Cloudflare Edge Architect

Cloudflare Edge Architect Skill

This skill (formerly cloudflare-workers-ops) focuses on building scalable, stateful, and performant architectures on the Cloudflare global network.

Core Pillars

1. Stateful Coordination (Durable Objects): Use Durable Objects for real-time multiplayer coordination, game engines state synchronization, and WebSockets.
2. Edge Data (D1 & KV): Strategy for distributing relational data (D1) and low-latency configuration (KV).
3. Object Storage (R2): Serve game assets and large binaries efficiently without egress fees.
4. Compute-at-Edge (Workers): Offload API logic and game logic to the edge to minimize latency.
5. AI-at-Edge (Workers AI): Integrate on-device inference for features like move suggestions or content moderation.

Architecture Patterns

Real-time Multiplayer with Durable Objects

// Durable Object implementation for Game Session
export class GameSession {
  state: DurableObjectState;
  constructor(state: DurableObjectState) {
    this.state = state;
  }
  async fetch(request: Request) {
    // Handle game state updates and WebSocket connections
  }
}

Best Practices Checklist

• Cross-Origin Isolation: Set Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin and Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy: require-corp to enable SharedArrayBuffer for Wasm threads.
• Smart Placement: Enable Cloudflare Smart Placement to minimize latency between Workers and backends.
• Bundling: Use esbuild or wrangler's built-in bundling to optimize script size.
• Environment Secrets: Securely manage keys for external APIs using wrangler secret.

Advanced Commands

• pnpm wrangler d1 migrations create <db_name> <description>
• pnpm wrangler r2 bucket create <bucket_name>
• pnpm wrangler dev --remote: Test with real Cloudflare resources.

Troubleshooting

• "Durable Object not found": Ensure the namespace is correctly defined in wrangler.toml.
• "Exceeded CPU limits": Optimize tight loops or offload heavy processing to asynchronous tasks.