interaction-patterns

# Team Interaction Patterns Skill

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

- **Interaction Patterns tasks** - Working on team interaction modes and their evolution over time
- **Planning or design** - Need guidance on Interaction Patterns approaches
- **Best practices** - Want to follow established patterns and standards

## Overview

Define and evolve team interaction modes using Team Topologies interaction patterns.

## MANDATORY: Documentation-First Approach

Before defining interaction patterns:

1. **Invoke `docs-management` skill** for interaction mode guidance
2. **Verify Team Topologies concepts** via MCP servers (perplexity)
3. **Base guidance on Skelton & Pais interaction modes**

## Three Core Interaction Modes

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Team Topologies Interaction Modes:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    INTERACTION MODES                            │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                 │
│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │                   COLLABORATION                           │  │
│  │                                                           │  │
│  │   ┌───────┐            ┌───────┐                         │  │
│  │   │ Team  │◄──────────►│ Team  │                         │  │
│  │   │   A   │  working   │   B   │                         │  │
│  │   └───────┘  together  └───────┘                         │  │
│  │                                                           │  │
│  │   High bandwidth • Shared goals • Time-limited           │  │
│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
│                                                                 │
│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │                  X-AS-A-SERVICE                           │  │
│  │                                                           │