architect

name	architect
description	Design + task breakdown + validate. Phase 2.

Toolkit root: .adlc-toolkit

Execute the ADLC architect protocol — defined in .adlc-toolkit/core/skills/architect.md — against the .adlc/ vault in the current repository.

Read that file in full and follow every step literally. It is a protocol, not a guideline (ADLC ETHOS principle 5 — load .adlc-toolkit/ETHOS.md).

Gate: this skill ends in an approval gate. Stop and wait for the user's explicit approval before anything proceeds past it. Do not auto-fix-and-continue on a gate failure — surface what failed and wait.

This skill dispatches sub-agents (codebase-explorer, architecture-adversary). Run them as subagents and consolidate their reports.

Git policy: follow git.mode in .adlc/config.yml (default manual). manual — never run git writes; read git state and draft commit/PR artifacts for the user. commit / commit+push — you may commit (and push, fast-forward only) the REQ's own feature branch once that phase's gate is approved. Never a protected branch, force-push, history rewrite, branch delete, gh pr create/gh pr merge, or --no-verify — in any mode.