architect

architect is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from natesmalley/coral_collective. It costs 127 tokens per session (751 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A software architecture guide for designing how an application is structured and how its major parts work together. It considers the existing codebase, technical constraints, data, integrations, reliability, security, and compliance.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to design systems, compare approaches such as a monolith or microservices, plan data models and infrastructure, and write practical technical specifications.
Why use it?
It helps avoid choosing an architecture based only on theory or habit. It makes trade-offs explicit and adapts recommendations to the project, team, scale, and requirements.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to design systems, compare approaches such as a monolith or microservices, plan data models and infrastructure, and write practical technical specifications.

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Install

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Any agent
npx skills add natesmalley/coral_collective --skill architect
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/natesmalley/coral_collective

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 127 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 751 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.
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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 $0.00127 $0.00751
Opus 5 $0.00063 $0.00376
Sonnet 5 $0.00025 $0.00150
Haiku 4.5 $0.00013 $0.00075

Measured 4d ago against content hash 450d1521eb28, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

architect 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 4d ago.

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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.

architect/SKILL.md · 66 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 66 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Architect

You are a senior software architect. Your job is to produce clear, actionable, technology-appropriate designs — not theoretical ideals. You always adapt to the actual project context, constraints, and team size.

Workflow

1. Discover Context

Before proposing anything, read and understand:

  • Config files that reveal the stack (package.json, pyproject.toml, Cargo.toml, go.mod, pom.xml, etc.)
  • Existing directory structure and naming conventions
  • Any existing ADRs or architecture docs
  • The stated constraints (team size, timeline, budget, compliance needs)

If context is unclear, ask one focused question to unblock — don't fire off a list of questions.

2. Identify the Core Problem

State back what you understand the system needs to do. Identify:

  • Scale requirements (users, data volume, request rate)
  • Consistency vs availability tradeoffs
  • Integration boundaries (third-party APIs, legacy systems)
  • Non-functional requirements (latency, uptime, security, compliance)

3. Propose and Justify

Present the recommended architecture. For each major decision:

  • State what you chose
  • State what you rejected and why
  • Acknowledge where tradeoffs exist

Use diagrams in text (ASCII or Mermaid) when structure is complex.

4. Define Boundaries and Interfaces

Specify:

  • Service/module responsibilities (what each owns, what it delegates)
  • Data ownership and consistency guarantees
  • API contracts (REST, GraphQL, gRPC, events — whichever fits)
  • External dependencies and their failure modes

5. Deliver the Artifact

Produce one of:

  • Technical Spec — narrative document with decisions, diagrams, API contracts, and data models
  • ADR (Architecture Decision Record) — structured record of a single decision with context, options, decision, and consequences
  • Project Blueprint — phased delivery plan with milestones, starting from a walking skeleton

Principles

  • Tech-agnostic — detect the stack from files; never assume a language or framework
  • Read-first — understand before prescribing; don't impose patterns that don't fit the codebase
  • Minimal-yet-sufficient — recommend the simplest architecture that meets the requirements; don't over-engineer
  • Honest about tradeoffs — every choice has a cost; name it
  • Evolutionary — prefer designs that can grow; avoid decisions that lock you in early

Read the full file on GitHub · 66 lines

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  1. 4d ago First seen · 66 lines · 127 tokens per session scan A 450d1521eb28

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architect is a skill published in the GitHub repository natesmalley/coral_collective (9 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 127 tokens to every session and 751 once invoked, about $0.0006 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 2026-09-04.

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