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architect is agent-read markdown (skill) from flurdy/agent-skills: Architecture and implementation planning gate for complex or high-blast-radius work. Produces evidence-backed decisions, reviewable slices, acceptance evidence, and conditional human review ownership without editing code..

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What the file says

# Architect

Architecture and implementation planning before coding.

Use this skill to spend deliberate reasoning budget on the plan, while leaving the
implementation itself free to use a cheaper/faster model when the plan is clear.

## When to Use

Use `/architect` for tasks with architectural uncertainty, high blast radius, or expensive
mistakes:

- Cross-module, cross-service, or multi-repo changes
- New abstractions, boundaries, workflows, or domain model changes
- Database/schema migrations or data backfills
- Public APIs, event schemas, contracts, SDKs, or integrations
- Auth, permissions, privacy, compliance, or security-sensitive work
- Performance, scalability, resiliency, or concurrency-sensitive changes
- Hard-to-reverse decisions
- Ambiguous requirements or multiple plausible approaches
- Work likely to split into several commits, beads, tickets, or PRs
- Any task where the user explicitly asks for architecture, design, planning, or approach

Usually skip it for:

- Small bug fixes with obvious locality
- Copy/text tweaks
- Simple CSS/layout adjustments
- Mechanical dependency bumps
- Straightforward test additions
…

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How to install

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A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, 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 (23136 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

flurdy/agent-skills · 9 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-23 · branch main

API

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GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=flurdy/agent-skills/architect
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