/cs:cto-review — CTO Forcing Questions

Command: /cs:cto-review <plan>

Pressure-tests architecture and engineering scaling decisions. Six questions to surface the next scaling cliff before you hit it.

When to Run

• Before approving a major architecture change
• Before doubling the engineering team
• Before a build-vs-buy decision > $100K/year
• When a system is showing reliability stress (SLOs missed)
• Before committing to a new platform / language / DB

The Six CTO Questions