Use when working with Schema Registry for Apache Kafka, Confluent Platform, or Confluent Cloud. Covers schema management (Avro, Protobuf, JSON Schema), compatibility modes, schema evolution, REST API, serializer/deserializer configuration, Kafka Connect converters, and Flink SQL integration with Schema Registry. Trigger this skill whenever the user mentions schema registry, schema evolution, Avro/Protobuf/JSON Schema serialization with Kafka, subject naming strategies, compatibility checking, or Flink SQL with Confluent formats (avro-confluent). Also trigger when users ask about data contracts, schema validation, or serializer/deserializer configuration for Kafka producers and consumers.
2026-03-05