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Architecture Design Review

Category: Engineering  ·  Sub-category: architecture  ·  Last updated:
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Conducts comprehensive architecture design reviews including system design validation, architecture pattern assessment, quality attributes evaluation, technology stack review, and scalability analysis. Produces detailed review reports with findings, recommendations, and risk assessments. Use when reviewing software architecture designs, validating architecture decisions, assessing system scalability, evaluating technology choices, or when users mention architecture review, design assessment, technical review, or architecture validation.

From the source SKILL.md

Conduct systematic architecture design reviews to validate system design, assess quality attributes, evaluate technology choices, and identify risks before implementation.

What this skill does

Architecture Design Review is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the architecture sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/architecture-design-review/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when reviewing software architecture designs, validating architecture decisions, assessing system scalability, evaluating technology choices, or when users mention architecture review, design assessment, technical review, or architecture validation.

Who uses this skill

The Architecture Design Review Claude Code skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 117,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

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Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/architecture-design-review
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/architecture-design-review/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/architecture-design-review/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/architecture-design-review/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/architecture-design-review/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\architecture-design-review\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Architecture Design Review Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/architecture-design-review/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Architecture Design Review skill do?
Conducts comprehensive architecture design reviews including system design validation, architecture pattern assessment, quality attributes evaluation, technology stack review, and scalability analysis. Produces detailed review reports with findings, recommendations, and risk assessments. Use when reviewing software architecture designs, validating architecture decisions, assessing system scalability, evaluating technology choices, or when users mention architecture review, design assessment, technical review, or architecture validation.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Architecture Design Review skill?
Use Architecture Design Review when your Claude Code task falls under the Engineering category — specifically in the architecture area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Architecture Design Review" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/engineering/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Architecture Design Review skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Architecture Design Review is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

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DauQuangThanh. (2026). Architecture Design Review [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/architecture-design-review/
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@misc{architecture-design-review-2026,
  author    = {DauQuangThanh},
  title     = {Architecture Design Review [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/architecture-design-review/}
}

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