architecture-audit

type	skill
lifecycle	stable
inheritance	inheritable
name	architecture-audit
description	Comprehensive project consistency review across code, documentation, diagrams, and configuration
tier	standard
applyTo	**/*architecture*,**/*audit*
currency	2026-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
lastReviewed	2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z

Architecture Audit

Comprehensive project consistency review across code, documentation, diagrams, and configuration

Overview

Systematic audit process to ensure all project artifacts stay synchronized. Catches version drift, terminology inconsistencies, outdated diagrams, broken references, and code-to-docs mismatches.

⚠️ IMPORTANT: This skill audits the user's project code, NOT the the AI assistant cognitive architecture in .github/. Ignore .github/ folder contents when performing audits - focus on the actual source code, documentation, and configuration in the project root and subdirectories.

Triggers

• "audit", "comprehensive review", "fact-check"
• "consistency check", "project health"
• "pre-release audit", "documentation review"
• Before major releases or after significant refactoring

Audit Checklist

1. Version Consistency

# Find version references in common locations
# EXCLUDE: .github/** (the AI assistant cognitive architecture - not project code)
$patterns = @(
    'package.json',           # "version": "x.y.z"
    'src/**/config*.json',    # Version in config files (not .github)
    '*.md',                   # Root documentation only
    'docs/**/*.md',           # Project docs (not .github)
    'src/**/constants.ts',    # Hardcoded versions
    'CHANGELOG.md'            # Version headers
)

# Grep for version patterns
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Include $patterns |
    Select-String -Pattern 'v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+' |
    Group-Object -Property Line

Check: All version references match the canonical version (usually package.json)

2. Terminology Consistency

Build a deprecated terms list for your project:

Deprecated Term	Current Term	Migration Pattern
DK-*.md	skills/*/SKILL.md	File format change
domain-knowledge/	skills/	Folder rename
(project-specific)	(project-specific)	(document here)

# Search for deprecated terms (exclude .github/)
$deprecated = @('OLD_TERM_1', 'OLD_TERM_2')
foreach ($term in $deprecated) {
    Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Include "*.md","*.ts","*.json" -Exclude ".github" |
        Where-Object { $_.FullName -notmatch '\\.github\\' } |
        Select-String -Pattern $term
}