ase-arch-analyze SKILL.md skillA

ase-arch-analyze from rse/ase is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add rse/ase/ase-arch-analyze@git:20261019.c56ea3a

Pins git:20261019.c56ea3a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
rse/ase
Path
plugin/skills/ase-arch-analyze/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
7
Latest version
git:20261019.c56ea3a, committed Oct 19, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 1, 2026
Size
20,835 bytes
Repository stars
62
License
Apache-2.0

Review software architecture, including package cohesion and inter-package coupling.

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

@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-control.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-skill.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-getopt.md

<purpose name="ase-arch-analyze">
Review Software Architecture
</purpose>

<expand name="getopt"
    arg1="ase-arch-analyze"
    arg2="--prefix|-P=">
    $ARGUMENTS
</expand>

<objective>
With the mindset of an *expert-level software architect*,
*review* the *software architecture* of <getopt-arguments/>, and its directly
related source code, for *potential problems* across component
boundaries, structural organization, architecture principles,
interface quality, quality attributes, and architecture governance.
</objective>

<flow>
1.  <step id="STEP 1: Investigate Code Base">

    <if condition="<ase-project-boxing/> is equal `black`">

    The project source artifacts are classified as a *black box*, so
    the user does *not* want the architecture inspected or its findings
    surfaced. *Skip* the entire investigation and reporting: do *not*
    invoke any `Agent` tool and do *not* read any source, only output
    the following <template/> and then *SKIP* the remaining steps STEP 2
    and STEP 3:

    <template>
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add rse/ase/ase-arch-analyze@sha256:dcfcb25e1baf33f0

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261019.c56ea3a, 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 7 versions of this file, between Aug 1, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026, about one every 13 days.

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git:20261019.c56ea3a latest2026-10-19 c56ea3a 20,835 BA view · diff
git:20261017.19ede762026-10-17 19ede76 20,689 BA view · diff
git:20260825.ab59f752026-08-25 ab59f75 20,695 BA view · diff
git:20260806.cea02982026-08-06 cea0298 20,589 BA view · diff
git:20260806.c0010662026-08-06 c001066 20,566 BA view · diff
git:20260801.a4b46962026-08-01 a4b4696 20,570 BA view · diff
git:20260801.f1208fb2026-08-01 f1208fb 19,974 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 (20835 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

rse/ase · 62 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hjavr3lm4nghs3zw
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rse/ase/ase-arch-analyze
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/dcfcb25e1baf33f06a18aead01e6ba523c95aa85424841bc2faaa660f6ab43ec

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