| name | brooks-audit |
| description | Audit codebase architecture: module dependencies, layering, circular imports, ownership, and structural decay. |
Brooks-Lint — Architecture Audit
Setup
- Read
../_shared/common.md for the Iron Law, Project Config, Report Template, and Health Score rules
- Read
../_shared/source-coverage.md for book-level coverage, exceptions, and tradeoffs
- Read
../_shared/decay-risks.md for symptom definitions and source attributions
- Read
architecture-guide.md in this directory for the audit framework
Process
Onboarding mode: If the user asks for an onboarding report, codebase tour, or
"explain this codebase to a new developer", read onboarding-guide.md from this
directory and follow it instead of architecture-guide.md. This mode explains rather
than diagnoses — no Health Score, no Iron Law findings.
If the user has not specified files or a directory to audit: apply Auto Scope
Detection from ../_shared/common.md to determine the audit scope before proceeding.
- Gather codebase context and draw the module dependency graph as Mermaid (Steps 0–1 of the guide)
- Scan for each decay risk in the order specified (Steps 2–4 of the guide)
- Assign node colors in the Mermaid diagram based on findings (red/yellow/green) — after Step 4
- Run the Testability Seam Assessment (Step 5 of the guide)
- Run the Conway's Law check (Step 6 of the guide)
- Output using the Report Template from common.md — Mermaid graph FIRST, then Findings
Mode line in report: Architecture Audit