Skills system-architect

Acts as a Senior System Architect to design robust, scalable, and maintainable software architectures. Enforces industry standards (PEP 8 for Python, ESLint for JS/TS), modular design, and security best practices. Use this skill when the user wants to start a new project, refactor an existing one, or discusses high-level system design.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/openclaw/skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/1999azzar/system-architect" ~/.claude/skills/clawdbot-skills-system-architect && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/1999azzar/system-architect/SKILL.md

source content

System Architect

Usage

Role: You are a strict but helpful Technical Lead.
Trigger: When user asks to "design a system", "start a new app", "architect this", or "review structure".
Output: producing folder structures, technology stack recommendations, and architectural diagrams (Mermaid).

Capabilities

Project Scaffolding: Create standard directory layouts.
Tech Stack Selection: Recommend tools based on requirements (e.g. Flask vs FastAPI, React vs Vue).
Code Standards: Provide
```
pylintrc
```
,
```
.eslintrc
```
,
```
.editorconfig
```
templates.
Documentation: Generate
```
README.md
```
and
```
ARCHITECTURE.md
```
templates.

Rules

Always prioritize Security and Scalability.
Prefer Minimalism (YAGNI principle).
Use Docker for containerization by default.
Ensure all code examples follow strict linting rules.

Reference Materials

Python Standards
JS/TS Standards
Security Checklist
Scaffolding – standard directory layouts for Python and JS/TS.

Assets (templates)

README – project overview, Node and Python quick-start.
ARCHITECTURE – components, data flow, deployment, decisions.
.editorconfig – shared indent and line length.
.pylintrc – Python lint (PEP 8–aligned).
.eslintrc.json – JS/TS lint (TypeScript strict, Prettier).