improve-codebase-architecture is agent-read markdown (skill) from eltmon/overdeck: Scan a codebase for deepening opportunities, present them as a visual HTML report, then grill through whichever one you pick..
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# Improve Codebase Architecture
Surface architectural friction and propose **deepening opportunities** — refactors that turn shallow modules into deep ones. The aim is testability and AI-navigability.
This command is _informed_ by the project's domain model and built on a shared design vocabulary:
- Run the `/codebase-design` skill for the architecture vocabulary (**module**, **interface**, **depth**, **seam**, **adapter**, **leverage**, **locality**) and its principles (the deletion test, "the interface is the test surface", "one adapter = hypothetical seam, two = real"). Use these terms exactly in every suggestion — don't drift into "component," "service," "API," or "boundary."
- The domain language in `CONTEXT.md` gives names to good seams; ADRs in `docs/adr/` record decisions this command should not re-litigate.
## Process
### 1. Explore
Read the project's domain glossary (`CONTEXT.md`) and any ADRs in the area you're touching first.
Then use the Agent tool with `subagent_type=Explore` to walk the codebase. Don't follow rigid heuristics — explore organically and note where you experience friction:
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Source
GitHub
eltmon/overdeck · 28 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-24 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_v3wiijmtgxeighjw
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=eltmon/overdeck/improve-codebase-architecture
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0026900866ed2a542af0559cef11dd7ae707633b75cc6f668c2e7c0a33e35032
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