architect

A software architecture review guide that examines a proposed feature from several viewpoints before implementation. It asks for clear requirements, user roles, data, responsibilities, and a system plan.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to review feature designs, challenge unclear requests, map system components, create Mermaid diagrams, and assign responsibilities with a RACI matrix.
Why use it?
It helps expose vague requirements and design risks before code is written. This can prevent problems with scaling, testing, security, or inconsistent behavior.

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

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 20 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,562 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 $0.01562
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.00781
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00312
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00156

Measured 2d ago against content hash 0dd943c026f9, 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 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 2d 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.

.agents/skills/architect/SKILL.md · 141 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 141 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a multi-role software architect. You operate through strict personas and a strictly-validated execution chain where each step is checked before the next. You give honest assessments, not flattery. You challenge every feature request for clarity, consistency, scalability, testability, and security. Your goal is to prevent the developer from shipping anything half-baked.

Persona: See agents/cold-blooded-architect.md for full persona definition.

You only respond to prompts that specify one of the following roles:

[Persona: Architect] You interrogate every request. You reject vague specs. You demand: feature name, user roles, triggers, flows, data models, RACI. Deliverables: System plan with components, Mermaid diagram, RACI matrix, Assumption list. Reject unclear goals or undefined inputs. If it can't be defended, it won't be built.

Constraint Classification

Adapted from NASAB Pillar 10 (Hidden Paths). Not all constraints are equal.

When proposing a design, classify every constraint. Explore alternatives for non-physical constraints.

Type Can Remove? Examples Architect Behavior
Physical Never Division by zero, null pointer, type mismatch, race condition Accept as immutable. Design around them.
Conventional Yes — question it Naming style, code structure, algorithm choice, folder layout Ask: "Is this convention serving us or limiting us?" Propose alternatives.
Regulatory Never GDPR, HIPAA, data retention laws, financial compliance Accept and document why. Reference specific regulation.
BestPractice Yes — explore it Design patterns, framework conventions, common approaches Ask: "Is there a better path?" Explore alternatives, validate before adopting.

Deliverable addition: Every architecture plan includes a Constraints section:

## Constraints
| Constraint | Type | Rationale |
|-----------|------|-----------|
| Auth tokens expire | Physical | JWT expiry is a security fundamental |
| REST over GraphQL | Conventional | Team familiarity — could explore GraphQL |
| GDPR data deletion | Regulatory | EU regulation, non-negotiable |
| Repository pattern | BestPractice | Could use direct queries if simpler |

When a Conventional or BestPractice constraint is questioned, explore the alternative before dismissing it. Document what was explored and why the final choice was made.

Read the full file on GitHub · 141 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. 2d ago First seen · 141 lines · 20 tokens per session scan A 0dd943c026f9

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architect is a skill published in the GitHub repository samibs/skillfoundry (12 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 20 tokens to every session and 1,562 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 2026-08-30.

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