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Factory Architect

by tikalk in tikalk/adlc-team-skills

A skill your agent uses when orchestrating an architecture lifecycle (specify/init → clarify → implement → analyze) to generate or maintain AD.md.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Factory Architect

skills CLI
$ npx skills add tikalk/adlc-team-skills --skill factory-architect -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install tikalk/adlc-team-skills factory-architect --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/tikalk/adlc-team-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/factory/factory-architect .claude/skills/factory-architect && 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
factory-architect
GitHub stars
141
Token cost
~920 tokens
SKILL.md length
406 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
44
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when orchestrating an architecture lifecycle (specify/init → clarify → implement → analyze) to generate or maintain AD.md.

  • Works in 4 steps: specify (generate phase) -> Invoke… → clarify⭐ (clarify phase) -> Invoke… → implement (build phase) -> Invoke… → …
  • Orchestrating an architecture lifecycle (specify/init → clarify → implement → analyze) to generate
  • SKILL.md covers What this skill does, When to use, Lifecycle DAG & Step Resolution and Shared Executor Overrides
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Factory Architect is an agent skill from tikalk/adlc-team-skills. Use when orchestrating an architecture lifecycle (specify/init → clarify → implement → analyze) to generate or maintain AD.md.

Its SKILL.md is about 920 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `workflow.yml`).

It sits in Development, covering Architecture decision records. The repository describes itself as: Agent skills for the Agentic SDLC: team lifecycle (team-boot, team-learn, team-init, team-repair), software factory, evals, CDR lifecycle with confidence scoring, and… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Orchestrating an architecture lifecycle (specify/init → clarify → implement → analyze) to generate
  • Tasks that involve Architecture decision records

Example prompts

  • “/factory-architect”

Workflow steps

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

  1. specify (generate phase) -> Invoke architect-specify to collaboratively capture ADR drafts in .adlc/drafts/adr/.
  2. clarify⭐ (clarify phase) -> Invoke architect-clarify to run interactive quality checks and mark ADRs Accepted (human sign-off gate).
  3. implement (build phase) -> Invoke architect-implement to compile accepted ADRs into AD.md (by sub-systems) and promote them to…
  4. analyze (analyze phase) -> Invoke architect-analyze to verify AD/ADR consistency and output a severity-ranked report.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2dbed36. 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

Factory Architect loads about 920 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 36 tokens; SKILL.md has 406 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~36
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~920

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

The full file from tikalk/adlc-team-skills at commit 2dbed36, republished under its MIT licence (© tikalk). 406 words, ~920 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/factory-architect/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
factory-architect
description
Use when orchestrating an architecture lifecycle (specify/init → clarify → implement → analyze) to generate or maintain AD.md.
disable-model-invocation
true

factory-architect

What this skill does

factory-architect orchestrates the architecture-decisions lifecycle. It coordinates individual architecture-related skills (architect-init, architect-specify, architect-clarify, architect-implement, architect-analyze) to maintain a consistent AD.md at the project root.

It operates as a Kind-A DAG orchestrator in alignment with the shared executor engine contract in factory-mission/references/executor.md.

When to use

  • You want to bootstrap, refine, or analyze a project's system-level design and decisions (ADRs) end-to-end.
  • You want to verify that architectural viewpoints conform to the Rozanski & Woods methodology.

When NOT to use:

  • For product-requirements definition (use factory-product instead).
  • For feature-level software execution (use factory-mission instead).

Lifecycle DAG & Step Resolution

factory-architect implements a fixed named-skill DAG (fixed step resolution):

Greenfield Route (default on empty project)
  1. specify (generate phase) -> Invoke architect-specify to collaboratively capture ADR drafts in .adlc/drafts/adr/.
  2. clarify⭐ (clarify phase) -> Invoke architect-clarify to run interactive quality checks and mark ADRs Accepted (human sign-off gate).
  3. implement (build phase) -> Invoke architect-implement to compile accepted ADRs into AD.md (by sub-systems) and promote them to docs/adlc/memory/adr/.
  4. analyze (analyze phase) -> Invoke architect-analyze to verify AD/ADR consistency and output a severity-ranked report.
Brownfield Route (default if code exists but no ADRs)
  1. init (generate phase) -> Invoke architect-init to reverse-engineer draft ADRs from the existing architecture.
  2. clarify⭐ → implement → analyze (same as Greenfield).
Refresh Route (default if AD.md and memory ADRs already exist)
  1. analyze (analyze phase) -> Run architect-analyze first to detect drift.
  2. clarify⭐ → implement → analyze (drift-correction cycle).
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Shared Executor Overrides

factory-architect overrides the shared executor engine primitives as follows:

  1. Publish Target: Fixed to local. Outputs are written to docs/adlc/memory/adr/ and docs/adlc/architect/AD.md. If tracker-integrated, a tracker completion summary comment is also posted.
  2. Output Types: Steps use the following output_type assignments:
    • specify/init → draft (ADR drafts stay in .adlc/drafts/adr/, not published to comment bus)
    • clarify⭐ → decision (accepted/rejected ADR list published to comment bus)
    • implement → artifact-ref (AD.md path reference published, content stays on disk)
    • analyze → findings (severity-ranked consistency report published to comment bus)
  3. Correction Loop: If analyze returns CRITICAL or HIGH consistency errors, the executor routes back to clarify with the analyze marker in reads_from. clarify reads the findings from the PR/MR/issue comment bus (or local fallback). This loop is bounded by max_corrections (default 2); if exceeded, the orchestrator halts for human review.
  4. Supervision Default: hybrid. A human gate is hard-enforced at clarify⭐ (for ADR approvals) and at final AD.md review.
  5. Pre-flight Check: Verifies that the architect-* lifecycle skills are installed in the workspace before beginning Phase 0.

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/factory/factory-architect of tikalk/adlc-team-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • workflow.yml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2dbed36

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Categories

Questions about Factory Architect

What does Factory Architect do?

A skill your agent uses when orchestrating an architecture lifecycle (specify/init → clarify → implement → analyze) to generate or maintain AD.md. Factory Architect is an agent skill from tikalk/adlc-team-skills.md.

When should I use Factory Architect?

Factory Architect fits situations like: orchestrating an architecture lifecycle (specify/init → clarify → implement → analyze) to generate; tasks that involve Architecture decision records.

How do I install Factory Architect in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add tikalk/adlc-team-skills --skill factory-architect -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/factory/factory-architect in tikalk/adlc-team-skills) into .claude/skills/factory-architect in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Factory Architect in Codex?

Run `npx skills add tikalk/adlc-team-skills --skill factory-architect -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/factory/factory-architect in tikalk/adlc-team-skills) into .agents/skills/factory-architect in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Factory Architect 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 tikalk/adlc-team-skills --skill factory-architect -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/factory-architect, .gemini/skills/factory-architect, .github/skills/factory-architect and .opencode/skills/factory-architect in your project.

What does Factory Architect need to run?

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

Does Factory Architect 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 Factory Architect 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 Factory Architect use?

Factory Architect is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Factory Architect use?

About 920 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.7k 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 Factory Architect?

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Who maintains Factory Architect?

tikalk (a GitHub organization) maintains it in tikalk/adlc-team-skills, which has 141 GitHub stars. The repository holds 44 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: tikalk/adlc-team-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.