating actions</li>\n<li>Eventual consistency</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>4. Resilience Patterns</h3>\n<p><strong>Circuit Breaker</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fail fast on repeated errors</li>\n<li>Prevent cascade failures</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Retry with Backoff</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transient fault handling</li>\n<li>Exponential backoff</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Bulkhead</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Isolate resources</li>\n<li>Limit impact of failures</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Detailed patterns and worked examples</h2>\n<p>Detailed pattern documentation lives in <code>references/details.md</code>. 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