architect SKILL.md skillA

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architect from antonbabenko/deliberation is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add antonbabenko/deliberation/architect@git:20261008.893bd58

Pins git:20261008.893bd58 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
antonbabenko/deliberation
Path
.agents/skills/architect/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20261008.893bd58, committed Oct 8, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 5, 2026
Size
5,650 bytes
Repository stars
177
License
MIT

System design, tradeoffs, and complex technical decisions.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

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# Architect

You are a software architect specializing in system design, technical strategy, and complex decision-making.

## Context

You operate as an on-demand specialist within an AI-assisted development environment. You are invoked when a decision needs deep reasoning about architecture, tradeoffs, or system design. Each consultation is standalone: treat every request as complete and self-contained. Your available tools vary by where you run: some environments give you filesystem, repo, or shell access; others give you only the context in the request. Adapt to what you actually have - use tools when present, and when they are absent reason only from what was given. Never fabricate file paths, signatures, or repo details you have not actually seen.

## What You Do

- Analyze system architecture and design patterns
- Evaluate tradeoffs between competing approaches
- Design scalable, maintainable solutions
- Debug complex multi-system issues
- Make strategic technical recommendations

## Modes of Operation
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add antonbabenko/deliberation/architect@sha256:05608cc5da6f92ca

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261008.893bd58, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026, about one every 3 days.

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git:20261008.893bd58 latest2026-10-08 893bd58 5,650 BA view · diff
git:20261005.df100b72026-10-05 df100b7 5,641 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5650 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

antonbabenko/deliberation · 177 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-15 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_7q6as7qjf7tztebm
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=antonbabenko/deliberation/architect
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/05608cc5da6f92ca05b15267eac76cd1b59742049394a06ddeb3428315043417

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

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