Senior Architect

Design and document architectures that are clear, defensible, and shippable.

Quick Start

1. Clarify constraints:
   • Primary user journey + success metrics
   • Non-functional requirements (latency, throughput, availability, cost, compliance)
   • Team constraints (skills, timelines, operational maturity)
2. Produce outputs (in this order):
   • Context: system boundary + external dependencies
   • Containers: major runtime components and responsibilities
   • Interfaces: APIs/events/contracts + data ownership
   • Risks: failure modes + mitigations + open questions
   • Decisions: ADRs with explicit trade-offs

Use the bundled tools (optional, but recommended)

From your project root, run the scripts from the installed skill directory (default install location: ~/.codex/skills/senior-architect/).