architecture

name: octopus-architecture
description: |
  System architecture and design skill leveraging the backend-architect persona.
  Use for API design, microservices patterns, and distributed systems planning.

Architecture Skill

Invokes the backend-architect persona for system design during the `grasp` (define) and `tangle` (develop) phases.

Usage

# Via orchestrate.sh
./scripts/orchestrate.sh spawn backend-architect "Design a scalable notification system"

# Via auto-routing (detects architecture intent)
./scripts/orchestrate.sh auto "architect the event-driven messaging system"

Capabilities

• API design and RESTful patterns
• Microservices architecture
• Distributed systems design
• Event-driven architecture
• Database schema design
• Scalability planning

Persona Reference

This skill wraps the `backend-architect` persona defined in:

• `agents/personas/backend-architect.md`
• CLI: `codex`
• Model: `gpt-5.3-codex`
• Phases: `grasp`, `tangle`
• Expertise: `api-design`, `microservices`, `distributed-systems`

Example Prompts

"Design the API contract for the user service"
"Plan the event sourcing architecture"
"Design the caching strategy for the product catalog"
"Create a microservices decomposition plan"