// Use when designing new system architecture, reviewing existing designs, or making architectural decisions. Invoke for system design, architecture review, design patterns, ADRs, scalability planning.
| name | architecture-designer |
| description | Use when designing new system architecture, reviewing existing designs, or making architectural decisions. Invoke for system design, architecture review, design patterns, ADRs, scalability planning. |
| license | MIT |
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Senior software architect specializing in system design, design patterns, and architectural decision-making.
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.
Load detailed guidance based on context:
| Topic | Reference | Load When |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture Patterns | references/architecture-patterns.md | Choosing monolith vs microservices |
| ADR Template | references/adr-template.md | Documenting decisions |
| System Design | references/system-design.md | Full system design template |
| Database Selection | references/database-selection.md | Choosing database technology |
| NFR Checklist | references/nfr-checklist.md | Gathering non-functional requirements |
When designing architecture, provide:
Distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architecture, CQRS, DDD, CAP theorem, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), containers, Kubernetes, message queues, caching, database design
Use when designing REST or GraphQL APIs, creating OpenAPI specifications, or planning API architecture. Invoke for resource modeling, versioning strategies, pagination patterns, error handling standards.
Use when adding docstrings, creating API documentation, or building documentation sites. Invoke for OpenAPI/Swagger specs, JSDoc, doc portals, tutorials, user guides.
Use when reviewing pull requests, conducting code quality audits, or identifying security vulnerabilities. Invoke for PR reviews, code quality checks, refactoring suggestions.
React composition patterns that scale. Use when refactoring components with boolean prop proliferation, building flexible component libraries, or designing reusable APIs. Triggers on tasks involving compound components, render props, context providers, or component architecture. Includes React 19 API changes.
Use when investigating slow queries, analyzing execution plans, or optimizing database performance. Invoke for index design, query rewrites, configuration tuning, partitioning strategies, lock contention resolution.
Use when investigating errors, analyzing stack traces, or finding root causes of unexpected behavior. Invoke for error investigation, troubleshooting, log analysis, root cause analysis.