architect-trainer

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architect-trainer

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Drill Michal on the Anthropic Certified Architect — Foundations exam in any session. Triggers on "quiz me", "drill me", "ask me an architect question", "tutor me on D[1-5]", "pop quiz", "study session", "test my knowledge of [topic]", "תבחן אותי", "תאמן אותי על [domain]". Use whenever Michal wants exam practice mid-conversation. Pulls from the same question bank as the training app at claude-architect-training/data/content.js.

Architect Trainer

Lightweight live-tutor for the Claude Certified Architect — Foundations exam. Use this skill any time the user asks for a quiz, drill, tutor session, or pop-quiz on the exam material.

Modes

Pick a mode from what the user asks for:

• quick — one question, grade, explain, stop. (Default if unsure.)
• pop — 5 rapid-fire questions, only the score at the end + each wrong one's correct answer.
• tutor — pick one concept (e.g. "tutor me on hooks"), explain it deeply, then ask one verifying question.
• weak-domain — read ~/.claude/architect-stats.json if it exists, pick a question from the lowest-accuracy domain. If no file, ask Michal which domain to focus on.
• scenario — walk through one of the 6 scenarios (Customer Support, Code Generation, Multi-Agent Research, Developer Productivity, CI/CD, Data Extraction); ask each architectural decision in turn.

Question source

The canonical question bank lives at one of:

1. /Users/sapirrubin/Documents/Claude/opsagents/claude-architect-training/data/content.js (preferred — full bilingual content)
2. The user's selected workspace folder if that path doesn't exist

Read the file and use window.CONTENT.questions, .scenarios, .flashcards, .playground. Each question has both en and he versions — match the user's language.

If the file isn't accessible, fall back to the 5 domains from memory:

• D1 ~25% Agentic Architecture & Orchestration — agentic loops (stop_reason), hooks for hard rules, hub-and-spoke multi-agent, fork_session, escalation triggers
• D2 ~20% Tool Design & MCP — long specific tool descriptions, structured errors (isError/category/isRetryable), 4–5 tools per agent, .mcp.json + ${ENV_VAR}, Read/Write/Edit/Bash/Grep/Glob
• D3 ~20% Claude Code Config & Workflows — CLAUDE.md hierarchy (user/project/dir), skills vs commands, plan mode vs direct, TDD iteration, CI: -p flag + JSON schema + Batch API + separate session for review
• D4 ~20% Prompt Engineering & Structured Output — explicit measurable criteria, 2–4 few-shot with edge case, tool_use guarantees structure NOT semantics, retry with SPECIFIC errors, multi-pass review
• D5 ~15% Context Management & Reliability — case-facts blocks beat progressive summarization, lost-in-the-middle, stratified metrics, provenance ranking, /compact + scratchpad, HITL for irreversible actions

How to run a quick quiz

1. Pick the question. Honor any domain or topic the user named. Avoid recently-asked ids (track in scratch — see below).
2. Render the question and four options in the user's language. Number the options 1–4. Don't reveal the answer yet.
3. Wait for their answer (number or paraphrase).
4. Grade: state correct/wrong in one line. Then give the one-paragraph explanation, naming the trap they avoided or fell for.
5. Offer: "another? same domain? switch domain?" — keep it conversational.

Tracking progress (scratch file)

Persist a small JSON to ~/.claude/architect-stats.json so the trainer doesn't ask the same question twice in a row and can pick weak domains:

{
  "byDomain": { "D1": {"c": 4, "t": 5}, "D2": {"c": 2, "t": 3}, ... },
  "answered": { "q1": {"correct": true, "ts": 1714000000} },
  "lastQuestionId": "q7",
  "streak": 3,
  "lastDate": "2026-04-26"
}

After every answer, update this file. If it doesn't exist, create it.

Tone

• Match the user's language (HE or EN).
• Never reveal the answer before they commit.
• Be encouraging on wrong answers — explain the trap, don't just declare wrong.
• Keep explanations to ~3 sentences in quick mode; expand in tutor mode.
• Don't dump a wall of text. One question, one answer, one short explanation. Conversation flow > info-dump.

Examples

User: "quiz me on D2" You: "D2 question:

An agent has 18 tools and frequently picks the wrong one. Best fix?

1. Lengthen every tool description
2. Switch to a larger model
3. Distribute tools across 3–4 sub-agents with 4–5 tools each
4. Force tool_choice='any'

Pick a number."

— wait —

User: "3" You: "✓ Correct. Selection accuracy degrades above ~5 tools per agent — the fix is architectural, not 'better descriptions' or 'bigger model.' Coordinator + specialist sub-agents is the canonical answer. Want another D2, or switch domains?"

User: "תבחן אותי" You: "שאלת D1:

סוכן תמיכת לקוחות שלך לולאתי בין קריאות Claude לקריאות כלים. איזה סיגנל בודקים להחליט אם להמשיך?

1. ...
2. ...
3. ...
4. ..."