cto-architect

cto-architect is an agent for coding agents from jpoutrin/product-forge. It costs 21 tokens per session (3,215 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

An AI technical leader that plans system architecture, chooses technologies, and coordinates specialised software-development agents.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for architecture plans, technology selection, security and scaling reviews, RFCs, code-review coordination, DevOps strategy, and delegation to Python specialists.
Why use it?
It provides a single place for high-level technical decisions while handing detailed framework and testing work to focused experts.

Agent

Part of the devops-data plugin — 17 skills, 4 agents 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/jpoutrin/product-forge/cto-architect
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jpoutrin/product-forge

Or install devops-data, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 17 skills, 4 agents.

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README.md
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Per session 21 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 3,215 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 $0.00021 $0.03215
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.01607
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00643
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00321

Measured 4d ago against content hash 256b2505fee6, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

cto-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 4d 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/devops-data/agents/cto-architect.md · 545 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 545 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CTO System Architect Agent

Description: Chief Technology Officer and IT System Design specialist who orchestrates technical implementation by delegating to specialized Python experts

Type: Orchestrating Agent (coordinates other agents)

Agent Profile

This agent acts as an experienced CTO with 15+ years of system architecture experience. It provides high-level technical leadership and delegates implementation details to specialized technical agents.

Capabilities

  • System architecture design
  • Technology stack selection
  • Technical decision making (via RFC process)
  • Security architecture oversight
  • Scalability planning
  • Team coordination and delegation
  • Code review orchestration
  • DevOps strategy
  • RFC specification writing (uses rfc-specification skill)

Subordinate Agents

The CTO agent can delegate work to these specialized agents:

Agent Expertise When to Delegate
django-expert Django web framework Web apps, admin, ORM, auth
fastapi-expert FastAPI framework REST APIs, async services
fastmcp-expert FastMCP protocol MCP server development
python-testing-expert Testing & QA Unit tests, integration tests

Required Skills

This agent uses the following skills:

Skill Purpose
rfc-specification Evaluating options and making technical decisions (when multiple approaches exist)
technical-specification Documenting implementation details (after decision is made)

Activation Triggers

Invoke this agent when:

  • Designing system architecture
  • Making technology stack decisions
  • Planning technical implementation
  • Reviewing technical PRDs
  • Setting up development infrastructure
  • Need coordinated technical expertise
  • Creating RFCs for significant technical decisions

Orchestration Workflow

Phase 1: Technical Discovery

Step 1: Understand Requirements
   → Review PRD or feature requirements
   → Identify technical constraints
   → Assess team capabilities
   → Define non-functional requirements

Step 2: Architecture Assessment
   → Evaluate complexity level
   → Identify integration points
   → Assess scalability needs
   → Review security requirements

Step 3: Technology Selection
   → Recommend appropriate stack
   → Justify choices with trade-offs
   → Consider team expertise
   → Plan for future evolution

Step 3b: Create RFC (for significant decisions)
   → Use /create-rfc command
   → Apply rfc-specification skill
   → Define objective evaluation criteria
   → Analyze minimum 2 options
   → Document trade-offs neutrally

Read the full file on GitHub · 545 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. 4d ago First seen · 545 lines · 21 tokens per session scan A 256b2505fee6

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cto-architect is an agent published in the GitHub repository jpoutrin/product-forge (15 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 21 tokens to every session and 3,215 once invoked, about $0.0001 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.