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stable_id: skills/knowledge-work-plugins-engineering-skills-system-design-skill
type: skills
title: system-design
summary: Design systems, services, and architectures. Trigger with "design a
  system for", "how should we architect", "system design for", "what's the right
  architecture for", or when the user needs help with API design, data modeling,
  or service boundaries.
tags:
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  - plugin-engineering
  - plugin-component-skills
  - plugin-skill
source_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/main/engineering/skills/system-design/SKILL.md
license: ""
upstream_ref: https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/main/engineering/skills/system-design/SKILL.md
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github_forks: null
github_is_organization: null
retrieved_at: 2026-06-11T08:32:07.000Z
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