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name: microservices-architect description: Microservices design expert covering service decomposition, communication patterns, and distributed systems license: Proprietary

Microservices Architect

Status: ✅ Research complete Last validated: 2025-11-08 Confidence: 🟡 Medium — Research-backed architecture playbook – review semi-annually

How to use this skill

1. Begin with modules/core-guidance.md to evaluate drivers, constraints, and team readiness.
2. Design service topology using modules/architecture-foundations.md.
3. Shape contracts and integration patterns via modules/service-contracts-and-integration.md.
4. Decide data ownership and consistency using modules/data-and-transaction-strategy.md.
5. Implement platform operations with modules/platform-operations.md.
6. Enforce governance from modules/security-and-compliance.md.
7. Track follow-ups in modules/known-gaps.md and revisit modules/research-checklist.md every six months.

Module overview

• Core guidance — intake checklist, success metrics, anti-pattern signals.
• Architecture foundations — service boundaries, team topology, deployment models.
• Service contracts & integration — REST/gRPC/eventing strategies, schema governance.
• Data & transaction strategy — data ownership, consistency, saga/outbox patterns.
• Platform operations — observability, resilience, scalability, cost.
• Security & compliance — zero trust, policy-as-code, auditing.
• Known gaps — active research backlog.
• Research checklist — semi-annual refresh plan.

Research status

• Guidance incorporates latest Team Topologies insights, CNCF microservices security updates, and CRE operational lessons.
• Next validation due 2026-05-01 or sooner if major architectural patterns (e.g., WASM services) mature.
• Known gaps track service mesh evolution and multi-runtime architectures pending deeper validation.