System Design Primer

TRUSTED · 93
Community indexed

Learn how to design large-scale systems. Prep for the system design interview. Includes Anki flashcards.

Downloads 0
Stars 353.4K
Version 1.0.0
Quality 100/100 · Excellent
Trust 93/100 · Production candidate
Audit 92/100 · Safe to try

Supply asset profile

Design and creative production

Design assets, images, video, audio, multimodal media, presentation, and creative production skills.

Browse track

Scenario

Design and creative

I need my agent to produce design assets, UI directions, presentations, or creative media workflows.

Agent fit

Claude Code + CLI + Codex

Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CLI, or custom agents.

Install

Ready

npx skills add donnemartin/system-design-primer

Maintenance

active

3mo since push

Risk

Safe to try

License is unclear

GitHub quality

353K

100/100 quality · 93/100 trust

Coverage tags

DesignDesign and creativedesign-creativedesign-systemui

Review notes

License is unclear · License clarity: Unknown

Agent adoption scorecard

Trust, audit, and install readiness at a glance

These scores combine public repository metadata, OpenAgentSkill review signals, maintenance freshness, and install readiness. They are a shortlist signal, not a replacement for human review.

Quality

Excellent
100

High-confidence pick with strong adoption and healthy maintenance signals.

Trust

Production candidate
93

Strong OpenAgentSkill Trust Score across adoption, recent maintenance, license clarity, documentation, dependency/runtime risk, install safety, permission surface, and install availability.

Audit

Safe to try
92

Install readiness, security metadata, maintenance, and adoption risk.

Trust Score v3

Human review before install

Shortlist for production use, then run a normal repository and dependency review.

PythonDesign SystemsCodexClaude CodeCursor

Stars

353K GitHub stars

Repo activity

353K stars, 57K forks

Maintenance

3mo since push

License

Unknown

Install

npx skills add donnemartin/system-design-primer

Install safety

standard package or runtime install path

Permission surface

filesystem or document access

Docs

Strong README/SKILL.md context

Risk summary

Review before production

  • License is unclear
  • License clarity: Unknown

Install readiness

Install path available

  • Install path is available
  • Repository evidence is available
  • License is unclear
  • 3mo since push

Agent-readable metadata

Machine-readable decision data for this skill.

Use this block or the embedded JSON to decide whether an agent should install this skill, choose an alternative, or ask for human review first.

Open JSON

Suited tasks

  • Design and creative workflows
  • Claude Code teams
  • teams that value GitHub adoption signals
  • Inspect visual requirements
  • Generate reusable assets

Suited agents

PythonDesign SystemsCodexClaude CodeCursorOpenAgentSkill CLICLI

Trust and risk

Trust score
93/100
Risk level
Safe to try
Auto install
review

Install command

npx skills add donnemartin/system-design-primer

Do not use when

  • teams that need a vendor-supported SLA
  • high-compliance environments without internal security review
  • No major risk signals from current metadata
  • License is unclear
  • License clarity: Unknown

Agent safety v2

76/100 · Review before install

Reviewedreview

Good audit and safety signals with no high-risk permission hints in public metadata.

Review the audit page, then allow agent install in a sandboxed workflow.

Resolve via API

medium

Network access

Skill likely fetches remote pages, APIs, repositories, or external services.

medium

Filesystem access

Skill may read or write project files, documents, generated artifacts, or local workspace state.

  • License is unclear

Install targets

Install this skill in your agent workflow

Copy the registry command or an agent-specific install prompt for Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor.

skill install

OpenAgentSkill CLI

Use the registry command when your workflow supports the OpenAgentSkill installer.

$ npx skills add donnemartin/system-design-primer

Agent resolve plan

Let an agent verify fit before installing.

The Resolve API returns the selected skill, alternatives, safety policy, audit notes, install target, and copy-paste prompt an agent can follow without scraping this page.

Open text plan

Agent should check

  • Task fit and alternatives from Resolve API.
  • Audit score, trust score, and safety policy warnings.
  • Install target compatibility for Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or CLI.

Copy prompt

Task: Use System Design Primer in this workspace.
Resolve first: https://www.openagentskill.com/api/agent/resolve?task=Use%20System%20Design%20Primer%20for%20an%20agent%20workflow&agent=codex&max_risk=medium
Review install handoff: https://www.openagentskill.com/api/skills/donnemartin-system-design-primer/install
Install command: npx skills add donnemartin/system-design-primer
Before running it, summarize audit warnings, required permissions, and the fallback skill if install is risky.

Agent handoff

Give an agent the install path, not another directory page.

Use the public install endpoint to fetch the command, safety checklist, target prompts, and canonical links for this skill.

Open install API

Agent prompt

Use System Design Primer for this task. Review https://www.openagentskill.com/api/skills/donnemartin-system-design-primer/install, then install with: npx skills add donnemartin/system-design-primer

Registry metadata

Agent-readable profile for automatic skill selection.

This page exposes the same decision, trust, audit, use-case, and install signals through the Registry API, so agents can rank this skill without scraping the UI.

Open manifest

Agent fit

100/100

Design and creative

Platforms

Python, Design Systems, Claude Code

Audit report

Safe to try · 92/100

Review install readiness, maintenance, trust, quality, and metadata warnings before adding this skill to an agent workflow.

View audit report

Agent decision cockpit

Primary pick for Design and creative

Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack.

100
Readiness
Adopt
Stage

Role in stack

Primary pick

Primary fit

Design and creative

Trust label

Production-ready

Install path

Command ready

Use when

  • Design and creative workflows
  • Claude Code teams
  • teams that value GitHub adoption signals

Evidence

  • 353,365 GitHub stars
  • recent repository activity
  • install command or GitHub repo available
  • 100/100 quality profile
  • 1 OpenAgentSkill engagement events

Review first

  • No major risk signals from current metadata

Implementation path

  1. 1Install it in a sandbox agent and run one Design and creative task end to end.
  2. 2Compare output quality, latency, and failure behavior against at least one alternative.
  3. 3Promote it into production only after reviewing repository permissions, license, and maintenance signals.

Trust profile

Production candidate

Strong OpenAgentSkill Trust Score across adoption, recent maintenance, license clarity, documentation, dependency/runtime risk, install safety, permission surface, and install availability.

93
Trust score

GitHub adoption

PASS

353K GitHub stars

Stars/forks activity

PASS

353K stars, 57K forks; issue activity unavailable in current metadata

Recent maintenance

PASS

3mo since push

License clarity

CHECK

Unknown

Good signals

  • Manually verified listing
  • AI review approved
  • Install path is available
  • Repository evidence is available
  • Recently maintained repository
  • Large GitHub adoption signal
  • Install command has no obvious high-risk pattern

Review before install

  • License is unclear
  • License clarity: Unknown

Recommended action

Shortlist for production use, then run a normal repository and dependency review.

Quality profile

Excellent candidate for agent workflows

High-confidence pick with strong adoption and healthy maintenance signals.

100
GitHub stars
353K
Freshness
3mo ago
Install ready
Yes
License
Unknown

Workflow fit

Use this skill in these scenarios

Stack fit

Add it to a complete workflow

Alternative shortlist

Compare before you install

Similar skills in this category, ranked with the same readiness and quality signals.

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Overview

Learn how to design large-scale systems. Prep for the system design interview. Includes Anki flashcards.

Imported by the skill-only GitHub discovery pipeline because it matches agent skill, automation, domain workflow, RAG, document-processing, data, finance, security, or developer-tool signals. Protocol-server projects are excluded from automated imports.

Platform Compatibility

pythonFULL
design-systemsFULL

Technical Details

Version
1.0.0
License
Unknown
Last Updated
6/16/2026
Published
6/16/2026

Frameworks & Tools

PythonDesign Systems

Decision snapshot

Primary pick

100
Ready
Adopt
Stage

353,365 GitHub stars

Audit Snapshot

Install and adoption review

92
Safe to try
Security
82/100
Maintenance
88/100
Install
92/100
Open full audit

Growth loop

Share this skill

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Optional reply with install command
Link for System Design Primer:
https://www.openagentskill.com/skills/donnemartin-system-design-primer?ref=x

Install: npx skills add donnemartin/system-design-primer

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Author

D

donnemartin

@donnemartin

Platform Fit

Health Signals

GitHub stars
353.4K
Quality score
75/100
Last GitHub push
Mar 20, 2026
Framework hints
2
OpenAgentSkill views
1
Install copies
0
Outbound clicks
0

Community Signal

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Trust & Safety

Production candidate

93
  • GitHub adoption353K GitHub starsPASS
  • Stars/forks activity353K stars, 57K forks; issue activity unavailable in current metadataPASS
  • Recent maintenance3mo since pushPASS
  • License clarityUnknownCHECK
  • README/SKILL.md completenessMetadata includes enough usage and workflow contextPASS
  • Dependency/runtime riskno major dependency risk hints in public metadataPASS