Agent skill

Architecture Review

by Apocrathia in Apocrathia/home-assistant-config

Explore packages/, layout, and .agents/ for architectural friction (coupling, shallow packages, missing boundaries) and file or recommend agent issues under docs/issues/.

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Install Architecture Review

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill architecture-review -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Apocrathia/home-assistant-config architecture-review --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/architecture-review .claude/skills/architecture-review && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
architecture-review
GitHub stars
179
Token cost
~764 tokens
SKILL.md length
214 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
22
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Explore packages/, layout, and .agents/ for architectural friction (coupling, shallow packages, missing boundaries) and file or recommend agent issues under docs/issues/.

  • Works in 2 steps: File docs/issues/.md from _template.md… → Leave as chat-only if the operator…
  • Improving config shape
  • SKILL.md covers Deliverable, Workflow, What to look for and Candidate content (per pick), plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Architecture Review is an agent skill from Apocrathia/home-assistant-config. Explore packages/, layout, and .agents/ for architectural friction (coupling, shallow packages, missing boundaries) and file or recommend agent issues under docs/issues/. Use when improving config shape, before large refactors, or when find-work should surface design-debt candidates.

Its SKILL.md is about 760 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Software architecture and Refactoring. It works with Git. The repository describes itself as: Apocrathia's Home Assistant Configuration Files.

When your agent uses it

  • Improving config shape
  • Before large refactors
  • Find-work should surface design-debt candidates

Example prompts

  • “/architecture-review”

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. File docs/issues/.md from _template.md (kind: architecture), or
  2. Leave as chat-only if the operator declines filing

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e28308a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Architecture Review loads about 764 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 76 tokens; SKILL.md has 214 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~76
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~764

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 214 words (~764 tokens).

“Read-only exploration that ends in candidates the operator can pick, then optional filing under docs/issues/ (kind: architecture) via file-issue. Git is operator-owned (operator-owned-git.md). No worktrees (worktrees.md).”

— opening of SKILL.md by Apocrathia
name
architecture-review
disable-model-invocation
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/architecture-review of Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e28308a

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Questions about Architecture Review

What does Architecture Review do?

Explore packages/, layout, and .agents/ for architectural friction (coupling, shallow packages, missing boundaries) and file or recommend agent issues under docs/issues/. Architecture Review is an agent skill from Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.agents/ for architectural friction (coupling, shallow packages, missing boundaries) and file or recommend agent issues under docs/issues/.

When should I use Architecture Review?

Architecture Review fits situations like: improving config shape; before large refactors; find-work should surface design-debt candidates.

How do I install Architecture Review in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill architecture-review -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/architecture-review in Apocrathia/home-assistant-config) into .claude/skills/architecture-review in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Architecture Review in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill architecture-review -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/architecture-review in Apocrathia/home-assistant-config) into .agents/skills/architecture-review in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Architecture Review in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill architecture-review -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/architecture-review, .gemini/skills/architecture-review, .github/skills/architecture-review and .opencode/skills/architecture-review in your project.

What does Architecture Review need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Architecture Review is instructions for the agent only.

Does Architecture Review access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Architecture Review safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Architecture Review use?

No licence was found for Architecture Review or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Architecture Review use?

About 764 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Architecture Review?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Architecture Review: Codex (skills-directory/skill-codex, 1.5k stars), Architecture Patterns (KartikLabhshetwar/better-shot, 2.4k stars), Mermaid Diagrams (jjmartres/opencode, 133 stars) and Nexus Mapper (Haaaiawd/Nexus-skills, 166 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Architecture Review?

Apocrathia (a GitHub user) maintains it in Apocrathia/home-assistant-config, which has 179 GitHub stars. The repository holds 22 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 21, 2026.

Source: Apocrathia/home-assistant-config on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.