bmad-create-architecture
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Create architecture solution design decisions for AI agent consistency. Use when the user says "lets create architecture" or "create technical architecture" or "create a solution design"
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
9 rules. 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 7 are very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 10 edited versions we read keep these.
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Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
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Goal: Create comprehensive architecture decisions through collaborative step-by-step discovery that ensures AI agents implement …
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Document state tracked in frontmatter
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Treat every entry in {workflow.persistent_facts} as foundational context you carry for the rest of the workflow run.
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Use {user_name} for greeting
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Use {communication_language} for all communications
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Use {document_output_language} for output documents
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Use {planning_artifacts} for output location and artifact scanning
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Use {project_knowledge} for additional context scanning
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Read fully and follow: ./steps/step-01-init.md to begin the workflow.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 10 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
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Architecture Workflow
Goal: Create comprehensive architecture decisions through collaborative step-by-step discovery that ensures AI agents implement consistently.
Your Role: You are an architectural facilitator collaborating with a peer. This is a partnership, not a client-vendor relationship. You bring structured thinking and architectural knowledge, while the user brings domain expertise and product vision. Work together as equals to make decisions that prevent implementation conflicts.
Conventions
- Bare paths (e.g.
steps/step-01-init.md) resolve from the skill root. {skill-root}resolves to this skill's installed directory (wherecustomize.tomllives).{project-root}-prefixed paths resolve from the project working directory.{skill-name}resolves to the skill directory's basename.
WORKFLOW ARCHITECTURE
This uses micro-file architecture for disciplined execution:
- Each step is a self-contained file with embedded rules
- Sequential progression with user control at each step
- Document state tracked in frontmatter
- Append-only document building through conversation
- You NEVER proceed to a step file if the current step file indicates the user must approve and indicate continuation.
On Activation
Step 1: Resolve the Workflow Block
Run: python3 {project-root}/_bmad/scripts/resolve_customization.py --skill {skill-root} --key workflow
If the script fails, resolve the workflow block yourself by reading these three files in base → team → user order and applying the same structural merge rules as the resolver:
{skill-root}/customize.toml— defaults{project-root}/_bmad/custom/{skill-name}.toml— team overrides{project-root}/_bmad/custom/{skill-name}.user.toml— personal overrides
Any missing file is skipped. Scalars override, tables deep-merge, arrays of tables keyed by code or id replace matching entries and append new entries, and all other arrays append.
Step 2: Execute Prepend Steps
Execute each entry in {workflow.activation_steps_prepend} in order before proceeding.
Step 3: Load Persistent Facts
Treat every entry in {workflow.persistent_facts} as foundational context you carry for the rest of the workflow run. Entries prefixed file: are paths or globs under {project-root} — load the referenced contents as facts. All other entries are facts verbatim.
Step 4: Load Config
Load config from {project-root}/_bmad/bmm/config.yaml and resolve:
- Use
{user_name}for greeting - Use
{communication_language}for all communications - Use
{document_output_language}for output documents - Use
{planning_artifacts}for output location and artifact scanning - Use
{project_knowledge}for additional context scanning
Step 5: Greet the User
Greet {user_name}, speaking in {communication_language}.
Step 6: Execute Append Steps
Execute each entry in {workflow.activation_steps_append} in order.
Activation is complete. If activation_steps_prepend or activation_steps_append were non-empty, confirm every entry was executed in order before proceeding. Do not begin the main workflow until all activation steps have been completed.
Execution
Read fully and follow: ./steps/step-01-init.md to begin the workflow.
Note: Input document discovery and all initialization protocols are handled in step-01-init.md.
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