System Design

SkillDocs & knowledge

Use when designing system architecture, APIs, components, or data models - provides a structured design workflow with validation and documentation outputs.

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Then ask your AI: use the System Design skill

Details

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What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by nickcrew/claude-cortex in skills/system-design/SKILL.md and read by Ahel’s review.

Overview

Create clear system, API, component, or data model designs with explicit requirements, constraints, and validation steps.

When to Use

Designing system architecture or components
Specifying APIs or data models
Producing design docs or diagrams

Avoid when:

You only need implementation tasks (use implementation-workflow)

Quick Reference

Task	Load reference
System design workflow	`skills/system-design/references/system.md`

Workflow

Gather requirements and constraints.
Load the system design reference.
Define structure, interfaces, and data flows.
Validate against constraints and best practices.
Deliver spec/diagram/code artifacts.

Output

Design spec or diagram
Validation notes and follow-ups

Common Mistakes

Designing without constraints
Mixing implementation details with spec scope

Signals

GitHub stars: 50
Forks: 14
Last commit: Jun 2026

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Item type: skill
Key: system-design-nickcrew
Source: github.com/nickcrew/claude-cortex

github.com/nickcrew/claude-cortex