Como usar
- Copie o comando e verifique o pacote antes de instalar no seu ambiente de agente.
- Consulte no original as ferramentas, credenciais e ambientes necessários.
- Descreva os dados de entrada e a entrega esperada; confira a saída com as fontes.
npx skills add https://github.com/iii-hq/iii --skill iii-architecture-patternsAntes de começar
- A instalação não inclui assinatura de modelo, franquia API ou acesso aos seus arquivos.
- Estrelas e instalações indicam atividade, não um teste independente de qualidade ou segurança.
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Architecture Patterns
Use this skill when the task is larger than one function or trigger. Pick the pattern from the requirement, then implement it with Function, Trigger, Worker, observers, state, queues, streams, and pub/sub.
Pattern Map
| Requirement | Pattern | iii shape |
|---|---|---|
| Sequential work with retries, DLQ, step tracking | Durable workflow | Functions chained through named queues, progress in state |
| Keep views, metrics, cache, or clients in sync | Reactive backend | State triggers plus stream/pubsub side effects |
| React to another function's calls, results, or failures without changing it | Observer side effect | iii.observe({ function_id, on, filters }, target) (iii-observe) |
| Specialized AI agents hand work to each other | Agentic backend | One function per agent, queue handoffs, shared state |
| Commands publish events and projections update independently | Event-driven CQRS | Command functions, event log in state, subscribe triggers |
| Pure, traceable composition | Effect pipeline | Small functions composed synchronously with trigger() |
| Webhook/cron automation chains | Low-code automation | Trigger, transform, action nodes chained by enqueue |
Durable Workflow
Use named queues when steps need different retry, FIFO, or concurrency policy.
TypeScript
import { registerWorker, TriggerAction } from "iii-sdk";
const iii = registerWorker("ws://localhost:49134", { workerName: "order-workflow" });
async function track(orderId: string, step: string, status: string) {
await iii.trigger({
function_id: "state::update",
payload: { scope: "orders", key: orderId, ops: [{ type: "merge", path: ["steps"], value: { [step]: status } }] },
});
}
iii.registerFunction("orders::validate", async (order) => {
await track(order.id, "validate", "done");
return iii.trigger({
function_id: "orders::charge",
payload: order,
action: TriggerAction.Enqueue({ queue: "order-payment" }),
});
});
iii.registerFunction("orders::charge", async (order) => {
await track(order.id, "payment", "done");
return iii.trigger({
function_id: "orders::ship",
payload: order,
action: TriggerAction.Enqueue({ queue: "order-ship" }),
});
});Python
from iii import register_worker
iii = register_worker("ws://localhost:49134")
def track(order_id, step, status):
iii.trigger({
"function_id": "state::update",
"payload": {
"scope": "orders",
"key": order_id,
"ops": [{"type": "merge", "path": ["steps"], "value": {step: status}}],
},
})
def validate(order):
track(order["id"], "validate", "done")
return iii.trigger({
"function_id": "orders::charge",
"payload": order,
"action": {"type": "enqueue", "queue": "order-payment"},
})
iii.register_function("orders::validate", validate)Rust
use iii_sdk::TriggerAction;
use iii_sdk::protocol::TriggerRequest;
use serde_json::json;
async fn enqueue_charge(iii: iii_sdk::IIIClient, order: serde_json::Value) -> Result<serde_json::Value, iii_sdk::Error> {
iii.trigger(TriggerRequest {
function_id: "state::update".into(),
payload: json!({
"scope": "orders",
"key": order["id"],
"ops": [{ "type": "merge", "path": ["steps"], "value": { "validate": "done" } }]
}),
action: None,
timeout_ms: None,
}).await?;
iii.trigger(TriggerRequest {
function_id: "orders::charge".into(),
payload: order,
action: Some(TriggerAction::Enqueue { queue: "order-payment".into() }),
timeout_ms: None,
}).await
}Reactive Backend
Use state triggers when the requirement says "after create/update, do this", "avoid polling", or "push live updates".
iii.registerFunction("todos::on-change", async (event) => {
await iii.trigger({
function_id: "stream::send",
payload: { stream_name: "todos-live", group_id: "default", data: event.new_value },
action: TriggerAction.Void(),
});
});
iii.registerTrigger({
type: "state",
function_id: "todos::on-change",
config: { scope: "todos" },
});Observer Side Effects
Use an observer when "after X runs (or fails), also do Y" and X should not know about Y: audit logs, alerts, projections, cache invalidation. Every function is observable since 0.25, and an observer failure never affects the observed call.
import type { Observed } from "iii-sdk";
iii.registerFunction("audit::order-created", async (event: Observed) => {
await iii.trigger({
function_id: "state::set",
payload: { scope: "audit", key: event.invocation_id, value: { order: event.input, by: event.caller?.worker_name } },
});
return null;
});
// every successful orders::create, except the replay tool's own calls
iii.observe(
{ function_id: "orders::create", filters: { "caller.worker_name": { $ne: "order-replayer" } } },
"audit::order-created",
{ max_in_flight: 8 },
);def notify(event): # the Observed envelope: input, error, caller, ...
print("charge failed", event["input"], event["error"]["code"])
iii.register_function("alerts::payment-failed", notify)
iii.observe(
{"function_id": "payments::charge", "on": "error", "filters": {"input.amount": {"$gte": 500}}},
"alerts::payment-failed",
)Activations are at most once and fire-and-forget. When the side effect must complete with retries, have the target enqueue the work (TriggerAction.Enqueue). Filter on caller or caller.parent to stop echo loops; the engine also drops activations deeper than observers.max_observe_depth (8 by default).
Agentic Backend
Model each agent as a function with one responsibility. Store shared context in state and hand off work through named queues.
iii.registerFunction("agents::researcher", async (task) => {
await iii.trigger({
function_id: "state::set",
payload: { scope: "research", key: task.id, value: { findings: [] } },
});
return iii.trigger({
function_id: "agents::critic",
payload: task,
action: TriggerAction.Enqueue({ queue: "agent-tasks" }),
});
});Event-Driven CQRS
Commands validate and publish domain events. Projections subscribe independently and write query-optimized state.
iii.registerFunction("cmd::add-inventory-item", async (input) => {
const event = { type: "inventory.item-added", itemId: input.itemId, quantity: input.quantity };
await iii.trigger({
function_id: "state::set",
payload: { scope: "inventory-events", key: `${Date.now()}-${input.itemId}`, value: event },
});
await iii.trigger({ function_id: "publish", payload: { topic: event.type, data: event } });
return { accepted: true };
});
iii.registerTrigger({
type: "subscribe",
function_id: "proj::inventory-list",
config: { topic: "inventory.item-added" },
});
// Alternative without pub/sub: the projection observes the command function directly and
// receives its input (the command) on every successful call.
iii.observe({ function_id: "cmd::add-inventory-item", deliver: "input" }, "proj::inventory-list");registerTrigger is deprecated in 0.25 (one warning per process) but stays the way to bind the built-in subscribe, state, cron, http, and queue providers, which have not migrated to source functions yet.
Selection Rules
- Use sync composition for short effect pipelines where the caller needs the final result.
- Use enqueue for unreliable, slow, or must-complete steps.
- Use pub/sub for independent fan-out where each subscriber can tolerate event-style delivery.
- Use state triggers for derived views and side effects that should run automatically after writes.
- Use observers for side effects of a specific function's calls, results, or failures, when the
caller should not know about them and at-most-once delivery is acceptable.
- Use cron triggers for scheduled maintenance and periodic starts.
- Keep each function small enough to test independently.
When to Use
- Use this skill for complete backend patterns: workflows, agentic systems, reactive apps, CQRS,
effect pipelines, and automation chains.
- Use this when the request describes product behavior rather than a single SDK API call.
Boundaries
- For exact trigger config, function registration syntax, custom triggers, channels, and
HTTP-invoked functions, use iii-core-primitives.
- For observer options, filters, and owner-delivered event sources, use
iii-observe. - For engine ports, adapters, engine-owned workers, and RBAC (
rbac-proxy), useiii-engine-config;
queue retry and FIFO policy live with the queue worker's docs.
- For package-specific SDK syntax, use
iii-sdk-reference. - Worker-backed capability details live with the worker docs, not as top-level iii skills.

