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name: discover-distributed-systems description: Automatically discover distributed systems skills when working with consensus, CRDTs, replication, partitioning, and distributed algorithms

Distributed Systems Skills Discovery

Provides automatic access to comprehensive distributed systems skills.

When This Skill Activates

This skill auto-activates when you're working with:

• Consensus algorithms (RAFT, Paxos)
• CAP theorem, consistency models
• CRDTs and eventual consistency
• Vector clocks, causality
• Replication and partitioning
• Distributed locks and leader election
• Gossip protocols
• Probabilistic data structures

Available Skills

Quick Reference

The Distributed Systems category contains 17 skills:

1. cap-theorem - CAP theorem, consistency vs availability trade-offs
2. consensus-raft - RAFT consensus, leader election, log replication
3. consensus-paxos - Paxos consensus, Basic/Multi-Paxos
4. crdt-fundamentals - Conflict-free Replicated Data Types basics
5. crdt-types - Specific CRDT implementations (LWW, OR-Set, RGA)
6. dotted-version-vectors - Compact causality, sibling management, optimized vector clocks
7. interval-tree-clocks - Dynamic causality, fork/join, scalable tracking
8. vector-clocks - Causality tracking, happens-before
9. logical-clocks - Lamport clocks, logical time
10. eventual-consistency - Consistency levels, quorums, BASE
11. conflict-resolution - LWW, multi-value, semantic resolution
12. replication-strategies - Primary-backup, multi-primary, chain, quorum
13. partitioning-sharding - Hash/range/consistent hashing, rebalancing
14. distributed-locks - Redlock, ZooKeeper locks, fencing tokens
15. leader-election - Bully, ring, consensus-based election
16. gossip-protocols - Epidemic protocols, failure detection
17. probabilistic-data-structures - Bloom filters, HyperLogLog, Count-Min Sketch

Load Full Category Details

For complete descriptions and workflows:

Copycat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/INDEX.md

This loads the full Distributed Systems category index with:

• Detailed skill descriptions
• Usage triggers for each skill
• Common workflow combinations
• Cross-references to related skills

Load Specific Skills

Load individual skills as needed:

Copycat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/cap-theorem.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/consensus-raft.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/crdt-fundamentals.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/replication-strategies.md

Common Workflows

Understanding Consistency Trade-offs

Copy# CAP → Eventual consistency → Conflict resolution
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/cap-theorem.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/eventual-consistency.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/conflict-resolution.md

Implementing Consensus

Copy# RAFT → Leader election → Replication
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/consensus-raft.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/leader-election.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/replication-strategies.md

Building Eventually Consistent Systems

Copy# CRDTs → Vector clocks → Conflict resolution
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/crdt-fundamentals.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/vector-clocks.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/conflict-resolution.md

Advanced Causality Tracking

Copy# Vector clocks → Dotted version vectors → Interval tree clocks
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/vector-clocks.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/dotted-version-vectors.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/interval-tree-clocks.md

Scaling Data

Copy# Partitioning → Replication → Gossip
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/partitioning-sharding.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/replication-strategies.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/gossip-protocols.md

Progressive Loading

This gateway skill enables progressive loading:

• Level 1: Gateway loads automatically (you're here now)
• Level 2: Load category INDEX.md for full overview
• Level 3: Load specific skills as needed

Usage Instructions

1. Auto-activation: This skill loads automatically when Claude Code detects distributed systems work
2. Browse skills: Run cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/INDEX.md for full category overview
3. Load specific skills: Use bash commands above to load individual skills

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Next Steps: Run cat ~/.claude/skills/distributed-systems/INDEX.md to see full category details.