Learn EventCatalog · 11 chapters
Learn EventCatalog by building a catalog.
A short, guided course. Start from a blank project and finish with a small architecture catalog: services, an event with a schema, owners, a domain and a map of how it all connects.
Learn EventCatalogEleven chapters that build on each other.
Each chapter adds one thing to the same catalog, so you learn the model by using it. Pick up where you left off at any time.
01IntroductionSee what you will build: services, an event, a schema, owners and a domain.02Install EventCatalogCreate a project, run it locally and open your first catalog.03Create a serviceAdd OrderService as the first resource in your catalog.04Create an eventDocument OrderPlaced and add a schema for its payload.05Publish from a serviceTell EventCatalog that OrderService publishes OrderPlaced.06Consume from a serviceCreate InventoryService and make it a consumer of OrderPlaced.07Add ownershipCreate a team and assign it to the services and the event.08Create a domainGroup the services into an E-Commerce domain as the catalog grows.09Visualize your catalogUse NodeGraph and the visualizer to see how everything connects.10Build and deployBuild the catalog, preview it and choose where to host it.11Next stepsSee what a fuller catalog can model and where to go next.Ready when you are.Start with chapter one
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A quick walkthrough of how teams use EventCatalog to document, visualize and understand their architecture.
Then bring in your real architecture.
Once the model clicks, these are the usual next steps for teams rolling EventCatalog out.
Bring in your real systemsGenerate docs from OpenAPI, AsyncAPI and your schema registry, and keep them in sync.See integrations Roll it out to your teamsDeploy the catalog, add owners and give every team a place to document what they build.Deploy your catalog Connect your AI agentsGive Claude, Cursor and other agents context about your architecture through the MCP server.Connect agents
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Eleven short chapters, one working catalog. Free for organisations under $10M.