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QualityShell

Architecture Review

by Donchitos

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

23.9K stars3.4K forkson Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-StudiosAdded 2026/08/14Repository updated 2026/05/21
ai-agentsai-assisted-developmentanthropicclaudeclaude-codegame-designgame-developmentgamedevgodotindie-game-devunityunreal-engine
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Install Architecture Review
Copy Architecture Review 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-review ~/.claude/skills/architecture-review

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-review/SKILL.md in Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/architecture-review
Collection
One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Quality1354 skills

What Architecture Review does

Architecture Review validates that architectural decisions cover all game design requirements, are internally consistent, and target the correct engine version. It builds a traceability matrix, detects cross-ADR conflicts, and produces a PASS/CONCERNS/FAIL verdict.

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

Documentation

README

Architecture Review

The architecture review validates that the complete body of architectural decisions covers all game design requirements, is internally consistent, and correctly targets the project's pinned engine version. It is the quality gate between Technical Setup and Pre-Production.

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

Commands Architecture Review provides

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

  • /architecture-review

Frequently asked about Architecture Review

  • What else does Donchitos publish alongside Architecture Review?

    Architecture Review 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 Decision and Art Bible. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Architecture Review 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 Review compare to other Quality skills?

    Architecture Review ranks #127 by stars among the 1354 Quality skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark, Benchmark Optimization Loop and API Design Patterns. 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 Review against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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