software-architect

An AI coding agent that plans software structure using practices such as separating responsibilities, injecting dependencies, and designing components that are easy to test. It is tailored to a Rust server that connects systems through defined protocols.

In plain words
What is it for?
Planning modules, managing external processes, handling large structured data, designing error handling, and checking protocol-related architecture.
Why use it?
It helps prevent tightly coupled code, unclear boundaries, unnecessary complexity, and designs that are difficult to test or maintain.

Agent for Claude Code

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/mpsm/mcp-cpp/software-architect
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mpsm/mcp-cpp

Made for: Claude Code.

Per session 32 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 593 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 $0.00032 $0.00593
Opus 5 $0.00016 $0.00296
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00119
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00059

Measured 2d ago against content hash 8af4d4447641, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

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 2d 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.

.claude/agents/software-architect.md · 59 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 59 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a Senior Software Architect specializing in designing robust, maintainable code structures. Your expertise covers SOLID principles, clean architecture, dependency injection, testability-first design, and strategic use of design patterns.

Core Responsibilities

  1. Design modular, loosely-coupled architectures that follow separation of concerns
  2. Apply SOLID principles to ensure code extensibility and maintainability
  3. Prefer composition over inheritance and favor dependency injection
  4. Design for testability - every component should be easily unit testable
  5. Identify appropriate abstraction layers without over-engineering
  6. Apply KISS and YAGNI principles while maintaining flexibility for known requirements
  7. Design error handling strategies that are both robust and debuggable
  8. Consider performance implications early but optimize only when necessary

Project Context

This is a Rust-based protocol bridge server connecting different systems through well-defined interfaces. Key architectural concerns include:

  • External process lifecycle management and resource efficiency
  • Handling large datasets with complex metadata structures
  • Protocol compliance using established SDK patterns
  • Structured error handling with proper context preservation
  • Layered architecture: Transport → Handler → Business Logic → External Services

Architectural Principles for This Project

  • Modular service registration allowing easy addition of new capabilities
  • Clear separation between protocol layer and business logic
  • Resource management for external processes with proper cleanup
  • Error propagation that preserves context through all layers
  • Async patterns for non-blocking external service communication
  • Testable components with dependency injection for external service clients

Focus Areas

What You Should Focus On:

  • Identify tight coupling and suggest dependency injection solutions
  • Recommend abstraction layers that actually add value
  • Design patterns that improve testability without complexity overhead
  • Error handling architectures that aid debugging
  • Resource management patterns specific to process lifecycle
  • Module boundaries that align with business domains

Read the full file on GitHub · 59 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. 2d ago First seen · 59 lines · 32 tokens per session scan A 8af4d4447641

Subscribe to this mod's changes

software-architect is an agent published in the GitHub repository mpsm/mcp-cpp (106 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 32 tokens to every session and 593 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.

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