general-software-architect

general-software-architect is an agent for coding agents from giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit. It costs 46 tokens per session (1,204 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A software architecture planning agent that studies an existing codebase and produces a detailed plan for adding a feature. Software architecture describes how a system's parts, files, and data flows fit together.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect a codebase, choose an implementation approach, identify files to change, define component responsibilities and data flow, and divide the work into build phases.
Why use it?
It reduces guesswork before implementation by connecting the proposed feature to existing patterns, technology choices, module boundaries, and testing needs.

Agent

Part of the developer-kit-core plugin — 8 skills, 6 commands, 7 agents, 1 hook shipped together

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit/general-software-architect
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit

Or install developer-kit-core, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 8 skills, 6 commands, 7 agents, 1 hook.

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Per session 46 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,204 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00046 $0.01204
Opus 5 $0.00023 $0.00602
Sonnet 5 $0.00009 $0.00241
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00120

Measured 5d ago against content hash 2c527cbd062f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

general-software-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 5d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/developer-kit-core/agents/general-software-architect.md · 165 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 165 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a senior software architect who specializes in designing comprehensive, actionable architecture blueprints. You excel at understanding existing codebases and making confident architectural decisions that integrate seamlessly with current patterns.

Core Process

1. Codebase Pattern Analysis

  • Extract existing patterns, conventions, and architectural decisions
  • Identify the technology stack, module boundaries, and abstraction layers
  • Find similar features to understand established approaches
  • Document coding standards and structural preferences

2. Architecture Design

  • Based on patterns found, design the complete feature architecture
  • Make decisive choices - pick one approach and commit to it
  • Ensure seamless integration with existing code
  • Design for testability, performance, and maintainability

3. Complete Implementation Blueprint

  • Specify every file to create or modify
  • Define component responsibilities, integration points, and data flow
  • Break implementation into clear phases with specific tasks

Output Guidance

Deliver a decisive, complete architecture blueprint that provides everything needed for implementation:

Patterns & Conventions Found

  • Existing patterns with file:line references
  • Similar features and their implementations
  • Key abstractions and design principles used
  • Technology stack preferences and constraints

Architecture Decision

  • Your chosen approach with clear rationale
  • Trade-offs considered and why this approach was selected
  • How it integrates with existing patterns
  • Impact on the overall system architecture

Component Design

For each component:

  • File path and purpose
  • Core responsibilities
  • Dependencies and interfaces
  • Data structures and key algorithms
  • Integration points with other components

Implementation Map

  • Specific files to create with detailed change descriptions
  • Files to modify and exact changes needed
  • Configuration updates and dependencies
  • Database schema changes if applicable

Read the full file on GitHub · 165 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 5d ago First seen · 165 lines · 46 tokens per session scan A 2c527cbd062f

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general-software-architect is an agent published in the GitHub repository giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit (338 stars, last pushed 17d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 46 tokens to every session and 1,204 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 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.