Architecture Decision

Architecture Decision is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by Donchitos in Claude-Code-Game-Studios.

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ai-agentsai-assisted-developmentanthropicclaudeclaude-codegame-designgame-developmentgamedevgodotindie-game-devunityunreal-engine

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Install Architecture Decision

Copy Architecture Decision into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/main/.claude/skills/architecture-decision ~/.claude/skills/architecture-decision

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .claude/skills/architecture-decision/SKILL.md in Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/architecture-decision
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What Architecture Decision does

Architecture Decision creates an Architecture Decision Record (ADR) documenting a significant technical decision, its context, alternatives considered, and consequences. Use it when every major technical choice should have a formal, validated ADR in a game development project.

Architecture Decision is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Architecture Decision comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, ai-assisted-development, anthropic, claude and claude-code.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

When this skill is invoked:

0. Parse Arguments — Detect Retrofit Mode

Resolve the review mode (once, store for all gate spawns this run):

If --review [full|lean|solo] was passed → use that
Else read production/review-mode.txt → use that value
Else → default to lean

See .claude/docs/director-gates.md for the full check pattern.

If the argument starts with retrofit followed by a file path (e.g., /architecture-decision retrofit docs/architecture/adr-0001-event-system.md):

Enter retrofit mode:

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Architecture Decision provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/architecture-decision
/story-readiness
/architecture-review
/setup-engine
/design-system

Frequently asked about Architecture Decision

What else does Donchitos publish alongside Architecture Decision?
Architecture Decision is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Adopt, Architecture Review and Art Bible. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Architecture Decision does, and is maintained by Donchitos in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios page.
How does Architecture Decision compare to other Writing skills?
Architecture Decision ranks #61 by stars among the 1012 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Architecture Decision against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.