database-plan
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Database architecture, schema design, and index planning
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When determining whether to use SQL vs NoSQL vs Time-Series databases.
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When designing entity-relationship diagrams (ERD) schemas.
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When planning indexing, partitioning, or sharding strategies.
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Avoid using UUIDs/GUIDs as primary clustered keys in massive tables where sequential inserts are critical for performance, unless mitigated …
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Database Planning Skill
This skill is essential when designing data storage solutions and defining schema boundaries.
When to use this skill
- When determining whether to use SQL vs NoSQL vs Time-Series databases.
- When designing entity-relationship diagrams (ERD) schemas.
- When planning indexing, partitioning, or sharding strategies.
Guidelines
- Normalize data by default to reduce redundancy, but denormalize strategically for read-heavy performance bottlenecks.
- Plan indexes based on expected query patterns, not just foreign keys. Remember that excessive indexing slows down write operations.
- Avoid using UUIDs/GUIDs as primary clustered keys in massive tables where sequential inserts are critical for performance, unless mitigated by the DB engine.
In this repository38 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- codex/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- claude/CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- .github/copilot-instructions.mdCopilot instructions
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