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:
- cap-theorem - CAP theorem, consistency vs availability trade-offs
- consensus-raft - RAFT consensus, leader election, log replication
- consensus-paxos - Paxos consensus, Basic/Multi-Paxos
- crdt-fundamentals - Conflict-free Replicated Data Types basics
- crdt-types - Specific CRDT implementations (LWW, OR-Set, RGA)
- dotted-version-vectors - Compact causality, sibling management, optimized vector clocks
- interval-tree-clocks - Dynamic causality, fork/join, scalable tracking
- vector-clocks - Causality tracking, happens-before
- logical-clocks - Lamport clocks, logical time
- eventual-consistency - Consistency levels, quorums, BASE
- conflict-resolution - LWW, multi-value, semantic resolution
- replication-strategies - Primary-backup, multi-primary, chain, quorum
- partitioning-sharding - Hash/range/consistent hashing, rebalancing
- distributed-locks - Redlock, ZooKeeper locks, fencing tokens
- leader-election - Bully, ring, consensus-based election
- gossip-protocols - Epidemic protocols, failure detection
- probabilistic-data-structures - Bloom filters, HyperLogLog, Count-Min Sketch
Load Full Category Details
For complete descriptions and workflows:
Read /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:
Read /skills/distributed-systems/cap-theorem.md Read /skills/distributed-systems/consensus-raft.md Read /skills/distributed-systems/crdt-fundamentals.md Read /skills/distributed-systems/replication-strategies.md
Common Workflows
Understanding Consistency Trade-offs
CAP → Eventual consistency → Conflict resolution
Read /skills/distributed-systems/cap-theorem.md Read /skills/distributed-systems/eventual-consistency.md Read /skills/distributed-systems/conflict-resolution.md
Implementing Consensus
RAFT → Leader election → Replication
Read /skills/distributed-systems/consensus-raft.md Read /skills/distributed-systems/leader-election.md Read /skills/distributed-systems/replication-strategies.md
Building Eventually Consistent Systems
CRDTs → Vector clocks → Conflict resolution
Read /skills/distributed-systems/crdt-fundamentals.md Read /skills/distributed-systems/vector-clocks.md Read /skills/distributed-systems/conflict-resolution.md
Advanced Causality Tracking
Vector clocks → Dotted version vectors → Interval tree clocks
Read /skills/distributed-systems/vector-clocks.md Read /skills/distributed-systems/dotted-version-vectors.md Read /skills/distributed-systems/interval-tree-clocks.md
Scaling Data
Partitioning → Replication → Gossip
Read /skills/distributed-systems/partitioning-sharding.md Read /skills/distributed-systems/replication-strategies.md Read /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
- Auto-activation: This skill loads automatically when Claude Code detects distributed systems work
- Browse skills: Run
Read <cc-polymath-root>/skills/distributed-systems/INDEX.mdfor full category overview - Load specific skills: Use bash commands above to load individual skills
Next Steps: Run Read <cc-polymath-root>/skills/distributed-systems/INDEX.md to see full category details.