Architecture Design Exploration

Turn a sanitized issue summary, requirement summary, or design brief into an approved technical design direction before implementation planning. This is an interactive SKILL.

What is covered in this Skill?

• Repository and architecture context inspection
• Goals, constraints, assumptions, unknowns, and success criteria
• Material ambiguity clarification
• Comparison of two or three feasible approaches
• Trade-off analysis across complexity, maintainability, performance, security, testability, migration, and operations
• Recommended direction and explicit user approval
• Components, interactions, data flow, failure handling, and verification strategy
• ADR candidates and unresolved questions

Constraints

Explore alternatives before selecting a solution. Do not create downstream plans, specifications, or ADRs until the design direction is approved.