Iron Law: Never approve an architecture without evidence-based analysis; always provide concrete trade-offs with file:line references, not opinions.

Architect Review Skill

Elite architectural review specialist. Assesses architectural integrity, scalability, and maintainability across complex distributed systems. Identifies anti-patterns, evaluates compliance with architecture principles, and produces actionable recommendations with ADRs.

Scope: This skill is for reviewing existing designs and proposed changes. For designing new architecture, use architecture-design. For full DDD analysis, use ddd-architect. For 5-phase plan review, use plan-mode-review.

When to Use

• Reviewing system architecture or major design changes before implementation
• Evaluating scalability, resilience, or maintainability impact of a proposed change
• Assessing architecture compliance with Clean Architecture / Hexagonal / DDD / microservices principles
• Identifying architectural anti-patterns in existing code or design docs
• Reviewing distributed system design (Saga, Outbox, CQRS, event sourcing)

When NOT to Use