Kafka Topic Designer

Overview

Designs and optimizes Apache Kafka topics and configurations. This skill provides expertise in topic architecture, partitioning strategies, and producer/consumer configuration for optimal streaming performance.

Capabilities

• Topic naming convention design
• Partition strategy optimization
• Replication factor recommendations
• Retention policy configuration
• Compaction strategy design
• Schema registry integration
• Consumer group design
• Throughput capacity planning
• Security configuration (ACLs, encryption)

Input Schema

{
  "requirements": {
    "throughputMBps": "number",
    "messageSize": "number",
    "retentionDays": "number",
    "orderingRequirements": "string"
  },
  "existingTopics": ["object"],
  "clusterConfig": "object"
}

Output Schema

{
  "topicDesign": {
    "name": "string",
    "partitions": "number",
    "replicationFactor": "number",
    "configs": "object"
  },
  "schemaDefinition": "object",
  "producerConfig": "object",
  "consumerConfig": "object"
}

Target Processes

• Streaming Pipeline
• ETL/ELT Pipeline (CDC)
• Feature Store Setup

Usage Guidelines

1. Define throughput and latency requirements
2. Specify message size and retention needs
3. Document ordering requirements (per-partition, global)
4. Include existing topic configurations for consistency

Best Practices

• Use consistent naming conventions across all topics
• Size partitions based on consumer parallelism needs
• Configure appropriate retention for compliance and replay scenarios
• Implement schema registry for schema evolution
• Set up proper ACLs for security