Infrastructure

Scope

This skill:

• ✅ Guides architecture decisions
• ✅ Provides provisioning commands for user to run
• ✅ Documents infrastructure patterns

User-driven model:

• User provides cloud credentials when needed
• User runs provisioning commands
• Skill guides decisions and generates commands

This skill does NOT:

• ❌ Store or access cloud credentials directly
• ❌ Run provisioning commands automatically
• ❌ Modify infrastructure without user confirmation

For implementation: User runs commands skill provides, or uses server skill for execution.

Quick Reference

Topic	File
Architecture patterns	patterns.md
Provider commands	providers.md
Backup strategies	backups.md

Core Rules

1. User Runs Commands

Skill generates commands, user executes:

Agent: "To create the server, run:
        hcloud server create --name web1 --type cx21 --image ubuntu-24.04
        
        This requires HCLOUD_TOKEN in your environment."
User: [runs command]

2. Required Tools (User Installs)

Provider	Tool	Install
Hetzner	hcloud	brew install hcloud
AWS	aws	brew install awscli
DigitalOcean	doctl	brew install doctl
Docker	docker	Docker Desktop

3. Credential Handling

• User sets credentials in their environment
• Skill never stores or logs credential values
• Commands reference env vars: $HCLOUD_TOKEN, $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID

4. Architecture Guidance

Stage	Recommended
MVP	Single VPS + Docker Compose
Growth	Dedicated DB + load balancer
Scale	Multi-region + CDN

5. Decision Framework

Question	Answer
How to structure infra?	✅ This skill
Should I add another server?	✅ This skill
How to configure nginx?	Use server skill
How to write Dockerfile?	Use docker skill

6. Backup Strategy

Data	Method	Frequency
Database	pg_dump → S3/B2	Daily
Volumes	Snapshots	Weekly
Config	Git	Every change