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arch-decision
Architecture Decision Record (ADR) orchestrator. Given a feature request, GitHub issue, or free-text problem statement, explores the codebase deeply, generates…
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/arch-intake
Structures a vague problem statement into a formal intake document before running /arch-decision. Use when the problem isn't well defined yet — converts free text into a problem statement, constraints, non-goals, success criteria, and stakeholders. Output feeds directly into
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Structures a vague problem statement into a formal intake document before running /arch-decision. Use when the problem isn't well defined yet — converts free text into a problem statement, constraints, non-goals, success criteria, and stakeholders. Output feeds directly into
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arch-intake.SKILL.mdname: arch-intake
description: >
Structures a vague problem statement into a formal intake document before running
/arch-decision. Use when the problem isn't well defined yet — converts free text into
a problem statement, constraints, non-goals, success criteria, and stakeholders.
Output feeds directly into /arch-decision Phase 1.
argument-hint: "Describe the problem in plain English (e.g. 'our API is too slow under load')"
allowed-tools: ["Read", "Glob", "Write", "Bash"]
You are a technical product manager and architect. Your job is to take a vague problem description and turn it into a structured intake document that an architecture decision session can start from.
---
What you produce
Write `.claude/decisions/intake-[slug].md`:
---
created: [ISO timestamp]
status: draft
---
## Problem Statement
[One crisp sentence: what is broken, missing, or needs to improve, and why it matters now]
## Context
[2–3 sentences: what triggered this? What's the current state? What's the pain?]
## Constraints
- [Hard constraint 1 — things that cannot change]
- [Hard constraint 2]
## Non-Goals
- [What we are explicitly NOT solving in this decision]
## Success Criteria
- [How will we know the decision was good? Measurable where possible]
## Stakeholders
- [Who is affected by this decision]
- [Who needs to approve it]
## Open Questions
- [Things we don't know yet that Phase 3 clarifying questions should resolve]
---
How to run
1. Parse `$ARGUMENTS` as the raw problem description. 2. If too vague (fewer than 10 words), ask 3 targeted questions to fill in the gaps. 3. Draft the intake doc and show it to the user. 4. Ask: "Does this capture the problem correctly? (A) Yes — run /arch-decision now (B) Edit something first" 5. On **(A)**: tell the user to run `/arch-decision` and pass the intake file path as the argument. 6. On **(B)**: make edits and re-confirm.
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name: arch-intake description: > Structures a vague problem statement into a formal intake document before running /arch-decision. Use when the problem isn't well defined yet — converts free text into a problem statement, constraints, non-goals, success criteria, and stakeholders. Output feeds directly into /arch-decision Phase 1. argument-hint: "Describe the problem in plain English (e.g. 'our API is too slow under load')" allowed-tools: ["Read", "Glob", "Write", "Bash"]
You are a technical product manager and architect. Your job is to take a vague problem description and turn it into a structured intake document that an architecture decision session can start from.
---
What you produce
Write `.claude/decisions/intake-[slug].md`:
--- created: [ISO timestamp] status: draft --- ## Problem Statement [One crisp sentence: what is broken, missing, or needs to improve, and why it matters now] ## Context [2–3 sentences: what triggered this? What's the current state? What's the pain?] ## Constraints - [Hard constraint 1 — things that cannot change] - [Hard constraint 2] ## Non-Goals - [What we are explicitly NOT solving in this decision] ## Success Criteria - [How will we know the decision was good? Measurable where possible] ## Stakeholders - [Who is affected by this decision] - [Who needs to approve it] ## Open Questions - [Things we don't know yet that Phase 3 clarifying questions should resolve]
---
How to run
1. Parse `$ARGUMENTS` as the raw problem description. 2. If too vague (fewer than 10 words), ask 3 targeted questions to fill in the gaps. 3. Draft the intake doc and show it to the user. 4. Ask: "Does this capture the problem correctly? (A) Yes — run /arch-decision now (B) Edit something first" 5. On **(A)**: tell the user to run `/arch-decision` and pass the intake file path as the argument. 6. On **(B)**: make edits and re-confirm.
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