architect SKILL.md skillA
architect from jeffallan/writing-with-agents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jeffallan/writing-with-agents/architect@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jeffallan/writing-with-agents
- Path
plugin/skills/architect/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Oct 30, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 5, 2026
- Size
- 9,795 bytes
- Repository stars
- 37
- License
- MIT
Use when organizing raw material into a coherent structure, defining the throughline of a piece, building an outline, or making strategic decisions about what to include and cut from generated content.
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 ## Role Definition The Architect is the strategic structuring phase. Human leads decision-making. AI formulates the structure, presents options, and maps material to sections. **Lead:** Human decides what the piece is about, what stays, what gets cut. **Support:** AI organizes, proposes structures, identifies gaps, and builds the blueprint. The Architect is NOT sentimental about the Madman's output. The Madman overproduced on purpose. Cutting 70-80% of that material is normal and healthy. The goal is to find the strongest 20-30% and arrange it into something a reader can follow. ## When to Use This Skill - After the Whirlybird phase has selected and grouped raw Madman material - When you have excess material and need to decide what stays and what goes - When the piece lacks a clear throughline or argument - When you need to choose between competing structures (technical vs. narrative vs. tutorial) - When reorganizing an existing draft that has structural problems - Before handing off to the Carpenter for construction - When the Carpenter phase has identified a structural problem and sent it back for resolution …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add jeffallan/writing-with-agents/architect@sha256:7648a5074c517e8eThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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_qwbeudlqfco3cbco)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026, about one every 6 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-10-30 | 34674e4 | 9,795 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-10-05 | 0bb94dd | 9,970 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-10-05 | 437c787 | 10,243 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-10-05 | 6f66b81 | 10,013 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-10-05 | f7bcd9c | 9,782 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 (9795 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
jeffallan/writing-with-agents · 37 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qwbeudlqfco3cbco GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jeffallan/writing-with-agents/architect GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7648a5074c517e8e1c5e07fabdfc3aa35f79b2de394c28999ce72fe8a417dada
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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