Cloud Architecture Design & Review
Design scalable cloud infrastructure and review architectures for optimization
What You Can Do
Get expert guidance on designing cloud architectures from the ground up, or have Claude review your existing infrastructure for improvements. You'll receive concrete recommendations on scalability, cost optimization, security hardening, and migration strategies tailored to your specific cloud environment and business requirements.
Features
Create scalable, resilient cloud system designs based on your requirements
Evaluate existing systems for optimization, security, and cost reduction opportunities
Identify unnecessary spending and provide cloud resource optimization strategies
Recommend security best practices, compliance patterns, and threat mitigation approaches
Evaluate capacity planning and recommend auto-scaling strategies
Compare cloud providers and design hybrid/multi-cloud deployments
Design step-by-step migration paths from on-premises or legacy systems
Identify bottlenecks and recommend improvements for latency and throughput
Example Output
Example 1: Architecture Review Response
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✅ Strengths
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Good separation of concerns with microservices
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Proper use of managed services (RDS, S3)
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Multi-AZ deployment for high availability
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⚠️ Optimization Opportunities
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Database: Consider read replicas for reporting workloads (est. cost savings: $1,200/month)
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Caching: Add CloudFront + ElastiCache for frequently accessed data
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Compute: Right-size EC2 instances using Reserved Instances (est. 40% savings)
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🔒 Security Gaps
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Enable VPC Flow Logs for network monitoring
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Implement WAF on ALB for DDoS protection
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Encrypt EBS volumes at rest
Example 2: New Architecture Design
Client → CloudFront (CDN)
↓
API Gateway → Lambda (auth)
↓
Application Load Balancer
↓
ECS Fargate Cluster (3 AZs)
↓
Aurora PostgreSQL (Multi-AZ)
+ ElastiCache (Redis)
+ S3 (data lake)
Estimated monthly cost: $3,500 | HA: 99.99% | RTO: 5 min
What's Included
- SKILL.md: Complete skill instructions for Claude
- Architecture Review Checklist: 40-point evaluation framework
- Design Decision Tree: Choose optimal services by workload type
- Cost Estimation Template: Quick TCO calculator
- Security Framework: Compliance and threat models (OWASP, CIS, CAF)
- Multi-Cloud Comparison Matrix: AWS vs Azure vs GCP feature mapping
- Migration Planning Worksheet: Phase dependencies and cutover strategy
- Performance Tuning Guide: Service-specific optimization patterns
Who It's For
- Cloud Architects — Design and validate large-scale infrastructure decisions
- DevOps Engineers — Optimize deployments, reduce costs, improve reliability
- Solution Architects — Create tailored cloud solutions for client requirements
- Technical Leaders (CTOs/VPs) — Evaluate cloud strategy and vendor selection
- Platform Engineers — Build internal developer platforms on cloud infrastructure
Best For
- Greenfield architecture design — Building new systems on cloud
- Architecture reviews — Evaluating existing deployments for improvements
- Cost optimization — Identifying cost reduction and right-sizing opportunities
- Security hardening — Implementing compliance frameworks and best practices
- Migration planning — Designing step-by-step moves from on-prem to cloud
- Multi-cloud strategy — Evaluating and comparing cloud providers
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