Skills

Octopus Architecture

Review system architecture, simplify boundaries, or compare interface designs from...

Install

npx skills add nyldn/claude-octopus --skill octopus-architecture -g -a claude-code -y
Repository
nyldn/claude-octopus4.4k
Category
Design
Updated
3d ago
License
MIT
Context cost
Lightabout 603 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

Review system architecture, simplify boundaries, or compare interface designs from repository evidence

Architecture review

Load skills/blocks/engineering-method-selection.md from the installed plugin and apply only the methods relevant to this task. Preserve this entry point's execution contract and output format. Read referenced skills as instructions; do not invoke the current command recursively or add provider calls from a seat.

Run this method on the current host. A routine architecture review makes zero additional provider dispatches. --peer-review, an explicit independent-review request, or an existing risk policy may add one bounded external reviewer through Octopus routing. Report incomplete independent coverage if that reviewer cannot read the source or does not return a grounded contribution.

Method

Read and apply skills/blocks/architecture-simplification.md from the installed plugin root. Pin the source revision and inspect implementation, callers, tests, recent churn, and failure behavior before recommending a boundary.

For a single simplification, produce one evidence-backed interface. For a design choice, produce two alternatives from the same immutable requirements:

  • Draft A minimizes caller knowledge and configuration.
  • Draft B makes the next demonstrated extension easier.

Label two host-generated drafts as correlated alternatives from one model. If an independent reviewer is authorized, send it the same source and requirements but not Draft A before its first response. Transport diversity does not prove model family diversity. Unknown family means unknown independence.

Completion

Return Evidence, Caller contract, Proposed interface, Migration, Test impact, and Decision. The decision is keep, simplify, or investigate. simplify requires exact source evidence and a concrete caller example. A design review never authorizes an automatic refactor.

LSP Integration

Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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