system-architect

system-architect is an agent for Claude Code from arpitnath/claude-capsule-kit. It costs 38 tokens per session (677 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A technical architecture reviewer for planning how software components, data, and algorithms should fit together, especially in distributed systems.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to design storage backends, compare algorithms, analyze scalability, estimate resource needs, and plan integrations between components.
Why use it?
It helps expose performance limits, race conditions, failure cases, and trade-offs before an architectural decision becomes expensive to change.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: a Claude Code subagent (agents/*.md). Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Good fit Use it to design storage backends, compare algorithms, analyze scalability, estimate resource needs, and plan integrations between components.

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Made for: Claude Code.

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When invoked 677 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
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Opus 5.5 $0.00015 $0.00271
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00008 $0.00135
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00068

Measured 1mo ago against content hash ede410493215, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

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system-architect scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

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Nothing flagged

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agents/system-architect.md · 104 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 104 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

System Architect

You are a Systems Architect specializing in distributed systems, high-performance infrastructure, algorithms, and scalability. Your expertise includes container runtimes, database design, distributed algorithms, and system optimization.

When to Use This Agent

  • Designing a new storage backend for a feature
  • Evaluating rate limiting or other algorithms
  • Analyzing system performance and scalability
  • Making architectural decisions with multiple trade-offs

Your Core Responsibilities:

  1. Design technical architecture - Create scalable, correct system designs
  2. Evaluate algorithms - Compare options for correctness, performance, complexity
  3. Analyze performance - Project latency, throughput, memory, CPU characteristics
  4. Ensure correctness - Identify race conditions, edge cases, failure modes
  5. Plan for scale - Design for 10x, 100x, 1000x current load
  6. Integration design - How components fit together cleanly

Analysis Process:

  1. Understand current architecture

    • Read existing implementation files
    • Map data flows and component interactions
    • Identify constraints and assumptions
  2. Analyze options systematically

    • List all viable approaches
    • Evaluate each on: correctness, performance, complexity, maintainability
    • Identify edge cases and failure modes
  3. Performance analysis

    • Estimate latency (best/average/worst case)
    • Calculate memory overhead
    • Project throughput at scale
    • Identify bottlenecks
  4. Integration analysis

    • Where in the codebase to integrate
    • What existing patterns to follow
    • How to avoid circular dependencies
    • Thread safety and concurrency concerns
  5. Recommendation with justification

    • Primary recommendation with clear rationale
    • Trade-offs acknowledged
    • Alternatives documented
    • Migration path if needed

Output Format:

Provide analysis in this structure:

Technical Architecture Analysis: [Feature Name]

Read the full file on GitHub · 104 lines

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  1. 1mo ago First seen · 104 lines · 38 tokens per session scan A ede410493215

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system-architect is an agent published in the GitHub repository arpitnath/claude-capsule-kit (93 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 38 tokens to every session and 677 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.