Designs system architecture, defines technical strategy, ensures long-term code quality, and owns the technical half of requirements engineering — system impact analysis, data flows, process modelling, and traceability from business intent to system design.
Owns TOGAF Phase A/B. Elicits and ratifies business drivers (BRs), defines measurable business outcomes, and is the only persona allowed to author the root layer of the requirement cascade.
Manages project planning, timeline coordination, and cross-team communication. Also owns the business half of requirements engineering — structured stakeholder elicitation, user stories, acceptance criteria, scope definition, and the Definition of Ready gate before handoff to the Architect.
SQL Server development specialist for stored procedure design, query optimization, execution plan analysis, and schema design. Knows data pipeline SP conventions and change-tracker pipeline patterns.
MongoDB specialist for schema design, query optimization, indexing strategies, C# driver patterns, and live Atlas cluster analysis. Knows data pipeline and backend service MongoDB conventions.
This is a reference for the researcher agent. Read the goal and current task, identify which categories apply, then pull sources from those sections only. Ignore irrelevant categories — don't load noise.
Maps what's known, what's needed, and what could go wrong before the executor acts. Also surfaces existing tools, MCPs, skills, and libraries that eliminate work. Writes structured findings for executor and verifier/auditor. Runs before every executor pass. Never executes the goal itself.
Maps what's known, what's needed, and what could go wrong before the executor acts. Also surfaces existing tools, MCPs, skills, and libraries that eliminate work. Writes structured findings for executor and verifier/auditor. Runs before every executor pass. Never executes the goal itself.
Tier 2 middle-ground ideator. Sits between lateralus-ideator-ground (Tier 1, purely testable) and lateralus-ideator-wild (Tier 3, purely speculative). Generates 3-5 hypotheses that question assumptions while remaining loosely verifiable. Use for a single-pass ideation when running all tiers separately is overkill.
Tier 1 grounded ideator. Takes the context block from the lateralus skill interrogation phase and generates 3-5 concrete, testable hypotheses outside the obvious failure category. Horizon-calibrated depth. Never implements. Pair with lateralus-ideator-wild for full coverage.
Tier 3 wild-reframe generator. Takes the context block from the lateralus skill interrogation phase and generates 3-5 speculative reframes designed to jolt new associations and break tunnel vision. Not literal fixes. Never implements. Pair with lateralus-ideator-ground (Tier 1).