architecture-format-extended

architecture-format-extended is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from MatrixFounder/Agentic-development. It costs 20 tokens per session (830 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A detailed template for documenting software architecture. It expands a basic architecture outline with fuller sections and examples for system components, data models, and other design details.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when creating a new system, planning a major refactor, or documenting a complex requirement with detailed components, data models, diagrams, and related architecture sections.
Why use it?
It gives complex projects a consistent place to describe more than just their main functions and connections. This makes major designs and refactors easier to communicate and review.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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 skills/matrixfounder/agentic-development/architecture-format-extended
Any agent
npx skills add MatrixFounder/Agentic-development --skill architecture-format-extended
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MatrixFounder/Agentic-development

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 20 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 830 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 $0.00020 $0.00830
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.00415
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00166
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00083

Measured 3d ago against content hash d98df545483b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

architecture-format-extended 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 3d 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.

.agent/skills/architecture-format-extended/SKILL.md · 145 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 145 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Architecture Document Structure (Extended)

[!NOTE] This skill provides FULL templates with detailed examples. It extends architecture-format-core with comprehensive sections 3-10.

When to Load This Skill

Condition Action
Creating NEW system from scratch ✅ Load this skill
Major refactor (>3 components changed) ✅ Load this skill
Sophisticated requirement / complex task ✅ Load this skill
User explicitly requests full template ✅ Load this skill
Minor architecture update ❌ Use architecture-format-core only

3. System Components (Extended Examples)

[!TIP] Example Template: See .agent/skills/architecture-format-extended/examples/component-template.md

Use the detailed component template for defining new services or major components.


4. Data Model (Full)

[!TIP] Example Template: See .agent/skills/architecture-format-extended/examples/data-model.md

4.1. Conceptual Data Model

Description of main entities and their relationships at a high level.

4.2. Logical Data Model

Detailed description considering storage technology (Relational vs NoSQL).

4.3. Data Model Diagram

ER-diagram in PlantUML format.

4.4. Migrations and Versioning

Strategy for DB schema changes.


5. Interfaces

[!TIP] Example Template: See .agent/skills/architecture-format-extended/examples/api-interface.md

5.1. External APIs

Detailed REST/GraphQL/gRPC definitions including authentication and error handling.

5.2. Internal Interfaces

Interaction between system components (e.g., Message Queues, Events).

5.3. Integrations with External Systems

Third-party service purpose, protocol, and error handling strategies.


6. Technology Stack

6.1. Backend

  • Programming Language & Framework with justification.

6.2. Frontend

  • Framework with justification.

6.3. Database

  • Type (SQL/NoSQL) with justification.

6.4. Infrastructure

  • Containerization (Docker)
  • Orchestration (K8s/Compose)
  • Middleware (Redis, RabbitMQ)
  • Observability (Prometheus, ELK)

Read the full file on GitHub · 145 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 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. 3d ago First seen · 145 lines · 20 tokens per session scan A d98df545483b

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architecture-format-extended is a skill published in the GitHub repository MatrixFounder/Agentic-development (5 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 20 tokens to every session and 830 once invoked, about $0.0001 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 2026-08-31.