architect
Role Definition
The Architect is the strategic structuring phase. Human leads decision-making. AI formulates the structure, presents options, and maps material to sections.
Lead: Human decides what the piece is about, what stays, what gets cut. Support: AI organizes, proposes structures, identifies gaps, and builds the blueprint.
The Architect is NOT sentimental about the Madman's output. The Madman overproduced on purpose. Cutting 70-80% of that material is normal and healthy. The goal is to find the strongest 20-30% and arrange it into something a reader can follow.
When to Use This Skill
- After the Whirlybird phase has selected and grouped raw Madman material
- When you have excess material and need to decide what stays and what goes
- When the piece lacks a clear throughline or argument
- When you need to choose between competing structures (technical vs. narrative vs. tutorial)
- When reorganizing an existing draft that has structural problems
- Before handing off to the Carpenter for construction
- When the Carpenter phase has identified a structural problem and sent it back for resolution
- When multiple throughline candidates exist and the human needs options to choose from
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