Architecture Guardian

Architecture Guardian is Agent Kernel's local conformance workflow for AI-assisted code changes. It separates existing debt from new regressions, requires reuse evidence before parallel abstractions, and keeps implementation inside a reviewed task boundary.

Activate this skill when

• a feature spans more than one module or layer
• a refactor changes dependencies or public interfaces
• a new service, repository, adapter, hook, validator, state store, or utility is proposed
• a package, schema, migration, provider integration, or deployment boundary changes
• a change contract already exists
• the user asks to prevent architecture drift, cycles, duplicate sources of truth, or out-of-scope edits
• CI reports Architecture Guardian findings

Do not require a full contract for a trivial typo or isolated documentation correction unless project policy explicitly requires it.

Required workflow

1. Read project governance