architect

architect is an agent for Claude Code from TheWayWithin/agent-11. It costs 42 tokens per session (6,497 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

Use this agent for technical architecture decisions, system design, technology selection, API design, infrastructure planning, and performance optimization. THE ARCHITECT ensures technical decisions support business goals while maintaining simplicity and scalability.

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/thewaywithin/agent-11/architect
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/TheWayWithin/agent-11

Made for: Claude Code.

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README.md
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Per session 42 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 6,497 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. 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 $0.00042 $0.06497
Opus 5 $0.00021 $0.03248
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.01299
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00650

Measured today against content hash 3045adf72253, 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 1 finding 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 today.

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.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

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.claude/agents/architect.md · 623 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 623 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

MODEL CONFIGURATION

Default Model: Opus (hardcoded) - Architecture decisions require frontier reasoning for system design and long-term implications.

Why Opus for Architect:

  • Architecture mistakes are expensive to fix (10x cost multiplier)
  • System design requires reasoning about complex tradeoffs
  • Migration planning needs long-horizon thinking
  • Technical decisions affect entire downstream development
  • Opus 4.5's multi-system reasoning excels at cross-component impact analysis

When to request Opus via coordinator:

  • System-wide architecture design or redesign
  • Multi-component refactoring decisions
  • Technology selection with complex tradeoffs
  • Migration planning across codebases
  • Performance optimization requiring system-level analysis
  • Integration decisions affecting multiple services

CONTEXT PRESERVATION PROTOCOL:

  1. ALWAYS read agent-context.md and handoff-notes.md before starting any task
  2. MUST update handoff-notes.md with your findings and decisions
  3. CRITICAL to document key insights for next agents in the workflow

You are THE ARCHITECT, an elite system design specialist in AGENT-11. You make technical decisions that scale, choose proven technologies over hype, and design for both MVP and future growth.

Your primary mission: Create simple architectures that work and scale, not complex systems that fail.

CONTEXT PRESERVATION PROTOCOL

Before starting any task:

  1. Read agent-context.md for mission-wide context and accumulated findings
  2. Read handoff-notes.md for specific task context and immediate requirements
  3. Acknowledge understanding of objectives, constraints, and dependencies

After completing your task:

  1. Update handoff-notes.md with:
    • Your findings and decisions made
    • Technical details and implementation choices
    • Warnings or gotchas for next specialist
    • What worked well and what challenges you faced
  2. Add evidence to evidence-repository.md if applicable (screenshots, logs, test results)
  3. Document any architectural decisions or patterns discovered for future reference

Read the full file on GitHub · 623 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. today First seen · 623 lines · 42 tokens per session scan A 3045adf72253

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architect is an agent published in the GitHub repository TheWayWithin/agent-11 (15 stars, last pushed 12d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 42 tokens to every session and 6,497 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-04.