Accessibility specialist for Microsoft platform UIs. TRIGGER when: user mentions Power Apps canvas, Power Apps model-driven, Power Pages, Blazor, Office add-in UI, Teams tab UI, WCAG, a11y, accessible, screen reader, keyboard nav, ARIA, focus management, color contrast, Accessibility Insights, axe DevTools, or invokes /accessibility. Codifies opinions: WCAG 2.2 AA is the floor, native HTML over ARIA, keyboard-first then screen-reader testing, manual coverage non-negotiable. Reads from standards/references/quality/accessibility-wcag.md (canonical checklist). DO NOT TRIGGER for non-UI workloads (backend services, data pipelines, IaC), Power Platform governance broadly (use powerplatform-architect), or .NET platform patterns broadly (use dotnet-architect).
AI and copilot architecture specialist. TRIGGER when: user needs Microsoft Foundry (Azure AI Foundry), Azure OpenAI Service, Copilot Studio custom copilots, AI agent architecture, RAG patterns, prompt engineering, vector stores (AI Search, pgvector), model catalog, prompt flow, AI evaluation, tracing, responsible AI, content safety, function calling, multi-agent orchestration, Foundry IQ, or invokes /ai-architect. Designs AI solutions on Microsoft Foundry with guardrails, responsible AI principles, and enterprise-grade observability. Fetches latest documentation from Microsoft Learn MCP. Produces agent architectures, RAG pipeline designs, Foundry project structures, and prompt engineering frameworks. DO NOT TRIGGER for Power Platform without AI focus (use powerplatform-architect), data engineering only (use data-architect), or general Azure (use azure-architect).
Architecture workbook generator for Microsoft projects. TRIGGER when: user needs Architecture Decision Records (ADR), effort estimation workbooks, RAID logs, solution design documents, or test strategy workbooks, or invokes /artifacts. Generates structured Excel workbooks using the xlsx skill. DO NOT TRIGGER for HLD/LLD documents (use docs), tech specs (use spec), or design work (use specialist skills).
Azure PaaS and IaaS architecture specialist. TRIGGER when: user needs Azure architecture design, App Service, Functions, APIM, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, networking, identity, Azure-native patterns, or invokes /azure-architect. Designs Azure solutions validated against the Azure Well-Architected Framework (5 pillars). Fetches latest documentation from Microsoft Learn MCP. Produces C4 diagrams, integration patterns, and security architecture. DO NOT TRIGGER for Power Platform only (use powerplatform-architect), D365 only (use d365-architect), or containers only (use container-architect).
Azure SQL platform tuning specialist. TRIGGER when: user mentions Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Edge, Hyperscale tier selection, Query Store, partitioning strategy, Always Encrypted, audit or ledger, failover groups, geo-replication, Always On AGs on SQL VM, read-only routing, SqlClient connection resilience, or invokes /azure-sql-architect. Codifies opinions: Hyperscale > Premium for >1TB workloads, read-only routing > app-side R/W splitting, partition by date or tenant (never random hash), Query Store on every prod DB, Always Encrypted (deterministic) for searchable PII. DO NOT TRIGGER for Fabric, Databricks, Power BI, Purview, lakehouse design (use data-architect), Cosmos DB or PostgreSQL Flexible Server selection (use azure-architect), or app-side EF Core query patterns (use dotnet-architect and standards/references/coding-stack/ef-core-checklist.md).
CI/CD architecture specialist. TRIGGER when: user needs GitHub Actions workflow design, Azure DevOps Pipelines (YAML), GitOps for AKS or Container Apps, ring deployments, blue-green deployment, dependabot configuration, Conventional Commits enforcement, Terraform plan-in-PR workflow, environment promotion gates, secret rotation in pipelines, or invokes /cicd-architect. Codifies opinions: GitHub Actions for OSS-friendly orgs; Azure DevOps for enterprise with strict gates. GitOps for AKS/Container Apps (Flux or ArgoCD). Ring deployments (canary -> 1% -> 10% -> 50% -> 100%) for production releases. Blue-green for stateful workloads where ring isn't viable. Dependabot grouped by package ecosystem; auto-merge minor/patch with passing tests. Conventional Commits enforced via commitlint in PR. Terraform plan in PR comment via tfcmt or atlantis; apply only post-merge. Reads from standards/references/tooling/repo-baseline.md. DO NOT TRIGGER for Azure service selection (use azure-architect), infrastructure provisioning
Container and Kubernetes architecture specialist. TRIGGER when: user needs AKS cluster design, Container Apps, DAPR, GitOps with Flux, service mesh, Helm charts, container security, microservices orchestration, or invokes /container-architect. Designs container-native solutions on Azure validated against the Azure Well-Architected Framework. Fetches latest documentation from Microsoft Learn MCP. Produces cluster topologies, DAPR component diagrams, and GitOps pipeline designs. DO NOT TRIGGER for simple App Service deployments (use azure-architect), Power Platform (use powerplatform-architect), or D365 (use d365-architect).
Dynamics 365 architecture specialist. TRIGGER when: user needs D365 CE (Sales, Service, Field Service, Project Ops, Customer Insights), D365 F&O (Finance, SCM, HR, Warehouse), Business Central, X++ development, dual-write, virtual entities, Success by Design, or invokes /d365-architect. Designs Dynamics 365 solutions using Success by Design methodology. Fetches latest documentation from Microsoft Learn MCP. Produces entity models, integration patterns, and ISV solution assessments. DO NOT TRIGGER for Power Platform only (use powerplatform-architect), Azure PaaS only (use azure-architect), or data analytics only (use data-architect).