nw-sd-framework SKILL.md skillA
nw-sd-framework from nwave-ai/nwave is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-sd-framework@git:20260406.b65a761Pins git:20260406.b65a761 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nwave-ai/nwave
- Path
nWave/skills/nw-sd-framework/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260406.b65a761, committed Apr 6, 2026
- Size
- 5,198 bytes
- Repository stars
- 633
- License
- MIT
4-step system design framework with back-of-envelope estimation, scaling ladder, and common pitfalls.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# System Design Framework ## The 4-Step Process Every system design follows this structure. Skipping steps is the top mistake. ### Step 1: Understand the Problem and Establish Design Scope (3-10 min) Narrow an impossibly broad question into a tractable problem. **Ask about**: users and scale | most important features | read/write ratio | non-functional requirements (latency, availability, consistency) | existing infrastructure | special constraints (mobile-first, offline, regulatory) **Produce**: functional requirements (3-5 bullets) | non-functional requirements (scale, latency, availability, consistency model) | capacity estimation (QPS, storage, bandwidth) **Red flags if skipped**: designing a system nobody asked for | over-engineering for imaginary scale | missing critical constraints (GDPR, real-time) ### Step 2: Propose High-Level Design and Get Buy-In (10-15 min) Sketch the big picture. Validate before diving deep. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-sd-framework@sha256:2bad0995eb0e8e17The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260406.b65a761, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Apr 6, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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Source
nwave-ai/nwave · 633 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_tlfpebumbd5bl7ik GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nwave-ai/nwave/nw-sd-framework GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2bad0995eb0e8e175abbb85c3016f07361ce8f4f3ff64fe3c944b8b7c3f1c78d
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