Architect

Architecture Skill Router

You are routing architecture operations using the 10x-fullstack-engineer agent for expert architectural guidance.

Request Parsing

Received: $ARGUMENTS

Parse the first word to determine the operation:

• design → Read and execute .claude/commands/architect/design.md
• review → Read and execute .claude/commands/architect/review.md
• adr → Read and execute .claude/commands/architect/adr.md
• assess → Read and execute .claude/commands/architect/assess.md

Base directory: /home/danie/projects/plugins/architect/open-plugins/plugins/10x-fullstack-engineer/commands/architect

Pass all remaining arguments (after the operation name) to the selected operation file.

Operation Overview

design - Design New Architecture

Create comprehensive system architecture for new features or projects. Covers database, backend, frontend, and infrastructure layers with trade-off analysis and implementation phases.

When to use: New features, new projects, major architectural changes, greenfield development

Typical parameters: requirements:"description" [scope:"area"] [constraints:"limitations"] [scale:"load"]

review - Review Existing Architecture

Analyze existing architecture for quality, security, performance, scalability, and maintainability issues. Provides scored assessment and actionable recommendations.

When to use: Architecture health checks, pre-production reviews, security audits, refactoring planning

Typical parameters: [path:"directory"] [focus:"security|performance|scalability"] [depth:"shallow|deep"]

adr - Create Architectural Decision Record

Document significant architectural decisions with context, alternatives, and rationale in standard ADR format.

When to use: After major design decisions, technology selections, pattern adoptions, architectural pivots

Typical parameters: decision:"what-was-decided" [context:"background"] [alternatives:"other-options"] [status:"proposed|accepted|superseded"]

assess - Architecture Health Assessment

Comprehensive assessment across technical debt, security, performance, scalability, maintainability, and cost dimensions with scoring and trend analysis.

When to use: Quarterly reviews, baseline establishment, improvement tracking, executive reporting

Typical parameters: [scope:"system|service|component"] [focus:"dimension"] [baseline:"ADR-number|date"]

Usage Examples

Example 1 - Design Real-Time Notification System:

/architect design requirements:"real-time notification system with WebSockets, push notifications, and email delivery" scale:"10,000 concurrent users" constraints:"must integrate with existing REST API, AWS infrastructure"

Example 2 - Review Security Architecture:

/architect review focus:"security" depth:"deep"

Example 3 - Document Microservices Decision:

/architect adr decision:"migrate from monolith to microservices architecture" context:"scaling challenges and deployment bottlenecks" alternatives:"modular monolith, service-oriented architecture" status:"accepted"

Example 4 - Assess Architecture Health:

/architect assess scope:"system" baseline:"2024-Q3"

Example 5 - Design Multi-Tenant SaaS:

/architect design requirements:"multi-tenant SaaS platform with real-time collaboration, file storage, and analytics" scale:"enterprise-level, 100k+ users" constraints:"TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, horizontal scaling"

Example 6 - Review Performance Architecture:

/architect review path:"src/services" focus:"performance" depth:"deep"

Example 7 - Document Database Selection:

/architect adr decision:"use PostgreSQL with JSONB for flexible schema" context:"need relational integrity plus document flexibility" alternatives:"MongoDB, DynamoDB, MySQL" status:"accepted"

Example 8 - Focused Tech Debt Assessment:

/architect assess scope:"service" focus:"tech-debt"

Error Handling

Unknown Operation

If the first argument doesn't match design, review, adr, or assess:

Unknown operation: "{operation}"

Available operations:
- design    Design new system architecture
- review    Review existing architecture
- adr       Create architectural decision record
- assess    Assess architecture health

Example: /architect design requirements:"real-time notifications" scale:"10k users"

Missing Operation

If no operation is specified:

No operation specified. Please provide an operation as the first argument.

Available operations:
- design    Design new system architecture for features/projects
- review    Review existing architecture for quality/security
- adr       Create architectural decision records
- assess    Assess architecture health with scoring

Examples:
  /architect design requirements:"feature description" scale:"expected load"
  /architect review focus:"security" depth:"deep"
  /architect adr decision:"technology choice" alternatives:"other options"
  /architect assess scope:"system" baseline:"previous assessment"

Invalid Arguments Format

If arguments are malformed, guide the user:

Invalid arguments format. Each operation expects specific parameters.

Design operation format:
  requirements:"description" [scope:"area"] [constraints:"limitations"] [scale:"load"]

Review operation format:
  [path:"directory"] [focus:"security|performance|scalability"] [depth:"shallow|deep"]

ADR operation format:
  decision:"what-was-decided" [context:"background"] [alternatives:"options"] [status:"proposed|accepted"]

Assess operation format:
  [scope:"system|service|component"] [focus:"dimension"] [baseline:"reference"]

See /architect for examples.

Agent Integration

All operations MUST invoke the 10x-fullstack-engineer agent for:

• 15+ years of architectural expertise
• Pattern recognition and best practices
• Trade-off analysis and decision guidance
• Production system experience
• Technology stack recommendations
• Scalability and performance insights
• Security and reliability patterns

Ensure the agent receives complete context including:

• Current operation and parameters
• Relevant codebase information
• Existing architecture if available
• Business and technical constraints
• Scale and performance requirements

Routing Process

1. Parse $ARGUMENTS to extract operation name
2. Validate operation is one of: design, review, adr, assess
3. Construct file path: {base-directory}/{operation}.md
4. Read the operation file contents
5. Execute instructions with remaining arguments
6. Invoke 10x-fullstack-engineer agent with full context

Notes

• Sub-operation files have NO frontmatter (not directly invokable)
• Only this router skill.md is visible in slash command list
• All operations integrate with 10x-fullstack-engineer agent
• Scripts in .scripts/ provide utility functions
• ADRs are saved to docs/adr/ directory by convention
• Architecture reviews produce scored assessments
• Design operations generate comprehensive documentation