Architecture Advisor

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Asks which architecture
• Choose architecture
• Architecture decision
• How should I organize

Example prompts

• “which architecture”
• “choose architecture”
• “set up project”
• “/architecture-advisor”

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Ask before recommending — Never prescribe an architecture without understanding the project. Run the questionnaire first to gather context…
2. 2Right-size the architecture — The best architecture is the simplest one that handles the project's actual complexity. CRUD apps do not…
3. 3Architecture is not permanent — Every architecture has an evolution path. Start simple and add structure when complexity demands it…
4. 4Four supported architectures — dotnet-claude-kit provides first-class patterns for Vertical Slice Architecture (VSA), Clean Architecture…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2330089. 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 Advisor loads about 2.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 137 tokens; SKILL.md has 948 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~137

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.9k

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

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

The full file from codewithmukesh/dotnet-claude-kit at commit 2330089, republished under its MIT licence (© codewithmukesh). 948 words, ~2,890 tokens.

name

architecture-advisor

description

Architecture selection advisor for .NET applications. Asks structured questions about domain complexity, team size, system lifetime, compliance, and integration needs, then recommends the best-fit architecture: Vertical Slice, Clean Architecture, DDD + Clean Architecture, or Modular Monolith. Load this skill when the user asks "which architecture", "choose architecture", "set up project", "new project", "architecture decision", "restructure", or "how should I organize". Always load BEFORE any architecture-specific skill.

src/MyApp.Api/
  Features/
    Orders/CreateOrder.cs    # Request + Handler + Response + Endpoint
    Orders/GetOrder.cs
  Common/
    Behaviors/ValidationBehavior.cs
    Persistence/AppDbContext.cs

src/
  MyApp.Domain/              # Entities, interfaces, domain logic
  MyApp.Application/         # Use cases, DTOs, validation
  MyApp.Infrastructure/      # EF Core, external services
  MyApp.Api/                 # Endpoints, middleware

src/
  MyApp.Domain/              # Aggregates, value objects, domain events, domain services
  MyApp.Application/         # Use cases orchestrating aggregates
  MyApp.Infrastructure/      # Persistence, external service adapters
  MyApp.Api/                 # Thin endpoints

src/
  MyApp.Host/                # Wires modules together
  Modules/
    Orders/                  # Own features, own DbContext, own architecture
    Catalog/                 # Can use VSA, CA, or DDD internally
  MyApp.Shared/              # Integration event contracts only

// BAD — 4 projects, 6+ files per feature for simple CRUD
src/MyApp.Domain/Entities/Product.cs
src/MyApp.Application/Products/CreateProduct/CreateProductCommand.cs
src/MyApp.Application/Products/CreateProduct/CreateProductHandler.cs
src/MyApp.Application/Products/CreateProduct/CreateProductValidator.cs
src/MyApp.Infrastructure/Persistence/ProductRepository.cs
src/MyApp.Api/Endpoints/ProductEndpoints.cs

// GOOD — VSA: 1 file for a simple CRUD feature
src/MyApp.Api/Features/Products/CreateProduct.cs

// BAD — value objects and aggregates for a settings table
public class UserSettings : AggregateRoot  // overkill
{
    public ThemeName Theme { get; private set; }  // value object for "dark"/"light"?
    public void ChangeTheme(ThemeName theme) { /* domain event? really? */ }
}

// GOOD — simple entity for simple data
public class UserSettings
{
    public Guid UserId { get; init; }
    public string Theme { get; set; } = "light";
}

// BAD — splitting into 5 microservices on day one with 2 developers
OrderService (own repo, own DB, own CI/CD)
CatalogService (own repo, own DB, own CI/CD)
IdentityService (own repo, own DB, own CI/CD)
NotificationService (own repo, own DB, own CI/CD)
GatewayService (own repo, own CI/CD)

// GOOD — start as a modular monolith, extract when you have evidence
src/
  Modules/Orders/
  Modules/Catalog/
  Modules/Identity/
  Modules/Notifications/

// BAD — "I always use Clean Architecture"
User: "Set up a new project for a todo app"
Agent: *immediately scaffolds 4-project CA solution*

// GOOD — ask first, then recommend
User: "Set up a new project for a todo app"
Agent: "Let me ask a few questions about your project to recommend the best architecture..."
Agent: *runs questionnaire, recommends VSA for low-complexity app*

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/architecture-advisor of codewithmukesh/dotnet-claude-kit.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2330089

Used in 1 other repository

We found 4 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in codewithmukesh/dotnet-claude-kit, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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