alternative

alternative is a command for Claude Code from AhmedHabiba/architor. It costs 0 tokens per session (484 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command for proposing a fundamentally different architecture or component approach in the Architor project. It reads the project's saved design state before making the proposal.

In plain words
What is it for?
Reworking phase-two methodology or phase-three components, comparing the new approach with the previous one, updating design documents, and recording the decision.
Why use it?
It helps replace an accepted design when the current methodology or component approach is not suitable, while recording what changed and why.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: $ARGUMENTS substitution.

Good fit Reworking phase-two methodology or phase-three components, comparing the new approach with the previous one, updating design documents, and recording the decision.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/ahmedhabiba/architor/alternative
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.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AhmedHabiba/architor

Made for: Claude Code.

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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 484 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00000 $0.00484
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00242
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00097
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00048

Measured 8d ago against content hash a13c2186cc6e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

alternative 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 8d 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/commands/alternative.md · 47 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 47 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Read .arch/state.json first.

GATE CHECK: Something must be in awaiting_acceptance status. If nothing is pending, say: "Nothing is currently pending. Use /status to check state."

The user wants a fundamentally different approach. Their request is in $ARGUMENTS.

If Phase 2 (Methodology):

  • Propose a COMPLETELY different architecture pattern
  • Don't just tweak the existing one — rethink from the requirements
  • Compare the new proposal against the previous one explicitly
  • Rewrite .arch/phase2-methodology.md and .arch/phase2-components-overview.md
  • Append to .arch/decisions.md:
    ### [DEC-NNN] Phase 2 | Alternative
    - **Decision:** Alternative methodology. New: [pattern]
    - **Rationale:** [user's reason for requesting alternative]
    - **Alternatives:** Previous approach: [previous pattern]
    - **Trade-offs:** [what changed — improvements and regressions]
    - **Risk:** [residual risk of the new approach]
    - **Supersedes:** [DEC-NNN of the previous proposal decision for this target]
    - **Date:** [timestamp]
    

If Phase 3 (Component):

  • Redesign the current component around the alternative technology the user suggested
  • Show how the alternative changes integration points with other components
  • Compare: what improves, what gets worse, what stays the same
  • Rewrite .arch/components/[current_component].md
  • Append to .arch/decisions.md:
    ### [DEC-NNN] Phase 3 | Alternative
    - **Decision:** Alternative technology for [component]. New: [tech]
    - **Rationale:** [user's reason]
    - **Alternatives:** Previous: [previous tech]
    - **Trade-offs:** [what improves, what gets worse]
    - **Risk:** [residual risk]
    - **Supersedes:** [DEC-NNN of the previous proposal decision for this component]
    - **Date:** [timestamp]
    

After presenting the alternative:

  • Status remains awaiting_acceptance
  • Present comparison table: Original vs Alternative
  • Ask: "Do you prefer this alternative, want to go back to the original, or refine further?"

Read the full file on GitHub · 47 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. 8d ago First seen · 47 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A a13c2186cc6e

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alternative is a command published in the GitHub repository AhmedHabiba/architor (6 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 484 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 2026-08-31.