Architecture Review
From Claude-Code-Game-Studios by @donchitos · View on GitHub
Traceability matrix mapping GDD requirements to ADRs. Finds gaps, cross-ADR conflicts, engine compatibility. PASS/CONCERNS/NOT ASSESSED/FAIL.
This skill ships inside the claude-code-game-studios package. Install the package to get this skill plus everything else in the bundle.
sv install donchitos/claude-code-game-studios!bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config --keys automation,workflow
Architecture Review
The architecture review validates that the complete body of architectural decisions covers all game design requirements, is internally consistent, and correctly targets the project's pinned engine version. It is the quality gate between Technical Setup and Pre-Production.
Argument modes:
- No argument /
full: Full review — all phases coverage: Traceability only — which GDD requirements have no ADRconsistency: Cross-ADR conflict detection onlyengine: Engine compatibility audit onlysingle-gdd [path]: Review architecture coverage for one specific GDDrtm: Requirements Traceability Matrix — extends the standard matrix
to include story file paths and test file paths; outputs
docs/architecture/requirements-traceability.md with the full
GDD requirement → ADR → Story → Test chain. Use in Production phase when
stories and tests exist.
Every AskUserQuestion call follows .claude/docs/automation-modes.md
(collaborative asks always · guided major-only · autonomous logs and proceeds;
automation_always_ask categories always prompt).
workflow (see .claude/docs/workflow-modes.md):
full— full traceability matrix across all GDDs and all ADRs.standard— reduced scope: architecture doc + critical ADRs only.minimal— not applicable (no architecture doc required).
Phase 1: Load Everything
Read references/1-load.md now and follow it — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
Phase 2: Extract Technical Requirements from Every GDD
Read references/2-extract-requirements.md now and follow it — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
Phase 3: Build the Traceability Matrix
Read references/3-traceability.md now and follow it — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
Phase 4: Cross-ADR Conflict Detection
Read references/4-conflicts.md now and follow it — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
Phase 5: Engine Compatibility Cross-Check
Read references/5-engine.md now and follow it — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
Phase 6: Architecture Document Coverage
Read references/6-document-coverage.md now and follow it — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
Phase 7: Output the Review Report
Read references/7-report.md now and follow it — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
Phase 8: Write and Update Traceability Index
Read references/8-write.md now and follow it — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
Phase 9: Handoff
Read references/9-handoff.md now and follow it — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
Error Recovery Protocol
First, verify the artifact. If the return contract named a path, check the path exists before treating the phase as done — a named artifact that is not on disk is a failed phase, however fluent the response reads. An agent can burn a full phase and return a plausible preamble having written nothing, which is neither BLOCKED nor an error nor "fails to complete", so the trigger below never fires. Resume it naming the unmet contract; the context is usually still there.
If any spawned agent returns BLOCKED, errors, or fails to complete: surface it
immediately, don't proceed past a dependency it blocks, and always produce a
partial report (retry scope here = fewer GDDs / single-system). Full procedure:
.claude/docs/error-recovery-protocol.md.
Collaborative Protocol
Applies in collaborative mode (the default). For guided and
autonomous modes, see .claude/docs/automation-modes.md — the rules below
describe what collaborative mode requires, not universal behavior.
- Read silently — do not narrate every file read
- Show the matrix — present the full traceability matrix before any write
approval; let the user see the state
- Don't guess — if a requirement is ambiguous, ask: "Is [X] a technical
requirement or a design preference?"
- Draft before approval — always show the content that will be written (the
report, the updated ADR section, the systems-index row) inline in the conversation before requesting approval. Never ask to write something the user has not yet seen.
- Use
AskUserQuestionfor write approvals — plain text "May I?" is not
sufficient. Use the structured tool with labeled options [A]/[B]/[C] so the user can choose between "write now", "show full draft first", and "not yet". Multi-file changesets must list every file and what changes, then ask once with grouped options — not a separate plain-text question per file.
- Non-blocking — the verdict is advisory; the user decides whether to continue
despite CONCERNS or even FAIL findings