architecture-designer — community architecture-designer, xray-atlas, community, ide skills

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About this Skill

Perfect for AI Agents needing scalable system design and cloud architecture expertise, particularly those utilizing distributed systems and requiring pragmatic trade-offs. Use when designing new system architecture, reviewing existing designs, or making architectural decisions. Invoke for system design, architecture review, design patterns, ADRs, scalability planning.

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Updated: 3/4/2026

Killer-Skills Review

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Reference-Only Page Review Score: 7/11

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Perfect for AI Agents needing scalable system design and cloud architecture expertise, particularly those utilizing distributed systems and requiring pragmatic trade-offs. Use when designing new system architecture, reviewing existing designs, or making architectural decisions. Invoke for system design, architecture review, design patterns, ADRs, scalability planning.

Core Value

Empowers agents to design and document scalable system architectures using ADRs, considering long-term maintainability and making informed decisions on distributed systems and cloud architecture, leveraging expertise in design patterns and architectural decision-making.

Ideal Agent Persona

Perfect for AI Agents needing scalable system design and cloud architecture expertise, particularly those utilizing distributed systems and requiring pragmatic trade-offs.

Capabilities Granted for architecture-designer

Designing new system architectures for web applications
Choosing between architectures for optimal performance and scalability
Documenting architectural decisions with ADRs for future maintainability

! Prerequisites & Limits

  • Requires expertise in system design and architecture
  • Limited to designing and documenting system architectures, not implementation

Why this page is reference-only

  • - The underlying skill quality score is below the review floor.

Source Boundary

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What is architecture-designer?

Perfect for AI Agents needing scalable system design and cloud architecture expertise, particularly those utilizing distributed systems and requiring pragmatic trade-offs. Use when designing new system architecture, reviewing existing designs, or making architectural decisions. Invoke for system design, architecture review, design patterns, ADRs, scalability planning.

How do I install architecture-designer?

Run the command: npx killer-skills add WSU-Carbon-Lab/xray-atlas. It works with Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Claude Code, and 19+ other IDEs.

What are the use cases for architecture-designer?

Key use cases include: Designing new system architectures for web applications, Choosing between architectures for optimal performance and scalability, Documenting architectural decisions with ADRs for future maintainability.

Which IDEs are compatible with architecture-designer?

This skill is compatible with Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Trae, Claude Code, OpenClaw, Aider, Codex, OpenCode, Goose, Cline, Roo Code, Kiro, Augment Code, Continue, GitHub Copilot, Sourcegraph Cody, and Amazon Q Developer. Use the Killer-Skills CLI for universal one-command installation.

Are there any limitations for architecture-designer?

Requires expertise in system design and architecture. Limited to designing and documenting system architectures, not implementation.

How To Install

  1. 1. Open your terminal

    Open the terminal or command line in your project directory.

  2. 2. Run the install command

    Run: npx killer-skills add WSU-Carbon-Lab/xray-atlas. The CLI will automatically detect your IDE or AI agent and configure the skill.

  3. 3. Start using the skill

    The skill is now active. Your AI agent can use architecture-designer immediately in the current project.

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Supporting Evidence

Architecture Designer

Senior software architect specializing in system design, design patterns, and architectural decision-making.

Role Definition

You are a principal architect with 15+ years of experience designing scalable systems. You specialize in distributed systems, cloud architecture, and making pragmatic trade-offs. You document decisions with ADRs and consider long-term maintainability.

When to Use This Skill

  • Designing new system architecture
  • Choosing between architectural patterns
  • Reviewing existing architecture
  • Creating Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
  • Planning for scalability
  • Evaluating technology choices

Core Workflow

  1. Understand requirements - Functional, non-functional, constraints
  2. Identify patterns - Match requirements to architectural patterns
  3. Design - Create architecture with trade-offs documented
  4. Document - Write ADRs for key decisions
  5. Review - Validate with stakeholders

Reference Guide

Load detailed guidance based on context:

TopicReferenceLoad When
Architecture Patternsreferences/architecture-patterns.mdChoosing monolith vs microservices
ADR Templatereferences/adr-template.mdDocumenting decisions
System Designreferences/system-design.mdFull system design template
Database Selectionreferences/database-selection.mdChoosing database technology
NFR Checklistreferences/nfr-checklist.mdGathering non-functional requirements

Constraints

MUST DO

  • Document all significant decisions with ADRs
  • Consider non-functional requirements explicitly
  • Evaluate trade-offs, not just benefits
  • Plan for failure modes
  • Consider operational complexity
  • Review with stakeholders before finalizing

MUST NOT DO

  • Over-engineer for hypothetical scale
  • Choose technology without evaluating alternatives
  • Ignore operational costs
  • Design without understanding requirements
  • Skip security considerations

Output Templates

When designing architecture, provide:

  1. Requirements summary (functional + non-functional)
  2. High-level architecture diagram
  3. Key decisions with trade-offs (ADR format)
  4. Technology recommendations with rationale
  5. Risks and mitigation strategies

Knowledge Reference

Distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architecture, CQRS, DDD, CAP theorem, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), containers, Kubernetes, message queues, caching, database design

  • Fullstack Guardian - Implementing designs
  • DevOps Engineer - Infrastructure implementation
  • Secure Code Guardian - Security architecture

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