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Anthropic Architect

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jamesrochabrun·vlatest·ai-ml·MIT

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    $ npx skills add jamesrochabrun/skills --skill anthropic-architect -a claude-code

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jamesrochabrun

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  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

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    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

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    Scanned jamesrochabrun/skills at 2482c17637.

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2482c17637
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skills/anthropic-architect/SKILL.md
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5 files, 4,026 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The Anthropic Architect skill provides expert guidance for designing effective architectures within Anthropic-based projects. It analyzes project requirements, recommends optimal architectures using Skills, Agents, Subagents, Prompts, and SDK primitives, and applies decision rubrics based on best practices and security considerations. This helps ensure efficient context usage, secure operations, and maintainable, scalable systems.

When to use it

  • When you need help determining the best architecture for a project involving Anthropic models.
  • For projects requiring specialized domain knowledge or complex, multi-step workflows that could benefit from Skills.
  • To design architectures where isolated context and different tool permissions are needed for autonomous tasks using Agents/Subagents.

Key capabilities

  • Requirement Analysis: Understands project complexity, scope, and constraints.
  • Architecture Recommendation: Suggests appropriate combinations of Skills, Agents, Subagents, Prompts, and SDK primitives.
  • Decision Reasoning: Explains the rationale behind architectural choices.
  • Best Practices Guidance: Follows Anthropic patterns and principles for 2025.
  • Progressive Disclosure Design: Optimizes context management.
  • Security Considerations: Addresses safe and controllable AI system design.

Example prompts

  • "Analyze my project: [describe your project]. What is the best architecture?"
  • "Using the anthropic-architect skill, help me determine the best architecture for a code review guideline Skill."
  • “I need an agent to handle complex data extraction tasks with specific tool permissions. Recommend an architecture.”

Tips & gotchas

  • Clearly list your project's key requirements, complexity level, reusability needs, and security constraints for optimal recommendations.
  • The skill focuses on architectural design within the Anthropic ecosystem; it doesn’t address general development tasks.
  • Understand the differences between Skills (prompt-based meta-tools), Agents/Subagents (autonomous task handlers) to leverage the skill effectively.