Deepen Architecture

Deepen Architecture is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by danielvm-git in bigpowers.

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Install Deepen Architecture

Copy Deepen Architecture 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/danielvm-git/bigpowers/tree/main/skills/deepen-architecture ~/.claude/skills/deepen-architecture

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/danielvm-git/bigpowers.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: skills/deepen-architecture/SKILL.md in danielvm-git/bigpowers
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/deepen-architecture
Collection: One of 23 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Quality — 1817 skills

What Deepen Architecture does

Deepen Architecture finds shallow modules and refactoring opportunities in a codebase using architecture docs and ADRs. Use it when improving testability, reducing coupling, or making the codebase easier for agents to navigate.

Deepen Architecture is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. Deepen Architecture comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, automation, bmad, claude-code and clean-code.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Deepen Architecture

Surface architectural friction and propose deepening opportunities — refactors that turn shallow modules into deep ones. The aim is testability and AI-navigability.

Distinct from define-language and model-domain: Use this skill to find module-level refactoring opportunities in the codebase. Use define-language to produce a canonical glossary of terms. Use model-domain to stress-test a plan through a domain-model interview.

HARD GATE — Deep modules must solve a forcing function, not just be "nice abstractions." If you cannot articulate why the abstraction exists, it is premature.

Glossary

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

Frequently asked about Deepen Architecture

What else does danielvm-git publish alongside Deepen Architecture?
Deepen Architecture is one of 23 skills that DirSkills catalogs from danielvm-git/bigpowers, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Align Grid, Assess Impact and Audit Code. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Deepen Architecture does, and is maintained by danielvm-git in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the danielvm-git/bigpowers page.
How does Deepen Architecture compare to other Quality skills?
Deepen Architecture ranks #1728 by stars among the 1817 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 Deepen Architecture against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.