architecture-review

name	architecture-review
description	Review architectural decisions and design patterns for scalability and maintainability. Trigger with "review the architecture", "is this design scalable", "architecture feedback", or "design review".

Architecture Review

Review system design and architectural decisions.

When to Use

• Evaluating a new feature's design before implementation
• Reviewing existing architecture for scaling concerns
• Assessing technical debt and refactoring priorities

Steps

1. Understand the system context, constraints, and goals
2. Evaluate data flow and component interactions
3. Assess scalability: what happens at 10x, 100x current load
4. Review separation of concerns and coupling
5. Identify risks and suggest alternatives

Output Format

## Architecture Review -- [System/Feature]

### Context
[Understanding of the design being reviewed]

### Strengths
- [What is well-designed]

### Concerns

| Priority | Concern | Impact | Recommendation |
|----------|---------|--------|----------------|
| High | [concern] | [impact] | [recommendation] |
| Medium | [concern] | [impact] | [recommendation] |

### Scalability Assessment
- **Current load**: [Handles well / Struggling]
- **10x**: [What breaks first]
- **100x**: [What needs redesigning]

### Recommendations
1. [Highest priority architectural change]
2. [Second priority]