Domain Modeling

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Applies a domain modeling skill so your agent sharpens project terminology into a shared glossary and records key design decisions.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use the Domain Modeling skill

About this skill

Build and refine the project's domain model. Use when discussing codebase terminology, writing or editing CONTEXT.md, or recording or editing ADRs.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by vinvcn/mattpocock-skills-zh-cn in skills/engineering/domain-modeling/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

在设计过程中主动构建并打磨项目的 domain model。这是 active discipline:挑战术语、发明 edge-case scenarios,并在概念成形的当下写入 glossary 和 decisions。

File structure

多数 repos 只有一个 context:

/
|- CONTEXT.md
|- docs/
|  `- adr/
|     |- 0001-event-sourced-orders.md
|     `- 0002-postgres-for-write-model.md
`- src/

如果 root 有 CONTEXT-MAP.md,说明 repo 有多个 contexts。map 指向每个 context 的位置:

/
|- CONTEXT-MAP.md
|- docs/
|  `- adr/                          -> system-wide decisions
`- src/
   |- ordering/
   |  |- CONTEXT.md
   |  `- docs/adr/                  -> context-specific decisions
   `- billing/
      |- CONTEXT.md
      `- docs/adr/

按需懒创建文件:只有在有内容要写时才创建。如果没有 CONTEXT.md,当第一个 term 被解决时创建它。如果没有 docs/adr/,当第一个 ADR 需要出现时创建它。

During the session

Challenge against the glossary

当用户使用的术语与 CONTEXT.md 中既有语言冲突时,立即指出。"Your glossary defines 'cancellation' as X, but you seem to mean Y - which is it?"

Sharpen fuzzy language

当用户使用模糊或过载术语时,提出一个精确的 canonical term。"You're saying 'account' - do you mean the Customer or the User? Those are different things."

Discuss concrete scenarios

讨论 domain relationships 时,用具体场景做压力测试。发明能探测 edge cases 的场景,迫使用户精确定义概念之间的 boundaries。

Cross-reference with code

当用户描述某事如何工作时,检查代码是否同意。如果发现矛盾,要指出:"Your code cancels entire Orders, but you just said partial cancellation is possible - which is right?"

Update CONTEXT.md inline

当一个 term 被解决时,立刻更新 CONTEXT.md。不要批量攒到最后;随着概念出现就捕获。使用 CONTEXT-FORMAT.md 中的格式。

CONTEXT.md 必须完全不包含 implementation details。不要把 CONTEXT.md 当 spec、scratch pad 或 implementation decisions 的仓库。它只是一份 glossary。

Offer ADRs sparingly

只有以下三项都成立时,才提出创建 ADR:

  1. Hard to reverse - 之后改变主意的成本有意义
  2. Surprising without context - 未来读者会疑惑 "why did they do it this way?"
  3. The result of a real trade-off - 确实存在替代方案,而你基于具体理由选择了其中一个

缺少任一项就跳过 ADR。使用 ADR-FORMAT.md 中的格式。

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