architectural-review SKILL.md skillA
architectural-review from bradygaster/squad is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add bradygaster/squad/architectural-review@git:20260403.003f05fPins git:20260403.003f05f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- bradygaster/squad
- Path
.copilot/skills/architectural-review/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260403.003f05f, committed Apr 3, 2026
- Size
- 9,036 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3,298
- License
- MIT
How to review PRs for architectural quality — module boundaries, dependency direction, export surface, pattern consistency.
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
## Context When reviewing a PR that touches core architecture, the reviewer must verify that structural invariants are preserved. This skill covers **reviewing existing PRs** for architectural quality — not writing proposals (see `architectural-proposals/SKILL.md` for that). Use this skill when a PR includes any of: - New modules, packages, or directories - Dependency changes (`package.json`, `import` additions across package boundaries) - API surface changes (new or modified exports from `index.ts` barrel files) - Cross-package imports (anything crossing the SDK/CLI boundary) - New abstractions (interfaces, base classes, registries, factories) - Sweeping refactors (file renames, pattern migrations, bulk conversions) ## Patterns ### 1. Module Boundary Enforcement The Squad codebase has two core packages with a strict dependency direction: ``` squad-cli → depends on → squad-sdk squad-sdk → NEVER depends on → squad-cli ``` **Check every new `import` statement in the PR:** - CLI files may import from SDK (`@bradygaster/squad-sdk`) - SDK files must NEVER import from CLI - If a PR adds an SDK import that pulls in CLI code, reject it ### 2. Zero-Dependency Bootstrap Contract …
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How to install
mdr add bradygaster/squad/architectural-review@sha256:645dd9d1e283a9d4The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260403.003f05f, 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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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Apr 3, 2026.
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Source
bradygaster/squad · 3,298 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch dev
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_h5wdpl3izgj3vh63 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=bradygaster/squad/architectural-review GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/645dd9d1e283a9d4b44599cac4eeb3c79a529ba8d93113636a8c2f7c3e9185e4
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