architecture

Skill

Architecture design skill with ADR records, system design checklists, scalability assessment, and architecture patterns

Files1
  • @skills/architecture/SKILL.md

Architecture Skill

Provides architectural guidance for system design decisions, including:
  • ADR (Architecture Decision Records): Structured format for recording design decisions with context, options, and rationale
  • System Design Checklist: Scalability, reliability, observability, security considerations
  • Architecture Patterns: Microservices, event-driven, layered, hexagonal
  • API Design: RESTful conventions, versioning, pagination, error handling

When Loaded

This skill is automatically injected when working with:
  • /cc-best:lead — Technical design phase
  • architect agent — System architecture decisions
  • planner agent — Task breakdown and complexity analysis

Key Principles

  1. Simplicity first — Choose the simplest architecture that meets requirements
  2. Document decisions — Every significant choice gets an ADR
  3. Separation of concerns — Clear boundaries between components
  4. Design for failure — Graceful degradation and circuit breakers
architecture — Kortix Marketplace | Kortix