Cloud Architecture

Cloud Architecture Skill

Purpose

Design cloud infrastructure architectures with appropriate service selection, cost optimization, and deployment strategies across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Parameters

Requirements Schema:

{
  "availability": "99.9%",
  "latency_ms": 100,
  "monthly_budget_usd": 5000
}

Execution Flow

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 1. VALIDATE: Check workload and requirements              │
│ 2. ANALYZE: Workload characteristics                      │
│ 3. SELECT: Cloud services for each component              │
│ 4. DESIGN: Architecture diagram                           │
│ 5. ESTIMATE: Cost projection                              │
│ 6. OPTIMIZE: Apply cost/performance optimizations         │
│ 7. DOCUMENT: Return architecture with IaC snippets        │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Retry Logic

Logging & Observability

log_points:
  - event: design_started
    level: info
    data: [provider, architecture_type]
  - event: cost_estimate_complete
    level: info
    data: [monthly_estimate_usd, services_count]
  - event: optimization_applied
    level: info
    data: [optimization_type, savings_percent]

metrics:
  - name: architectures_designed
    type: counter
    labels: [provider]
  - name: design_time_ms
    type: histogram
  - name: estimated_monthly_cost
    type: gauge

Error Handling

Unit Test Template

test_cases:
  - name: "Web app on AWS"
    input:
      workload: "E-commerce web application with 10K daily users"
      provider: "aws"
      architecture_type: "containers"
    expected:
      has_services: true
      has_diagram: true
      has_cost_estimate: true
      services_include: ["ECS", "RDS", "CloudFront"]

  - name: "Serverless API"
    input:
      workload: "RESTful API with variable traffic"
      provider: "aws"
      architecture_type: "serverless"
    expected:
      services_include: ["Lambda", "API Gateway", "DynamoDB"]

  - name: "Budget exceeded"
    input:
      workload: "Enterprise data warehouse"
      requirements: { "monthly_budget_usd": 100 }
    expected:
      warning: "budget_exceeded"
      has_alternatives: true

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Debug Checklist

□ Is provider selection appropriate?
□ Are availability requirements met?
□ Is cost within budget?
□ Are all components connected?
□ Is IaC syntax valid?

Service Quick Reference

Integration

Quality Standards

• Cost-aware: Always include estimates
• HA by default: Multi-AZ unless specified
• IaC-ready: Include Terraform/CloudFormation snippets

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