Architecture Decision

by softspark

Architecture Decision is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by softspark in ai-toolkit.

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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/softspark/ai-toolkit/tree/main/app/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/softspark/ai-toolkit.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: app/skills/architecture-decision/SKILL.md in softspark/ai-toolkit
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/architecture-decision
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1361 skills

What Architecture Decision does

Architecture Decision documents ADR, RFC, or RFD choices with context, constraints, options, trade-offs, recommendation, and consequences. Use it when deciding between architectural approaches or recording why a choice was made.

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

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Context: What is the problem? Why now?
Constraints: Budget, Time, Skillset, Legacy.
Options: Propose at least 3 viable options.
Trade-off Analysis: Compare constraints vs options.
Recommendation: Choose one and justify.

Trade-off Analysis Matrix (Template)

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.

/plan
/refactor-plan
/architecture-audit
/design-an-interface

Frequently asked about Architecture Decision

What else does softspark publish alongside Architecture Decision?
Architecture Decision is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from softspark/ai-toolkit, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include API Patterns, Accessibility Validator and Agent Creator. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Architecture Decision does, and is maintained by softspark in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the softspark/ai-toolkit page.
How does Architecture Decision compare to other Writing skills?
Architecture Decision ranks #1175 by stars among the 1361 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.