# Starter Architecture Design

> Starter skill for end-to-end software architecture design. Orchestrates requirement probing, systems analysis, tree-of-thought exploration, boundary setting, and visual diagramming.

- Skill: `felipecustodio/starter-architecture-design` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add felipecustodio/starter-architecture-design`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/felipecustodio/starter-architecture-design/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- License: MIT
- Author: felipecustodio (https://skillmd.com/u/felipecustodio)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/felipecustodio/starter-architecture-design

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## Overview & Purpose

starter-architecture-design is a starter workflow that chains skills together. It chains together the ideal combination of reasoning skills for high-level tasks, without needing manual setup.

## Execution Workflow

1. **Probe Requirements (`socratic-method`)**: Uncover hidden assumptions, latency targets, and scalability requirements.
2. **System Mapping (`systems-thinking`)**: Identify feedback loops, system dependencies, and potential bottlenecks.
3. **Explore Architectural Options (`tree-of-thought`)**: Compare competing architectures (e.g. Microservices vs Monolith) with heuristic scoring.
4. **Enforce Boundary Limits (`ulysses-protocol`)**: Establish strict scope limits and stopping criteria.
5. **Render Architecture (`visual-reasoning`)**: Generate a Mermaid flowchart and sequence diagram.

## Expected Output Contract

```markdown
### Starter Workflow Execution: [starter-architecture-design]
- **Phase 1 Output**: [Initial Analysis]
- **Phase 2 Output**: [Detailed Evaluation]
- **Final Synthesized Solution**: [Complete Recommendation]
```

## Scripts

- `scripts/starter_architecture_design.py` - Orchestration helper and state validation tool for starter-architecture-design.

## Gotchas

- Ensure all sub-skill prerequisites are satisfied before executing downstream pipeline steps.