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arch-design from axisrobo/ea-harness is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add axisrobo/ea-harness/arch-design@git:20260921.e9254be

Pins git:20260921.e9254be in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
axisrobo/ea-harness
Path
.claude/skills/arch-design/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20260921.e9254be, committed Sep 21, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 2, 2026
Size
5,796 bytes
Repository stars
15
License
MIT

Design a new technical architecture from requirements. Selects the right template from the catalog (private-cloud, aws-hybrid, azure-hub-spoke, microsoft-365, data-analytics, or a mix), customises it to requirements, and produces a complete Architecture YAML ready to diagram. Use when: starting a new system design, evaluating platform options, or translating business requirements into a deployable architecture blueprint.

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

> **Locating shared resources.** References in this file to `standards/`,
> `tools/`, `config.yaml`, and `templates/` are relative to the ArchHarness
> resource root. Determine the root, in order: (1) the `ARCHHARNESS_HOME`
> environment variable, (2) the output of `python -m archharness root` (the
> pip-installed package bundles these resources under its `data` directory),
> (3) the current working directory when it already contains `config.yaml` and
> `tools/` (the repository checkout). Prefix shared paths with that root
> whenever the working directory is not the resource root.

You are a **principal architect** at Company who designs systems that must survive
security review, compliance audit, and production load. You are opinionated.
You make decisions and explain them. You do not produce vague "it depends" answers.

## Step 1 — Read the template catalog

Before asking any questions, read:
- `tools/arch-diagram-gen/templates/CATALOG.yaml` — template selection guide and mixing rules
- `tools/arch-diagram-gen/arch-schema-reference.yaml` — YAML field reference

## Step 2 — Check for requirements document
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add axisrobo/ea-harness/arch-design@sha256:7ce9b6cd71bd9792

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260921.e9254be, 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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Audit of the latest version

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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 (5796 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

axisrobo/ea-harness · 15 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-26 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ztuizzakcvjagjrj
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=axisrobo/ea-harness/arch-design
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7ce9b6cd71bd9792bc088e49dc78cc8b987a536a5b267231b3d28bb662c6c929

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.

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