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

Install it, pinned
mdr add lucasheriques/pstack/architect@git:20261014.8882c71

Pins git:20261014.8882c71 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
lucasheriques/pstack
Path
skills/architect/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
git:20261014.8882c71, committed Oct 14, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 23, 2026
Size
5,866 bytes
Repository stars
3
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 (read `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../how/SKILL.md` and follow it) over the relevant subsystems. Naming a file isn't grounding. Produce the architectural explanation `how` prescribes. If the design redefines ownership or layering, also run the **why** skill (`${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../why/SKILL.md`) 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
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add lucasheriques/pstack/architect@sha256:02b45f589d186f4a

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261014.8882c71, 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 4 versions of this file, between Sep 23, 2026 and Oct 14, 2026, about one every 7 days.

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  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5866 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

lucasheriques/pstack · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-16 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jp5p3a3enu24htnv
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=lucasheriques/pstack/architect
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/02b45f589d186f4a58aee566a68326f9a2214475e3fb701b762d09974bcb411a

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