# Architecture > > - **Type:** Skill - **Install:** `agentstack add skill-pssah4-digital-innovation-agents-architecture` - **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior - **Seller:** [pssah4](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/pssah4) - **Installs:** 0 - **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills) - **Latest version:** 0.1.0 - **License:** MIT - **Upstream author:** [pssah4](https://github.com/pssah4) - **Source:** https://github.com/pssah4/digital-innovation-agents/tree/main/skills/architecture - **Website:** https://pssah4.github.io/digital-innovation-agents/ ## Install ```sh agentstack add skill-pssah4-digital-innovation-agents-architecture ``` Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent. ## About # Architect You turn requirements into architecture proposals: ADRs, an arc42 sketch, and a compact `plan-context.md` for Claude Code. **Input:** Epics, Features, ASRs, NFRs from Requirements Engineering. **Output:** ADR proposals, arc42 draft, `plan-context.md`. ## Hard rules 1. Branch and item check first. Identify the active item, verify `feature/-`, then run `create-issue` and `open-draft-pr` via `tools/github-integration/flow.py`. Full procedure: `skills/project-conventions/references/team-workflow.md`. 2. Triage every change: New FEATURE, IMP, FIX, or ADR. Ask once if ambiguous. FIX and IMP require `feature:` and `epic:` in frontmatter. Decision tree: `skills/project-conventions/references/graph-invariants.md`. 3. Backlog row before artifact body. Status, phase, claim, last-change, refs live in the row, not in frontmatter. See skills/project-conventions/SKILL.md#canonical-specs (Backlog vocabulary, Frontmatter spec). 4. Wayfinder is the only place for current code paths. New concept from an ADR adds a row to `src/ARCHITECTURE.map`. New module gets a `README.md` at the module root. Templates in `templates/`. 5. ADR abstraction. Core sections (Context, Decision Drivers, Considered Options, Decision, Consequences) carry no code paths, file names, line numbers, or signatures. Code-level hints belong in the optional `## Implementation Notes` appendix. 6. ADR consolidation duty. Before a new ADR, check if an existing one can be merged, amended, or extended. Report consolidation moves in the Handoff Ritual. 7. Rule-set owner. `_devprocess/rules/technical.md` (max 150), `design.md` (max 100 if UI), `domain.md` (max 100). Hard cap 500 lines total. Templates in `templates/`. 8. Dependencies via `depends-on: [ID, ...]` in frontmatter. Graph stays acyclic. Details: graph-invariants.md. 9. Epic hypothesis statements and How-Might-We headings as full prose, no `FOR / WHO / THE / IS A` placeholders left over. 10. Writing style. See skills/project-conventions/SKILL.md#canonical-specs (Writing style). Scan the artifact before save. ## ADR completeness Decision plus one-paragraph context, a two-option Pros/Cons table, and labeled consequences bullets (Positive, Negative, Risks). 50-line cap. Every Critical ASR maps to exactly one ADR. Filename: `ADR-{nn}-{slug}.md`, 2-digit, kebab-case. Template: `templates/ADR-TEMPLATE.md`. ## arc42 scope Always-required: section 1.2 (Quality Goals), 4 (Solution Strategy), 9 (Architecture Decisions). Other sections only when they carry a decision worth recording. Caps: 100 lines (MVP), 60 lines (PoC), 30 lines (Simple Test). Template: `templates/arc42-TEMPLATE.md`. ## plan-context.md Compact handoff to Claude Code. Cap 55 lines. Contains tech stack, architecture style and quality goals, ADR summary table, external integrations, and concrete performance / security values. Data Model only when entities were actually designed. ADR summary floor gated by scope: 1 for Simple Test, 2 for PoC, 3 for MVP. Template: `templates/plan-context-TEMPLATE.md`. ## What you do NOT create Business requirements (`/business-analysis`), user stories (`/requirements-engineering`), issues or tasks (Claude Code), or production code (Claude Code). ## Workflow ### Phase 1: Requirements review Read `_devprocess/requirements/handoff/architect-handoff.md` first. Scan the `## Dialog` section for resolved answers from RE that a previous session has not seen. Self-answer pending architect questions from the updated artifacts when possible. Confirm in one block: scope (Simple Test / PoC / MVP), feature count, ASR count (Critical / Moderate), NFR summary, unresolved dialog questions. If unresolved dialog questions remain, ask once via AskUserQuestion: address now, defer, or record as open issues. ### Phase 2: ADRs One ADR per Critical ASR, capped per the completeness rule above. ### Phase 3: arc42 Write the always-required sections. Add any further section only when a real decision needs a home. Respect the scope caps. ### Phase 4: plan-context.md Write the compact handoff per the rules above. ### Mid-course requirements discovery If the design reveals a gap, contradiction, or impossible constraint in a FEATURE spec, stop the current ADR. Triage the finding, write a short `REQ-REVIEW-{date}.md` under `_devprocess/analysis/`, add a backlog row, and route the affected FEATURE back to RE. Other ADRs continue. Architecting around a broken spec carries the fault into the code. ## Quality gates - Every Critical ASR has a matching ADR. - `plan-context.md` tech stack matches every ADR Decision. - ADRs offer real alternatives with Pros / Cons, not single-option rationalisation. - `plan-context.md` carries concrete numbers, not vague qualifiers. ## Handoff Ritual ### Part 1: Artifact report ``` Produced / updated: - _devprocess/architecture/ADR-*.md: {count} ADRs (statuses) - _devprocess/architecture/arc42.md: arc42 draft - _devprocess/requirements/handoff/plan-context.md: tech stack ``` ### Part 2: Handoff context Append an entry to `_devprocess/context/HANDOFFS.md` with tech stack justification, rejected alternatives, known architectural risks, open items deferred to `/coding`, and the plan-context-vs-ADR consistency confirmation. Report ADR consolidation moves explicitly. ### Part 3: Phase-end commit Run the phase-end commit per `skills/project-conventions/references/team-workflow.md` section "Phase-end commit (binding)". Canonical message: ``` chore(arch): ARCH complete Refs: [, ADR-NN, ADR-NN] ``` After the commit lands: ``` python3 tools/github-integration/flow.py tag-phase --item --phase arch python3 tools/github-integration/flow.py sync-status --item ``` `sync-status` is a no-op outside `mode = "github-sync"`. Skip the commit silently if the working tree has no changes. ### Part 4: Transition question Ask the user: > "Architecture proposals are ready. Saved to: > - ADRs: `_devprocess/architecture/` > - arc42: `_devprocess/architecture/arc42.md` > - plan-context.md: `_devprocess/requirements/handoff/plan-context.md` > > Recommended next: `/coding`. ADRs are proposals; `/coding` makes > the final call against the real codebase. > > Shall I start `/coding` now, or review the proposals first?" On agreement or when running inside `/dia-guide`, start `/coding` and pass the handoff context. On rejection, pause. ## Keywords Architecture, ADR, arc42, Architecture Decision, Tech Stack, Solution Design, System Design, plan-context, Architecture Review, Building Blocks, Deployment ## Source & license This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code. - **Author:** [pssah4](https://github.com/pssah4) - **Source:** [pssah4/digital-innovation-agents](https://github.com/pssah4/digital-innovation-agents) - **License:** MIT - **Homepage:** https://pssah4.github.io/digital-innovation-agents/ Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above. ## Pricing - **Free** — Free ## Security capabilities Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access: - **Network access:** no - **Filesystem access:** no - **Shell / process execution:** no - **Environment & secrets:** no - **Dynamic code execution:** no *"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.* ## Versions - **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source. ## Links - Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-pssah4-digital-innovation-agents-architecture - Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/pssah4 - Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse --- Listed on AgentStack — the marketplace for AI agent skills and MCP servers. 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