event-store-design

by wshobson41k

Design and implement event stores for event-sourced systems. Use when building event sourcing infrastructure, choosing event store technologies, or implementing event persistence patterns.

Install

The skill file stays in the publisher's repository.

Paste the copied command in a terminal. It installs this SKILL.md into that agent.

npx skills add wshobson/agents --skill event-store-design -a cursor -y

Download skill plugins/backend-development/skills/event-store-design/SKILL.md on GitHub

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How do I install event-store-design?: Download plugins/backend-development/skills/event-store-design/SKILL.md from the publisher, or copy the path and open the repository. PlugMCP lists the skill and does not host the file.
Where does event-store-design live?: The publisher keeps it at https://github.com/wshobson/agents.
Which agents can use event-store-design?: Claude, Cursor, and Codex can read a SKILL.md you add from the publisher's repository.

name: event-store-design description: Design and implement event stores for event-sourced systems. Use when building event sourcing infrastructure, choosing event store technologies, or implementing event persistence patterns.

Event Store Design

Comprehensive guide to designing event stores for event-sourced applications.

When to Use This Skill

Designing event sourcing infrastructure
Choosing between event store technologies
Implementing custom event stores
Optimizing event storage and retrieval
Setting up event store schemas
Planning for event store scaling

Requirement	Description
Append-only	Events are immutable, only appends
Ordered	Per-stream and global ordering
Versioned	Optimistic concurrency control
Subscriptions	Real-time event notifications
Idempotent	Handle duplicate writes safely

Technology	Best For	Limitations
EventStoreDB	Pure event sourcing	Single-purpose
PostgreSQL	Existing Postgres stack	Manual implementation
Kafka	High-throughput streaming	Not ideal for per-stream queries
DynamoDB	Serverless, AWS-native	Query limitations
Marten	.NET ecosystems	.NET specific

event-store-design

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name: event-store-design description: Design and implement event stores for event-sourced systems. Use when building event sourcing infrastructure, choosing event store technologies, or implementing event persistence patterns.

Event Store Design

When to Use This Skill

Core Concepts

1. Event Store Architecture

2. Event Store Requirements

Technology Comparison

Templates and detailed worked examples

Best Practices

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