architect SKILL.md skillA
architect from backnotprop/pstack is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add backnotprop/pstack/architect@git:20261020.e44668cPins git:20261020.e44668c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- backnotprop/pstack
- Path
skills/architect/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 10
- Latest version
- git:20261020.e44668c, committed Oct 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 27, 2026
- Size
- 5,613 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3,337
- License
- MIT
Sketch types, signatures, and module structure before code, then stay in the loop while implementation fills in. Use for /architect, 'architect this', 'design this', or non-trivial work where jumping to code would lock in the wrong shape.
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
# Architect Sketch types, function signatures, class shapes, and module boundaries with `not implemented` bodies and pseudocode. Synthesize across multiple model perspectives, then fill in code against the chosen sketch. ## Start Open a todolist with one entry per phase before starting. 1. Ground 2. Sketch 3. Agree 4. Implement 5. Scrap ## Phase A: Ground the problem Build a real mental model of every system the new code touches. Run the **how** skill over the relevant subsystems. Naming a file isn't grounding. Produce the architectural explanation `how` prescribes. If the design redefines ownership or layering, also run the **why** skill on the existing shape so the rationale becomes a constraint, not a guess. Skip Phase A only when the work is genuinely greenfield with no surrounding system to integrate. ## Phase B: Sketch Run the **arena** skill with the design-sketch task and the Phase A grounding artifacts. Pass `references/runner-prompt.md` as each runner's prompt. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add backnotprop/pstack/architect@sha256:8b06915a5e728c4fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261020.e44668c, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_d57mog7w3no7kbke)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 10 versions of this file, between May 27, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026, about one every 16 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261020.e44668c latest | 2026-10-20 | e44668c | 5,613 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.fce11a3 | 2026-10-12 | fce11a3 | 5,562 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.f3afb70 | 2026-10-12 | f3afb70 | 5,469 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261008.1edf0a5 | 2026-10-08 | 1edf0a5 | 5,754 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261008.4aed5af | 2026-10-08 | 4aed5af | 5,661 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261004.124f622 | 2026-10-04 | 124f622 | 5,768 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261004.c0c3f13 | 2026-10-04 | c0c3f13 | 5,675 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260914.55bfdc2 | 2026-09-14 | 55bfdc2 | 5,383 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260819.4b32d9d | 2026-08-19 | 4b32d9d | 6,061 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260527.b3eabf1 | 2026-05-27 | b3eabf1 | 5,408 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5613 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
backnotprop/pstack · 3,337 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-28 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_d57mog7w3no7kbke GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=backnotprop/pstack/architect GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8b06915a5e728c4f78b6a685fec0213b5cb1a89b9476fae680d4cc3f67d4e79e
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