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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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---
inclusion: always
name: patterns
description: Common design patterns including repository pattern, API response format, and skeleton project approach
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# Common Patterns
## Skeleton Projects
When implementing new functionality:
1. Search for battle-tested skeleton projects
2. Use parallel agents to evaluate options:
- Security assessment
- Extensibility analysis
- Relevance scoring
- Implementation planning
3. Clone best match as foundation
4. Iterate within proven structure
## Design Patterns
### Repository Pattern
Encapsulate data access behind a consistent interface:
- Define standard operations: findAll, findById, create, update, delete
- Concrete implementations handle storage details (database, API, file, etc.)
- Business logic depends on the abstract interface, not the storage mechanism
- Enables easy swapping of data sources and simplifies testing with mocks
### API Response Format
Use a consistent envelope for all API responses:
- Include a success/status indicator
- Include the data payload (nullable on error)
- Include an error message field (nullable on success)
- Include metadata for paginated responses (total, page, limit)