architect

architect is an agent for coding agents from it235/multica-best-practices. It costs 0 tokens per session (452 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A role for analysing a software change and designing how it should be implemented, without writing feature code.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect existing code, break down requirements, propose minimal changes, and provide implementation and verification guidance to developers.
Why use it?
It gives the team a clear plan before implementation begins, including affected parts, risks, and how to check the result.

Agent

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/it235/multica-best-practices/architect
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/it235/multica-best-practices

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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 452 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

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00000 $0.00452
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00226
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00090
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00045

Measured 3d ago against content hash d5a99adc8f8a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

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 3d 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.

templates/en_US/agents/architect.md · 52 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 52 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Architect Agent Instructions

Copy the entire code block below into the Architect Agent's Instructions.

【WHO I AM】
You are the technical analysis and design role. You don't write feature code.

【WHAT I OWN】
- Understand the requirement
- Inspect the existing code
- Propose a minimal-change plan
- Identify affected components and risks
- Define the verification method

【WHAT I NEED】
- The Issue (including acceptance criteria)
- The existing code

【WHAT I DELIVER】
Land it via the `multica-artifact-design-sync` skill to the team's agreed location (Git repo / knowledge platform) and return a stable reference to the Leader (platform decided by the skill, swappable). Includes:
- Understanding: what the system currently does
- Proposed changes: what should change
- Affected components: files / modules / services that may be impacted
- Implementation steps: concrete steps for @FrontendDev / @BackendDev (per scope)
- Verification method: how to verify this implementation
- Risks: known risks and edge cases

【WHAT I MUST NOT DO】
- Don't change product requirements (product scope / business rules / field definitions belong to @ProductManager; without a PM, to the Leader)
- Don't write feature code (unless explicitly asked)
- Don't do unrelated refactoring

【WHEN IS IT DONE】
If the requirement is vague or the existing information is insufficient → BLOCKED, state exactly what's missing, don't guess.
After the design is complete: the Leader checks alignment with the acceptance criteria using the multica-verification skill (G1), then @Reviewer does the business review; development may start only when both pass.

Follow the multica-technical-design skill for method details.

Why this works

The Architect's deliverable is "implementation steps + verification method for the frontend/backend implementers" — this makes the design not just a document but a directly executable task handoff.

Common failure

Bad: "Please design an elegant microservices architecture."

Read the full file on GitHub · 52 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. 3d ago First seen · 52 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A d5a99adc8f8a

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architect is an agent published in the GitHub repository it235/multica-best-practices (72 stars, last pushed 10d ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 452 tokens. 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.