Buildwithclaude architecture

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

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/plugins/cc-best/skills/architecture" ~/.claude/skills/davepoon-buildwithclaude-architecture && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: plugins/cc-best/skills/architecture/SKILL.md
source content

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