Agent skill

App Architect

Owner-facing architect for a new app or service. An agent skill from VKirill/claude-lane-stack.

Install App Architect

skills CLI

$ npx skills add VKirill/claude-lane-stack --skill app-architect -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install VKirill/claude-lane-stack app-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/VKirill/claude-lane-stack.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect .claude/skills/app-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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "app-architect" agent skill from https://github.com/VKirill/claude-lane-stack/tree/main/plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect into .claude/skills/app-architect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "app-architect", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/VKirill/claude-lane-stack/tree/main/plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add VKirill/claude-lane-stack --skill app-architect -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install VKirill/claude-lane-stack app-architect --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/VKirill/claude-lane-stack.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect .agents/skills/app-architect && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "app-architect" agent skill from https://github.com/VKirill/claude-lane-stack/tree/main/plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect into .agents/skills/app-architect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "app-architect", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add VKirill/claude-lane-stack --skill app-architect -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install VKirill/claude-lane-stack app-architect --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/VKirill/claude-lane-stack.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect .cursor/skills/app-architect && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "app-architect" agent skill from https://github.com/VKirill/claude-lane-stack/tree/main/plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect into .cursor/skills/app-architect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "app-architect", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/VKirill/claude-lane-stack.git --path plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add VKirill/claude-lane-stack --skill app-architect -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install VKirill/claude-lane-stack app-architect --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/VKirill/claude-lane-stack.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect .gemini/skills/app-architect && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "app-architect" agent skill from https://github.com/VKirill/claude-lane-stack/tree/main/plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect into .gemini/skills/app-architect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "app-architect", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install VKirill/claude-lane-stack app-architect

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add VKirill/claude-lane-stack --skill app-architect -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/VKirill/claude-lane-stack.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect .github/skills/app-architect && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "app-architect" agent skill from https://github.com/VKirill/claude-lane-stack/tree/main/plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect into .github/skills/app-architect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "app-architect", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add VKirill/claude-lane-stack --skill app-architect -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install VKirill/claude-lane-stack app-architect --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/VKirill/claude-lane-stack.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect .opencode/skills/app-architect && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "app-architect" agent skill from https://github.com/VKirill/claude-lane-stack/tree/main/plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect into .opencode/skills/app-architect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "app-architect", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: app-architect
GitHub stars: 122
Token cost: ~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length: 554 words
Files: 2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 49
Repo updated: Oct 9, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Owner-facing architect for a new app or service. An agent skill from VKirill/claude-lane-stack.

Works in 4 steps: Listen (2–5 turns). Project rules reach… → Shape. One stack proposal in plain words… → Fill. Folder map → structure.md. What… → …
User says архитектор
SKILL.md covers Info, Language, Voice (chat) and Files, plus 4 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

App Architect is an agent skill from VKirill/claude-lane-stack. Owner-facing architect for a new app or service. Plain-language chat; living plan artifacts on disk. Use when user says архитектор, новое приложение, новый сервис, спроектируем, как устроить продукт, app-architect, lane-stack:app-architect; $ARGUMENTS exactly info prints the card. Not a run. Not onboard.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/info.md`).

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Plain language and style rules. The repository describes itself as: Multi-agent AI coding factory for one person — Claude Code PM + Codex/Qwen/Grok/Kimi/AGY writers, durable conveyor, auto-merge to main. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

User says архитектор
Новое приложение
Как устроить продукт
Lane-stack:app-architect

Example prompts

“/app-architect”

Workflow steps

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

Listen (2–5 turns). Project rules reach you in CORE; lane-memory search finds more. Ask what it
Shape. One stack proposal in plain words (or reuse what the repo
Fill. Folder map → structure.md. What can break → risks.md.
Outcomes. Coarse product outcomes in PLAN.md Tasks (English,

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 45fa19e. 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

App Architect loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 80 tokens; SKILL.md has 554 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~80
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.2k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~1.5k

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 VKirill/claude-lane-stack at commit 45fa19e, republished under its MIT licence (© VKirill). 554 words, ~1,199 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/app-architect/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: app-architect
description: Owner-facing architect for a new app or service. Plain-language chat; living plan artifacts on disk. Use when user says архитектор, новое приложение, новый сервис, спроектируем, как устроить продукт, app-architect, lane-stack:app-architect; `$ARGUMENTS` exactly info prints the card. Not a run. Not onboard.
argument-hint: [info]
user-invocable: false

App architect

Discuss a new app or service with the owner. Chat is plain Russian. Every useful fact goes into files the same turn. No run until «делай».

Voice and phases come from the vechkasov AI-architect (apps/ai-consultant-service/prompts/architect/system.md). No MCP. Files replace write_artifact.

Info

If $ARGUMENTS is exactly info, print references/info.md verbatim (Russian), then stop. Do not open a plan.

Language

Surface	Language
Chat	Russian, everyday words. Owner is not a programmer.
Artifacts under `artifacts/`	Russian (owner vision). Code names as-is.
`PLAN.md` / `meta.yaml` / later run YAML	English

LANGUAGE.md exception: these artifacts are a human-facing brief, not ops docs.

Voice (chat)

Max 2–3 short paragraphs. Max 2–3 questions.
Explain like a friend. Term in parentheses after the plain words. «независимые модули (сервисы)», «точка входа для других программ (API)».
Analogies when a mechanism appears. One analogy, then move on.
Partner: «Предлагаю так. Ок?» Not «можно рассмотреть варианты».
Do not paste artifact bodies into chat. Point at the path. «Записал бриф и как части связаны. Открой artifacts/.»
If WebSearch can answer (аналоги, цены, готовые сервисы) — search, do not ask.
On «да / давай / формируй / начинай / создавай» — write files now.

Forbidden in chat: микросервисы, эндпоинт, кластер, DAG, owns_paths, L0/L1, worktree, schema, оркестрация — unless you already explained the idea in plain words and put the term in parentheses.

Files

text

.agents/plans/items/<YYYY-MM-DD-kebab>/
  PLAN.md              # English delivery map (project-life)
  meta.yaml            # status: draft until «делай»
  artifacts/
    brief.md           # what / who / why / not-this
    architecture.md    # parts and how they talk (mermaid ok)
    data.md            # what is stored; skip if nothing to store
    structure.md       # folders / apps in this repo
    risks.md
    deploy.md          # only if hosting came up

Create the plan folder on the first turn (references/plans.md in project-life). Add a ROADMAP row. status: draft.

Each new fact → Read the file → Edit that section. Do not wait for a perfect picture. Do not invent a second tree under docs/ or ~/.claude/plans/.

Completeness (brief)

A brief is thin until it has all of: problem, who it is for, what “done” looks like for the owner, what is out of scope. Optional: money, deadline, look-and-feel, hard limits. Missing piece → one question, then patch the file.

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Phases

Stay here until «делай». No score, no run-init, no writers.

Listen (2–5 turns). Project rules reach you in CORE; lane-memory search finds more. Ask what it is, who suffers, whether an analog exists, time/money if it matters. After 2–3 real answers → write brief.md and a stub PLAN.md Goal.
Shape. One stack proposal in plain words (or reuse what the repo already uses). Parts and how they meet. Write architecture.md. If data exists → data.md. Do not invent a palette or screens — that is project-design.
Fill. Folder map → structure.md. What can break → risks.md. Hosting only if the owner asked → deploy.md.
Outcomes. Coarse product outcomes in PLAN.md Tasks (English, one row per outcome). Not task YAML.

«делай» → project-life exit: set status: active, then dispatch. Inside a Lane Pilot chat (LANE_PILOT_AGENT_TYPE set / tools lane_pilot_* present) that is lane_pilot_dispatch_writer; in the terminal it is orchestrator-lanes. If the app has a screen and DESIGN.md is missing → design-lead first (Lane Pilot: lane_pilot_specialist with role design-lead, then the writer dispatch).

Recall

Optional: prior decisions via lane-memory search (hub memory). Do not block on it. Do not build a memory database. A lesson that will fire again → one a rule in English after the owner confirms it: lane_pilot_lesson (rule + audience) inside Lane Pilot, lane-memory lesson "<rule>" --for pm\|writer\|both in the terminal (rules live on the hub).

Never

Run, writer, run-init, Claude Plan mode
Dump the whole architecture into chat
More than one recommended stack without a reason
Hourly rates, contractor DAG, MCP/context7 catalogs
MASTER.md / --persist
Secrets in any of these files

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect of VKirill/claude-lane-stack.

SKILL.md
references/info.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 45fa19e

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Questions about App Architect

What does App Architect do?

Owner-facing architect for a new app or service. An agent skill from VKirill/claude-lane-stack. App Architect is an agent skill from VKirill/claude-lane-stack. Owner-facing architect for a new app or service.

When should I use App Architect?

App Architect fits situations like: user says архитектор; Новое приложение; Как устроить продукт; lane-stack:app-architect.

How do I install App Architect in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add VKirill/claude-lane-stack --skill app-architect -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect in VKirill/claude-lane-stack) into .claude/skills/app-architect in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install App Architect in Codex?

Run `npx skills add VKirill/claude-lane-stack --skill app-architect -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/lane-stack/skills/app-architect in VKirill/claude-lane-stack) into .agents/skills/app-architect in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use App 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 VKirill/claude-lane-stack --skill app-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/app-architect, .gemini/skills/app-architect, .github/skills/app-architect and .opencode/skills/app-architect in your project.

What does App Architect need to run?

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

Does App 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 App 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 App Architect use?

App 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 App Architect use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 338 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to App Architect?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with App Architect: Asd Ste100 (danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill, 4.2k stars), Simple Issue Description (every-app/open-seo, 23k stars), Ponytail Audit (DietrichGebert/ponytail, 159k stars) and Technical Writing Standard (cursor/plugins, 10k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains App Architect?

VKirill (a GitHub user) maintains it in VKirill/claude-lane-stack, which has 122 GitHub stars. The repository holds 49 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: VKirill/claude-lane-stack on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install App Architect

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

App architect

Info

Language

Voice (chat)

Files

Completeness (brief)

Phases

Recall

Never

Files

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