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SKILL.md skill
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hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard
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.claude/skills/system-design/system-design-methodology/SKILL.md
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MIT

Facilitate system design by classifying mode, depth, and surface independently; scoping journeys; estimating only decision-relevant quantities; tracing logical flows before physical binding; and selecting risk-driven views and deep dives. Use for system design sessions and reviews.

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What the file says

# System Design Methodology

## **Priority: P0 (CRITICAL)**

Classify work mode, depth, and system surface independently. Load only the relevant skill siblings: data-architecture for consequential data/state flows, mobile-client for mobile/client or SDK/library concerns, and diagramming only when a view is selected. Backend, mobile/client, SDK/library, and full-stack are surfaces; none is a mode.

## Phase 0 - Classify

- State mode (new design | review existing | interview practice), depth (quick | full), and surface (backend | mobile/client | SDK/library | full stack). A mixed system may name multiple surfaces.
- Quick sketches use explicit assumptions and skip confirmation gates; full sessions follow the per-phase exit predicates in the [four-phase process](references/four-phase-process.md) and confirm consequential decisions. Escalate quick to full for hard constraints or irreversible choices; an unresolved material decision prevents a readiness claim.
- Interview practice follows [interview coaching](../system-design-interview-coaching/SKILL.md); production review/design follows this process.

## Phase 1 - Intake
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Source

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hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard · 583 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch develop

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