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.md for 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.