Architecture & API Design Prompts
Architectural prompts for evaluating microservice boundaries, domain-driven boundaries, database normalization, caching topologies, and technical design documents (RFCs).
Curated Prompts in Architecture & API Design
All CategoriesRESTful API Design & Backward Compatibility Review
Design or review RESTful API contracts for idempotency, pagination, error models, and non-breaking versioning.
Database Schema & Relational Indexing Strategy
Design production PostgreSQL schemas with composite indexes, foreign key strategies, and partitioning.
Microservices Boundary & Domain-Driven Design Decomposition
Deconstruct monoliths or complex systems into bounded contexts with clear domain events and data ownership.
Technical Design Document (RFC) Generator
Generate thorough, engineering-ready Request for Comments (RFC) and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
Event-Driven Architecture & Message Ordering Review
Review Kafka, RabbitMQ, or SQS/SNS event architectures for exactly-once semantics, out-of-order delivery, and DLQs.
Explore Other Prompt Domains
Browse prompts tailored for other engineering disciplines and workflows.
Code Review & Quality
Rigorous pull request and service audits focusing on correctness, concurrency, and security.
Debugging & Incident Analysis
Hypothesis-driven root cause analysis for production exceptions, memory leaks, and deadlocks.
Testing & QA
Comprehensive test suite generation spanning boundary conditions, mutation tests, and mocks.
Refactoring & Modernization
Safe legacy codebase transformation, async modernization, and design pattern refactoring.
Agile, Scrum & Product Specs
User story refinement, Gherkin acceptance criteria, and atomic ticket task decomposition.
DevOps, CI/CD & Cloud
Multi-stage Docker optimization, Kubernetes manifests, and zero-downtime database migrations.
AI Coding Agents & Rules
Context prompts, .cursorrules generation, and autonomous subagent execution loops.