Superpowers Sage:architecting

Architecting (Compatibility Mode)

This skill remains available to avoid breaking existing workflows. It now orchestrates the new split flow:

1. superpowers-sage:architecture-discovery
2. superpowers-sage:plan-generator

Announce at start: "I'm using architecting compatibility mode and will run architecture-discovery then plan-generator."

Input

$ARGUMENTS

HARD GATE

Do not implement code in this skill. If implementation is requested, complete the split planning flow first.

Procedure

0) Design system gate

Before starting architecture discovery, check whether the visual foundation exists:

1. Does resources/css/design-tokens.css exist and contain real tokens (not a placeholder)?
2. Does a kitchensink route/view exist (e.g., resources/views/kitchensink.blade.php or /kitchensink is accessible)?

If both are present: proceed to Step 1 normally.

If either is missing or unvalidated:

⚠ Design system foundation not found.

Architecture for multi-block features should follow a validated design system.
Tokens, UI atoms, and layout components must exist before defining block schemas.

Recommendation: run /sage-design-system first.
  → It will create design-tokens.css, ui/ + layout/ Blade components, and validate with a kitchensink page.
  → Return to /architecting after the kitchensink screenshot is confirmed.

Proceed anyway? (only if this feature has no visual blocks / is purely backend)

Wait for explicit user confirmation before skipping the design system gate.

1) Run architecture discovery

• Invoke superpowers-sage:architecture-discovery with the same arguments.
• Wait for explicit user approval of the written architecture spec.

2) Run plan generation

• Invoke superpowers-sage:plan-generator with the approved spec path.
• Ensure output plan includes strategy, dependencies, and per-component execution ordering.

3) Transition to execution

After plan generation, offer:

1. subagent-driven-development for parallel task execution in this session
2. superpowers-sage:building for direct implementation from plan files

Verification

• Confirm both files exist before claiming completion:
  • docs/superpowers/specs/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>-architecture.md
  • docs/plans/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>/plan.md
• Confirm the user approved the architecture spec before invoking superpowers-sage:plan-generator.

Failure modes

• If architecture approval is missing: stop and return to superpowers-sage:architecture-discovery review loop.
• If plan generation cannot parse the spec: ask for spec corrections and re-run superpowers-sage:plan-generator.