Designing Architecture

by CloudAI-X

Designing Architecture is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by CloudAI-X in claude-workflow-v2.

1.4K stars187 forkson CloudAI-X/claude-workflow-v2Added 2026/08/19Repository updated 2026/08/18

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Install Designing Architecture

Copy Designing Architecture into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/CloudAI-X/claude-workflow-v2/tree/main/skills/designing-architecture ~/.claude/skills/designing-architecture

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/CloudAI-X/claude-workflow-v2.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/designing-architecture/SKILL.md in CloudAI-X/claude-workflow-v2
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/designing-architecture
Collection: One of 14 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 798 skills

What Designing Architecture does

Designing Architecture guides architecture design, pattern selection, and directory structure for software projects. Use when choosing between monoliths, microservices, layered, clean, hexagonal, event-driven, or CQRS patterns.

Designing Architecture is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Designing Architecture comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, ai, ai-agents, claude-code and codex.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Designing Architecture

When to Load

Trigger: System design, module structure, new project scaffolding, choosing architecture patterns
Skip: Simple bug fixes or minor code changes that don't affect architecture

Architecture Decision Workflow

Copy this checklist and track progress:

Architecture Design Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Understand requirements and constraints
- [ ] Step 2: Assess project size and team capabilities
- [ ] Step 3: Select architecture pattern
- [ ] Step 4: Define directory structure
- [ ] Step 5: Document trade-offs and decision
- [ ] Step 6: Validate against decision framework

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Designing Architecture

What else does CloudAI-X publish alongside Designing Architecture?
Designing Architecture is one of 14 skills that DirSkills catalogs from CloudAI-X/claude-workflow-v2, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Analyzing Projects, Convex Backend and Database Design. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Designing Architecture does, and is maintained by CloudAI-X in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the CloudAI-X/claude-workflow-v2 page.
How does Designing Architecture compare to other DevOps skills?
Designing Architecture ranks #341 by stars among the 798 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Designing Architecture against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.