Topic: design-system
99 skills in this topic.
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configuring-nginx
Configure nginx for static sites, reverse proxying, load balancing, SSL/TLS termination, caching, and performance tuning. When setting up web servers, application proxies, or load balancers, this skill provides production-ready patterns with modern security best practices for TLS 1.3, rate limiting, and security headers.
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designing-apis
Design APIs that are secure, scalable, and maintainable using RESTful, GraphQL, and event-driven patterns. Use when designing new APIs, evolving existing APIs, or establishing API standards for teams.
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deploying-on-gcp
Implement applications using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services. Use when building on GCP infrastructure, selecting compute/storage/database services, designing data analytics pipelines, implementing ML workflows, or architecting cloud-native applications with BigQuery, Cloud Run, GKE, Vertex AI, and other GCP services.
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creating-dashboards
Creates comprehensive dashboard and analytics interfaces that combine data visualization, KPI cards, real-time updates, and interactive layouts. Use this skill when building business intelligence dashboards, monitoring systems, executive reports, or any interface that requires multiple coordinated data displays with filters, metrics, and visualizations working together.
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ai-data-engineering
Data pipelines, feature stores, and embedding generation for AI/ML systems. Use when building RAG pipelines, ML feature serving, or data transformations. Covers feature stores (Feast, Tecton), embedding pipelines, chunking strategies, orchestration (Dagster, Prefect, Airflow), dbt transformations, data versioning (LakeFS), and experiment tracking (MLflow, W&B).
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security-hardening
Reduces attack surface across OS, container, cloud, network, and database layers using CIS Benchmarks and zero-trust principles. Use when hardening production infrastructure, meeting compliance requirements, or implementing defense-in-depth security.
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optimizing-sql
Optimize SQL query performance through EXPLAIN analysis, indexing strategies, and query rewriting for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server. Use when debugging slow queries, analyzing execution plans, or improving database performance.
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managing-secrets
Managing secrets (API keys, database credentials, certificates) with Vault, cloud providers, and Kubernetes. Use when storing sensitive data, rotating credentials, syncing secrets to Kubernetes, implementing dynamic secrets, or scanning code for leaked secrets.
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using-graph-databases
Graph database implementation for relationship-heavy data models. Use when building social networks, recommendation engines, knowledge graphs, or fraud detection. Covers Neo4j (primary), ArangoDB, Amazon Neptune, Cypher query patterns, and graph data modeling.
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implementing-compliance
Implement and maintain compliance with SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and GDPR using unified control mapping, policy-as-code enforcement, and automated evidence collection. Use when building systems requiring regulatory compliance, implementing security controls across multiple frameworks, or automating audit preparation.
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implementing-api-patterns
API design and implementation across REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and tRPC patterns. Use when building backend services, public APIs, or service-to-service communication. Covers REST frameworks (FastAPI, Axum, Gin, Hono), GraphQL libraries (Strawberry, async-graphql, gqlgen, Pothos), gRPC (Tonic, Connect-Go), tRPC for TypeScript, pagination strategies (cursor-based, offset-based), rate limiting, caching, versioning, and OpenAPI documentation generation. Includes frontend integration patterns for forms, tables, dashboards, and ai-chat skills.
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guiding-users
Implements onboarding and help systems including product tours, interactive tutorials, tooltips, checklists, help panels, and progressive disclosure patterns. Use when building first-time experiences, feature discovery, guided walkthroughs, contextual help, setup flows, or user activation features. Provides timing strategies, accessibility patterns (keyboard, screen readers, reduced motion), and metrics for measuring onboarding success.
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implementing-navigation
Implements navigation patterns and routing for both frontend (React/TS) and backend (Python) including menus, tabs, breadcrumbs, client-side routing, and server-side route configuration. Use when building navigation systems or setting up routing.
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performance-engineering
When validating system performance under load, identifying bottlenecks through profiling, or optimizing application responsiveness. Covers load testing (k6, Locust), profiling (CPU, memory, I/O), and optimization strategies (caching, query optimization, Core Web Vitals). Use for capacity planning, regression detection, and establishing performance SLOs.
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transforming-data
Transform raw data into analytical assets using ETL/ELT patterns, SQL (dbt), Python (pandas/polars/PySpark), and orchestration (Airflow). Use when building data pipelines, implementing incremental models, migrating from pandas to polars, or orchestrating multi-step transformations with testing and quality checks.
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managing-incidents
Guide incident response from detection to post-mortem using SRE principles, severity classification, on-call management, blameless culture, and communication protocols. Use when setting up incident processes, designing escalation policies, or conducting post-mortems.
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shell-scripting
Write robust, portable shell scripts with proper error handling, argument parsing, and testing. Use when automating system tasks, building CI/CD scripts, or creating container entrypoints.
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using-document-databases
Document database implementation for flexible schema applications. Use when building content management, user profiles, catalogs, or event logging. Covers MongoDB (primary), DynamoDB, Firestore, schema design patterns, indexing strategies, and aggregation pipelines.
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implementing-search-filter
Implements search and filter interfaces for both frontend (React/TypeScript) and backend (Python) with debouncing, query management, and database integration. Use when adding search functionality, building filter UIs, implementing faceted search, or optimizing search performance.
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writing-infrastructure-code
Managing cloud infrastructure using declarative and imperative IaC tools. Use when provisioning cloud resources (Terraform/OpenTofu for multi-cloud, Pulumi for developer-centric workflows, AWS CDK for AWS-native infrastructure), designing reusable modules, implementing state management patterns, or establishing infrastructure deployment workflows.
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optimizing-costs
Optimize cloud infrastructure costs through FinOps practices, commitment discounts, right-sizing, and automated cost management. Use when reducing cloud spend, implementing budget controls, or establishing cost visibility across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes environments.
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generating-documentation
Generate comprehensive technical documentation including API docs (OpenAPI/Swagger), code documentation (TypeDoc/Sphinx), documentation sites (Docusaurus/MkDocs), Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), and diagrams (Mermaid/PlantUML). Use when documenting APIs, libraries, systems architecture, or building developer-facing documentation sites.
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architecting-data
Strategic guidance for designing modern data platforms, covering storage paradigms (data lake, warehouse, lakehouse), modeling approaches (dimensional, normalized, data vault, wide tables), data mesh principles, and medallion architecture patterns. Use when architecting data platforms, choosing between centralized vs decentralized patterns, selecting table formats (Iceberg, Delta Lake), or designing data governance frameworks.
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architecting-networks
Design cloud network architectures with VPC patterns, subnet strategies, zero trust principles, and hybrid connectivity. Use when planning VPC topology, implementing multi-cloud networking, or establishing secure network segmentation for cloud workloads.
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