Distributed Systems Basics

Overview

Use this skill to reason about correctness and reliability in systems where network faults and partial failures are normal.

Scope Boundaries

• Multi-service workflows require explicit consistency and ordering guarantees.
• Retry/timeout/duplicate-message behavior can change business correctness.
• Teams need to define reliability primitives before implementation or rollout.

Shared References

• Failure mode and consistency rules:
  • references/failure-mode-consistency-rules.md

Templates And Assets

• Distributed flow risk template:
  • assets/distributed-flow-risk-template.md