update-architecture-atlas

update-architecture-atlas is a skill for Claude Code from curie-eng/curie. It costs 61 tokens per session (997 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A skill for creating versioned JSON snapshots of a software architecture atlas from a Git diff, which records how a codebase is organised and how it is expected to evolve. It also records flows, architecture boundaries, decision records, and documentation drift.

In plain words
What is it for?
Updating, regenerating, comparing, or adding versions to an interactive architecture atlas after code changes.
Why use it?
It keeps architecture documentation tied to specific commits, making changes easier to compare and historical snapshots safer to preserve.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions AGENTS.md.

Good fit Updating, regenerating, comparing, or adding versions to an interactive architecture atlas after code changes.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/curie-eng/curie/update-architecture-atlas
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.

Any agent
npx skills add curie-eng/curie --skill update-architecture-atlas
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/curie-eng/curie

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 61 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 997 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. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
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 $0.00061 $0.00997
Opus 5 $0.00030 $0.00498
Sonnet 5 $0.00012 $0.00199
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00100

Measured 12d ago against content hash 463c88cbf758, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

update-architecture-atlas 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 12d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 2 executable files (scripts/new_snapshot.py, scripts/validate_atlas.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

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/skills/update-architecture-atlas/SKILL.md · 107 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 107 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Update the architecture atlas

Keep docs/architecture-atlas/ an evidence-backed, versioned view of Curie's current architecture and accepted vision. The JSON snapshots are the source of truth; index.html is a generic renderer.

Create a version

Resolve the exact target commit and the prior registered version. Create the new file and manifest entry with:

python3 .claude/skills/update-architecture-atlas/scripts/new_snapshot.py \
  --version <version-id> \
  --commit <full-target-commit> \
  --branch <branch> \
  --date <YYYY-MM-DD>

Use --from-version when the default snapshot is not the correct baseline. The helper copies data; it does not claim that the copied facts are current.

Never overwrite a registered snapshot. A historical version is immutable. If its renderer needs a compatibility fix, change the generic HTML or bump the atlas schema with an explicit migration.

Research the diff

Read AGENTS.md, README.md, ARCHITECTURE.md, and llms.txt, then inspect:

git diff --name-status <prior-commit>..<target-commit>
git log --oneline --decorate <prior-commit>..<target-commit>

Group changed paths by ownership boundary. For each affected component or cross-component seam, read its scoped CLAUDE.md, INTERFACE.md, relevant ADRs, and the implementation at the target commit. Use generated docs/interfaces.md as an index, not as sole proof when it conflicts with code.

Update only facts that the diff can affect. Preserve untouched descriptions, positions, and identifiers so version comparison remains meaningful. Ground external SDK or API claims in provider documentation or observed behavior.

Model the architecture

  • Keep implementations collapsed behind stable roles. Adding another channel, substrate, model endpoint, or MCP server should expand its implementation disclosure, not add another top-level architecture box.
  • Show current service-key MCP auth separately from planned per-person OAuth. Service and delegated identity modes must be explicit and have no fallback.
  • Use current for shipped routes and planned for accepted or draft vision. Do not draw planned behavior as current because an ADR exists.
  • Set bidirectional: true for one request/response route. Opposing raw routes between the same boxes are rendered as one line with two arrowheads and one tooltip; keep both raw routes only when distinct flow steps need their own ids.
  • Keep every conceptual node inside its declared zone. Move nodes before shrinking labels or boxes.
  • Store detailed text in node, seam, flow, and ADR records. Map bubbles stay title-only; tooltips and the inspector carry the detail.

Read the full file on GitHub · 107 lines

Files

What ships with it

2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 12d ago First seen · 107 lines · 61 tokens per session scan A 463c88cbf758

Subscribe to this mod's changes

update-architecture-atlas is a skill published in the GitHub repository curie-eng/curie (35 stars, last pushed today), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 61 tokens to every session and 997 once invoked, about $0.0003 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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