design-architecture SKILL.md skillA
design-architecture from etr/groundwork is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
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- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- etr/groundwork
- Path
skills/design-architecture/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260624.e533827, committed Jun 24, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 22, 2026
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- 15,051 bytes
- Repository stars
- 44
- License
- MIT
This skill should be used when the user asks to design system architecture, make architectural decisions, or translate PRD into technical design.
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
# Architecture Design Skill
Interactive workflow for translating product requirements into architecture through iterative decision-making.
## File Locations
- **Input:** `{{specs_dir}}/product_specs.md` (PRD with EARS requirements)
- **Output:** `{{specs_dir}}/architecture.md` (architecture document with decisions)
## Workflow Overview
1. **Load Context** - Read PRD and understand requirements
2. **Identify Decisions** - List architectural decisions to make
3. **Iterate Decisions** - For each decision: present options → discuss → decide
4. **Document** - Write architecture with full decision records
## Design Principles
Anchor decisions on the named principles in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/references/engineering-principles.md` — favor **deep modules** (simple interface, substantial functionality), minimize the surface **Hyrum's Law** will freeze into a contract, and **design it twice** before committing to a module boundary. When a decision passes the decision-record gate (in the principles file), record it using the Decision Record Format (ADR-lite) below. Sharpen the shared vocabulary with [[domain-modeling]].
## Pre-flight: Model Recommendation
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How to install
mdr add etr/groundwork/design-architecture@sha256:32af6bc6f8c801f6The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260624.e533827, 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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Source
etr/groundwork · 44 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main
API
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