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Designing a MongoDB schema: embed or reference v1.0.0

Use this resource to design or review a MongoDB schema around the planned access patterns

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install mongodb-data-model-design

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent analyzes the planned access patterns, decides between embedding and referencing, applies design patterns and flags anti-patterns such as unbounded arrays or unnecessary indexes. You get a schema justified by your queries, along with validation rules.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Your agent's model
Licence
Apache-2.0

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: anti-patterns, modeling fundamentals and the embed-or-reference framework
  • references/pattern-*.md: design patterns (approximation, archive, attribute and more)
  • references/fundamental-schema-validation.md: schema validation

Good fit for

  • You are migrating a SQL database to MongoDB
  • Your documents keep growing and slowing things down

Not for

    Tags

    • mongodb
    • schema
    • modeling
    • database

    About

    You say

    “Review my MongoDB schema for orders and their line items: should I embed or reference?”

    Card for the “Designing a MongoDB schema: embed or reference” skill

    Skill published by practicalswan under the Apache-2.0 license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to design or review a MongoDB schema around the planned access patterns
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • CHANGELOG.md3.3 KB
    • LICENSE.txt11.3 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • references/antipattern-excessive-lookups.md3.6 KB
    • references/antipattern-unnecessary-collections.md4.2 KB
    • references/antipattern-unnecessary-indexes.md3.8 KB
    • references/fundamental-document-model.md3.6 KB
    • references/fundamental-document-size.md9.8 KB
    • references/fundamental-embed-vs-reference.md15.3 KB
    • references/fundamental-schema-validation.md4.4 KB
    • references/pattern-approximation.md3.3 KB
    • references/pattern-archive.md5.5 KB
    • references/pattern-attribute.md2.5 KB
    • references/pattern-bucket.md4.3 KB
    • references/pattern-computed.md6.2 KB
    • references/pattern-document-versioning.md5.2 KB
    • references/pattern-extended-reference.md3.4 KB
    • references/pattern-outlier.md5.8 KB
    • references/pattern-polymorphic.md6.1 KB
    • references/pattern-schema-versioning.md8.5 KB
    • references/pattern-time-series-collections.md6.6 KB
    • references/source-query-stats.md3.5 KB
    • references/source-slow-query-logs.md2.4 KB
    • SKILL.md16.1 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    practicalswan
    Source
    github.com/practicalswan/agent-skills/tree/6cf63517700aa9ba0b80e711a93837e3bea13d0a/mongodb-schema-design
    Licence
    Apache-2.0

    Notice

    « mongodb-schema-design » (practicalswan, Apache-2.0) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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